Hey all! I know we're all really excited to mod the remaster, but the fact of it is a lot of the things we'd love to see just aren't possible yet (or maybe ever).
The purpose of this weekly thread is to be a centralized place for people to discuss their fantasies and what they'd like to see in oblivion. It's ok if you don't know how to make it or even if it can be done! Additionally if you have lots of ideas or requests to share at once, this is the place.
We kindly ask that outside of this thread you keep requests more grounded to what could actually be made now. Additionally, the rule of only 1 request post/day is still in effect outside of the threawd.
Bought Oblivion GOTY on GOG and I'm looking for mod recommendations, but everywhere I look, there are people recommending textures and shaders and just... too much stuff! 😵😵
I'm fine with the game looking as it does. Really all I want are mods that can fix the following issues with the base game:
* Leveling and enemy scaling
* Stability and bugs for the base game AND Shivering Isles
* Controller support
Can anyone help? I guess I should add that I'm new to PC gaming/modding... I'm a quick learner, but I'd prefer mods that are easy to install/manage.
I decided to try replaying Oblivion after many years and I decided to only use a mod which would restrict the insane amounts of DLC content messing up the game. I decided to use Wyre Bash and I immediately have a few questions:
This was the default load order, but is this really correct? Why is Knights loaded after the Mehrunes Razor and Battlehorn DLCs?
I've also immediately noticed some weirdness from mods. SM Plugin Refurbish Lite keeps adding random spells when I load the game. I have an Absorb Magicka spell even before picking my class and it randomly added a Bound Armor spell too which disappeared after I reloaded the same save.
I got curious about what's actually inside an Oblivion Remastered .sav file and ended up going down a full reverse-engineering rabbit hole. Sharing what I found, plus a small free tool in case it's useful to anyone else poking at this.
TL;DR: the save format is layered like this:
Outer layer — a standard Unreal Engine GVAS save container (class name /Script/Altar.VAltarSaveContainer — "Altar" is the internal codename for this port). It holds exactly one property: a big raw byte array.
That byte array is Oodle-compressed — a chain of individually-compressed 128KB blocks, each with its own small header. Not one big compressed stream, dozens (or hundreds, for a long-played character) of small ones stitched together.
Decompress those, and you land on a second, nested Unreal save structure — a proper GVAS-style header followed by a normal Unreal "tagged property" list. Every save boils down to exactly three top-level entries:
OblivionData (ArrayProperty<ByteProperty>) — a few MB, byte array
SaveGameDetails (StructProperty<VSaveGameDetails>) — fully decoded: character name, level, location, playtime, save date, thumbnail screenshot, whether the save was modded, and more, all as clean readable fields
SerializedAltarSaveDataArray (ArrayProperty<StructProperty>) — several MB, this is where quest/NPC/world-object data almost certainly lives
That's genuinely exciting on its own: this isn't some closed, proprietary blob. It's serialized using Unreal's own well-documented property system, just Oodle-compressed and never previously decoded. The plugin list is in there too — Oblivion.esm, every DLC, Knights.esp — plus a literal TES4SAVEGAME marker.
The tool
Point it at a .sav file and it decompresses the chunk chain and writes a readable Name: Type = Value text file (plus a raw hex dump if you want that instead). Read-only — never touches your actual save, no proprietary Oodle SDK involved.
The internal fields of SerializedAltarSaveDataArray's structs — that's the actual quest-stage/inventory/NPC data, using custom Bethesda/Virtuos schemas nobody's documented yet. The tool locates and sizes this data precisely but can't decode its contents. Natural next target for anyone who wants to build a proper quest-log/inventory reader on top — full source is up, happy to answer questions.
It would make too much sense for players who don't wish to be as involved with designing and organizing their own load orders to be able to benefit from those published by the players who do.
Why is this not a thing?
edit: can't imagine it would take a single bethesda employee more than a weekend to code in
I really liked the werewolf feeding system in skyrim and I was just wondering if its possible to feed off enemies while theyre awake and/or dead? I'm not a fan of having to sneak into homes to feed on sleeping people just to be normal enough to talk to people yk? so if anyone knows any mods that let me feed on dead enemies as a vampire, thatd be pretty cool!! also not required but if feeding could just set you back one stage, that would also be cool!!
For anyone who has not run into us yet: OB:MP is a multiplayer mod for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. The closest comparison is FiveM, but in Cyrodiil. Server owners run their own servers with their own rules and gamemodes, scripted in C#, and players join them through one launcher. PC only, you need your own legit copy of Oblivion Remastered, and the mod is in Early Access right now, which runs through our Discord.
