Help with Oblivion?

Eichhörnchen · 04-17-15, 01:27 PM

I play this from the DVD, not online, and reinstalled it on my Windows 8 laptop today; it used to run beautifully, but now I've got everything except vision! Everything else is present (health icons, crosshair, sound, text-prompts etc) but it's like my character is in a darkened room. The auxiliary things work if you call them up too (i.e. maps) but I can't see where I'm going!

I tried running the DX setup from the DVD, even though I already have a higher version than the game requires, but no luck.

Dowly · 04-17-15, 02:05 PM

Try turning bloom on, fixed it for me when I had a similar problem.

Eichhörnchen · 04-17-15, 06:24 PM

Bless you, Dowly! It wasn't "bloom", but "HVR lighting"... it's been so long since I played this I'd forgotten all about these advanced settings, so thanks to you I found them again. How dim am I? Thanks again, buddy, I'm back in business!

Dowly · 04-18-15, 10:08 AM

Well, turning bloom on disables HDR lighting... so.. do I still get a cookie?

Eichhörnchen · 04-18-15, 01:40 PM

You can have a nut

Herr-Berbunch · 04-18-15, 03:13 PM

Will you two get a room!

Dowly · 04-18-15, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Will you two get a room!

There's room for three. *wink*

Herr-Berbunch · 04-19-15, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

There's room for three. *wink*

POTY

04-17-15, 01:27 PM	#1
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,766 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Help with Oblivion? I play this from the DVD, not online, and reinstalled it on my Windows 8 laptop today; it used to run beautifully, but now I've got everything except vision! Everything else is present (health icons, crosshair, sound, text-prompts etc) but it's like my character is in a darkened room. The auxiliary things work if you call them up too (i.e. maps) but I can't see where I'm going! I tried running the DX setup from the DVD, even though I already have a higher version than the game requires, but no luck. __________________

04-17-15, 06:24 PM	#3
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,766 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Bless you, Dowly! It wasn't "bloom", but "HVR lighting"... it's been so long since I played this I'd forgotten all about these advanced settings, so thanks to you I found them again. How dim am I? Thanks again, buddy, I'm back in business! __________________

04-18-15, 01:40 PM	#5
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,766 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You can have a nut __________________

04-18-15, 03:13 PM	#6
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Will you two get a room! __________________

04-17-15, 02:05 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Try turning bloom on, fixed it for me when I had a similar problem.

04-18-15, 10:08 AM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Well, turning bloom on disables HDR lighting... so.. do I still get a cookie?