davethewave

It was sticking before the reinstall and it didn't help... Can I send you the oblivion .esp and my mod to see if there are conflicts/need to be cleaned via Gecko or whatever?

I'm with that, I'm definitely not worried about you hurting it... About the needless stuff; I was following up on your guys' suggestions on how to get the Gecko to work. It still doesn't... How do I send you my mod? I'll do it right away... And what can I do about the game getting stuck? It happens without the mod enabled.

I am now able to take screenshots of my computer screen... Update: Oblivion opens, but when you try to load a game, it gets stuck. It was working fine for a while again.... Also, TES4Gecko is a pain in the ***. I uninstalled then reinstalled oblivion, I also moved the folder out of program files... This is becoming not so fun.

Well, I need some troubleshooting on the npc not following. I tamed him so that he doesn't attack everyone in sight, and I can talk to him (although no voice import yet), but there is a greeting and an option to follow, and I'll tell him "follow", he says ok, then stands there.

Well, I need some troubleshooting on the npc not following. I tamed him so that he doesn't attack everyone in sight, and I can talk to him (although no voice import yet), but there is a greeting and an option to follow, and I'll tell him "follow", he says ok, then stands there...

Thanks- I'll be trying that soon. It is in program files... Where should it be?

I appreciate your time and assistance so far, and I've cooled off a bit. I do understand your point exactly from the paragraph, I am admittedly avoiding doing this at all costs (and couldn't tell you why)... I know it would benefit me greatly. Maybe it's the time involved... Whatever, I'm sure I'll end up doing it- I've followed all your other advice.

I can't get it to work, I'm beyond frustrated. About to give up on the whole mod thing...

...Just updated Java... Now the error message says: "Unable to access jarfile C:\Tmp\TES4Gecko.jar" Would it be easier to get the TES Edit program?

Scratch that last one- I'm a genius... Under race, the editor ID said "ElBorracho", but the name still said Breton, so I edited it to the same as ID... Problem solved! See, I'm not such an inept moron as I seem to be most of the time...

And, for my second issue of the day, I am trying to import voice files (I already know how and did it before I changed my npc's race), but now when you click on the response line, there is nothing, and the reason is that under "race", it still says Breton. I duplicated that race to make my own, and have created the folder for the new race, deleting the old Breton folder and it still does this... What is the solution?

Well, I tried to make the Gecko thing work, and it was a flop- I did what you and the instructions said, but when I try to run it, an error message comes up that says: "Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\javaw.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."

Gee, I had no idea the scale was so small... I guess 40 was a tad high... I'll have more questions tomorrow, of course...

-Scratch that... I learned that when I duplicated the Breton race for my npc, I failed to see that under it's characteristics they have a "problem" with Nords, which is what the tavern owner was (I'm not %100 sure if I'm getting the races correct, but you get the point), so I changed that and now he's fine. I'm trying to import the sound files into the greetings now. Apparently, all that stuff got erased somehow. Thanks for all your help- I appreciate the efforts you have made and will make in the future on my behalf.

That wiki page was helpful... Thanks for that- His aggression is 40, confidence 40, responsibility 70, and he's in my faction, but the faction has nothing to it... Will scrubbing the npc take everything away I've done? what will that do?

That's what I thought about the location... I did it already. What's the purpose of "accompany" and "escort"? And I am doing better now, I have him in the IC Marketplace merchant's inn, but within seconds, he goes and attacks the proprietor... Why? I want him to attack only when danger is about or certain NPC's... Not for no reason...

I downloaded the Gecko program, but the installation seems to be a pain... While I'm quite a dummy concerning CS, I am pretty good at making programs work... I'm confused: which directory do I drop those files into? Also, I have since got everything back to how it was, but I can't find my npc now... I started to just copy everything the "adoring fan" has as far as AI Packages, but he has quest stuff in his conditions, and I don't know if just copying that stuff and trying to alter it to my needs will be better than creating my own stuff... As I said, I just want this guy to be in the tavern at first, strike a conversation, and then be a "bodyguard"... Would "escort" or "accompany" be better suited? Does it matter?

I changed the package types back to what I thought they were, and now the game opens up until the game is finished loading, then crash... I was messing with follow, escort, and accompany... I have it back on follow, but what are the default settings for this? I think if I changed it back, it would at least get me back to where I was before the crashing...

Well, it's definitely my npc mod that's causing the crashes... I knew that, but when it started, I was suspicious that it was because of one of the changes I made to my npc, so I unchecked it and ran the game. It started up just fine... So the variables are down to being my npc. Everything was fine until I messed with the AI package with target and location... Then I changed it back to what it was before the problems and it still crashes.

Thanks for the support and encouragement... I have read through all the tutorials I have found, But there are things I run into in CS that I would like to know the purpose of. And can anyone answer why the game is crashing on startup every time now?

I've been trying to make a simple npc, and I'm not doing a very good job... I have alot of it accomplished, but now, just as I feel I'm getting somewhere, the game crashes every time I try to load it up... My npc was attacking everyone in sight (I don't want this behavior) before the game started crashing every time, and I kept tweaking the npc and then loading the game to see the changes that I thought I was making. I then changed things back to how they were before the game started crashing and it still crashes! It bothers me that there is no manual or instructions on the features or purposes for this very complicated program. Why would that be? The tutorials only get you so far. Short of someone holding my hand through this process, I doubt I will accomplish this goal of finishing this npc... Any help or suggestions?

Also, under what topic is "rumors" so I can change that? I can't find it in topics or conversations or anywhere else...

Here is the tutorial I followed: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Audio_Settings_For_Dialogue_Video_Tutorial I watched the video as well... I just downloaded Audacity, and I'm playing with it now, even though I may not need it. I'm running the same program as the guy in the tutorial video...

Great idea- I did already, but what is a disposition modifier?