The BIG one in this release is the Imperial City Arena sample gamemode, teased above. It is the same demo we ran on the gamescom 2026, with a few things fixed since, and it now is deployed on our main private EA testing server + inside the server binary archives, so testers can enable it on their own. It is also a repo to clone or fork if you want to build your own version of the Arena on top of it - URL to it shall be posted soon. More full-length content of it is coming soon!
Quick rundown:
The mod now syncs quests (replicated journal with stages, text, state and compass targets), custom dialogue (experimental, server decides what an NPC can say), world flags, difficulty tier and furniture.
Server mods get connect and disconnect events, cell and area events, entity creation in any scope, kick, ReadyM account lookup, JSON config and RegisterArchetypes on both sides.
So I’m trying to mod OG Oblivion, but whenever I download a mod from nexus I don’t get the zip files containing the mods. I get the initial zip file which I can extract however going through the directory I only find the txt files.
I’m using mod organiser which also doesn’t find any of the zip files.
Any help would be appreciated.
My understanding is that functions like PlaceAtMe will cause a player's save file to grow in size infinitely, and slow down gameplay. I know you just need to be careful, like delete the unnecessary references as you make them. But what else causes save bloat?
Like are there other well-known modding practices that should be learned to avoid negative user experiences? Curious if there is a link out there for modern oblivion modders. Been around for a while, but never made a public release.
I've been trying to run my modded Oblivion set up, but I keep getting "OBSE IS NOT DETECTED" messages from Oblivion. I fiddled with almost every setting in Steam AND windows, I downloaded and installed the most recent version of XOBSE, I even switched to OB2 despite it running slugishly. NOTHING HELPS!
Hey all! I know we're all really excited to mod the remaster, but the fact of it is a lot of the things we'd love to see just aren't possible yet (or maybe ever).
The purpose of this weekly thread is to be a centralized place for people to discuss their fantasies and what they'd like to see in oblivion. It's ok if you don't know how to make it or even if it can be done! Additionally if you have lots of ideas or requests to share at once, this is the place.
We kindly ask that outside of this thread you keep requests more grounded to what could actually be made now. Additionally, the rule of only 1 request post/day is still in effect outside of the threawd.
I have a custom X marker that I created in my own cell, I use a myXmarker.moveto <location> to get it where I want, and save my game.
Then I go to main menu, load my savegame, and the xmarker is back in a generic world position which is likely connected to the cell location that I have it starting off in. Why are my markers resetting like this and not persisting the .moveto location?
i tried modding oblivion but couldnt get it to work so i uninstalled the mod manager (vortex) and even fresh downloads wont even work now. can someone please help me idk what to do. i verified file integrity and still nothing
This is my first time playing Morroblivion. I am fairly far in the game and have reached the point in the Mages Guild that Skink sends me to talk to the Wise Woman.The quest marker sends me to Ahemmusa. The problem is that if I get anywhere near the camp, I crash to desktop. I can get close enough to the camp to see someone moving in it, and would be in the camp in about 25 or so steps when the ctd occurs. I have tried every fix I could find. Here is what I know:
Purging cell buffers does not help.
Moving to a far away internal cell (I tried using Balmora Mages Guild hall and Balmora Fighters Guild hall), purging cell buffers, waiting 4 in-game full days, saving and reloading that save does not help. It doesn't matter whether I approach on foot or by using coc in the console.
It is not because of Kammu. I have brought her to me and disabled her, but it doesn't matter. I also have not gotten close enough to her before ctd to have spoken to or even identified her.
Traveling directly to Ahemmusa via the console command coc does not help. I have even tried this by starting a new game, going through the character generator and into Seyda Neen, then jumping directly to Ahemmusa. I get a loading screen and immediate ctd.
It doesn't matter which direction I approach from. I have approached from west, south, and east along the coast. Although trying to go along the coast makes the ctd happen from farther away.
I have tried installing the v68 texture/mesh fixes. Doesn't help.
These are the only suggestions for fixing the problem that I could find. I am playing on PC using Morroblivion version 68. I followed the download instructions to the letter and have had no major problems up to now.
Here is my load order:
1 00 Oblivion.esm
2 01 Morrowind_ob.esm
13 02 Morrowind_ob.esp
14 03 Morrowind_ob - UCWUS.esp
16 04 Morrowind Patch.esp
17 05 Bashed Patch,0.esp
I have played through and beaten Oblivion several times with no problems, so I don't think it is the Oblivion engine that is the problem. I have played through and beaten Morrowind once, and I know I will need to come back to Ahemmusa for the Main Quest, so ignoring it isn't really an option. Any help here? I am not an experienced modder, so please be kind. Thanks!
