Summary :

A number of mods work by making changes on the fly to the Oblivion.ini. They're set up to revert those changes when you exit the game, but if the game crashes somewhere along the way - either in the middle of play or on exit - it's possible to end up with an ini entry that conflicts with the state you need on startup, so it crashes instantly and consistently on startup. Oblivion crashes on 'New Game' Thread starter Uengoshi; Start date Feb 25, 2007; Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies.

What should you do when you get Oblivion crash on startup? Things could be different in different cases. This post from MiniTool Partition Wizard introduces some solutions and you can try them one by one to fix Oblivion crashing issue.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. This popular game is available on various platforms, including Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Some users who play Oblivion on Windows PC report the crashing issue on startup. When they try to launch the game, an error message pops up:

Oblivion has stopped working.

• The most recent version of Oblivion Reloaded failures on 'New game' (also if you just set up that and put on't install anything else). Download the last 6.1.x edition (I use 6.1.2) which works perfectly so far. However, in general if you are usually new to 0blivion modding you require to start with something much lighter.
• Prevents the game from saving movement data (position/rotation/etc.) for every persistent object in exterior cells on load. Credits Thanks to the OBSE team for the Oblivion Script Extender. Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion. Thanks to TESNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

If you receive the same error message or encounter Oblivion crash on startup, too, you can try the following solutions to troubleshoot the problem.

Solution 1: Disable Multiple Screens

Players who are using two or more monitors on the setup seems to encounter the problem that Oblivion keeps crashing on startup more often than others. If you are using multiple screens while Oblivion crashing issue happens, you need to consider disabling the secondary monitors. You can press Win + P and select PC screen only to achieve it.

Some users have reported that enable visual themes and desktop composition could also help to solve the problem for multiple displays users. Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1: Open Steam and click LIBRARY.

Step 2: Right-click Oblivion from the list of your games and select Properties.

Step 3: Click LOCAL FILES tab and select BROWSE LOCAL FILES to open File Explorer and navigate to the installation folder of Oblivion.

Step 4: Right-click the executable file of Oblivion and choose Properties.

Step 5: In the pop-up window, switch to Compatibility tab. Then uncheck Disable visual themes and Disable desktop composition.

Step 6: Click Apply and OK to save the changes.

Then you can relaunch your game and check if it works properly.

Solution 2: Close Unnecessary Background Applications

If there are too many programs running in the background while launching Oblivion, you could also encounter Oblivion crash on startup, as these programs take too many resources at the same time. To solve the problem, you should close unnecessary background applications.

Step 1: Press Shift + Ctrl + Esc to open Task Manager quickly.

Step 2: Under Processes tab, right-click a program you don’t need to use currently and select End task.

Step 3: Repeat Step 2 to close all the unnecessary applications.

Oblivion Crash On New Games

Step 4: Exit Task Manager and restart your game.

Solution 3: Enable Steam Overlay

Oblivion On Game Pass

Another way that might be helpful to solve Oblivion crash on startup is to enable Steam Overlay. You just need to:

Step 1: Launch Steam.

Step 2: Go to LIBRARY. Then right-click the game and click Properties.

Step 3: Under GENERAL tab, check Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.

Step 4: Click CLOSE and restart the game.

Oblivion Crash Fix

Then you can try playing the game and check if Oblivion crashing has been solved. Synergy video express.

This article shows what you can do when running into Steam overlay not working. If you are a Steam user, you can read this post to fix this issue in the future.

Solution 4: Reinstall Oblivion

Some applications might have conflicts with Oblivion, such as CyberLink PowerDVD 5. If you encounter Oblivion crash on startup after installing a certain program, you can try fixing the problem by uninstalling the involved program. If all the solutions above don't work, you might need to reinstall the game.

You can open Control Panel and click Uninstall a program. Then right-click the game Oblivion, select Uninstall, and follow the onscreen instructions to finish the uninstalling process. You can also uninstall the game on Steam.

New Oblivion Game

After uninstalling the game, you can download and install it again, and then check if it works without any problems.