Please read through this troubleshooting FAQ first and browse back in the comments before asking for assistance. I'm unable to respond to everyone and troubleshoot due to the high volume of traffic this mod gets, I plainly don't have enough time for it, so I need everyone to be proactive and double check your installations yourself before you comment.
-- Troubleshooting for common issues- check here before you ask for help!
Problem: My characters have googly eyes!
-> You have a conflicting cosmetic mod that replaces the default eye mesh with one that uses different texture coordinates. OCO needs vanilla eyes, so delete everything starting with 'eye' in the folder meshes/characters/imperial. If you have installed other mods via NMM, usual culprits are: -Beautiful People -Eye replacer mods -Eye addon mods
Problem: I'm getting the 'Install Blockhead' error text even though I installed blockhead!
-> You may have attempted to install OBSE and/or Blockhead through NMM or OBMM. Don't do this. Both of them have to be installed manually. Go over the instructions for both of them once over. -> You may be running a Steam copy of Oblivion. Check this for help.
Problem: My heads are looking strange and nothing like the screenshots! / I have black eyes on every NPC!
-> Run Archive Invalidation [info] in Oblivion Mod Manager, Wrye Bash or Nexus Mod Manager (and get in the habit of doing this every time you install or change something) -> Check for the presence of following mods: -COBL -Beautiful People / MBP -Hair addon ESPs (non-wig) -Eye addon ESPs -> If any of those are present, try moving OCO to the bottom of your load order. If things still look weird, remove the conflicting mods altogether (complete uninstallation needed)
Problem: I'm getting an error from the ZIP archive / I can't open it!
-> Sometimes Nexus servers do weird things and downloads can get broken on the way down. Try redownloading the mod - if you still get errors, come back a bit later when the servers have stabilized, there's nothing I can do about this.
Problem: I downloaded this other mod that adds NPCs and everyone looks really weird!
-> NPCs that have been made for vanilla head model chargen can have odd results with OCO - unfortunately in order to look on par with OCO's characters their heads would need to be manually restyled in the CS with OCO active. If you do this with a mod, please share the ESP if you can so others can benefit from it!
Mod reuploaded w/ integrated tweaks
Changes: -Merged eyelash and Khajiit texture pathing fixes into the main installation -Reduced bug-eyedness on Dark Elves -Added a better head shape for female Nords if you've been totally satisfied with your OCO setup prior, you don't need to download this. It's aimed at new users.
If you see this
it's an intentional error message and means you have an incorrectly installed or missing Blockhead plugin.
THIS IS FOR ALL PEOPLE HAVING THE INSTALL BLOCKHEAD IN THE FACE OF THE CHARACTER.
I've been battling with this issue for 3 days, searching everywhere and didnt find a solution, so here is what I did and worked wonders for me, so I'm expecting it to work for you too.
I use Windows 7, Oblivion GOG version.
I tried this with only 2 mods installed.
0. I had read in the forums that OBSE needs DirectX 9 from June 2010 to work properly so I installed it just in case.
1. I followed the install of OBSE + Blockhead, both last versions. To make sure that Blockhead worked properly I launched the game via obse_loader.exe and made a char, got to the prison, etc, closed the game and checked that there's the .ini file in the Data\OBSE\Plugins folder, and there it is. Worked.
2. I installed the body replacer underwear exnem-something(whatever I guess xd) using OBMM. Installed it second after the OBSE cuz thats what the first page of OCOv2 says, good body before pretty face.
3. I got VORTEX from this mods site and made it work with OBSE using THIS guide. I had set Archive Invalidation / BSA redirection ON.
4. I installed the Unofficial bug fix mod from HERE The reason why i did that first is cuz I didn't know if it would or not replace files from the non-potato faces mod. This is a personal preference so you might skip, idk.
5. I installed the OCOv2 using VORTEX. I think it shows Conflict with the Unofficial patch, there you just make the OCOv2 load after the Unofficial patch / Unofficial patch load before the OCOv2.
6.Launch game via OBSE, BUT WAIT! Not by clicking the .exe in the folder, not by using the game's launcher in desktop, NO! why? Because its going to show a "can't load dll" message.
You remember the step nº 3? well, if you do then you should have OBSE in the Dashboard, so you are going to find obse loader in the VORTEX Dashboard, and there is where you are going to launch the game from, by clicking the litle triangle in the OBSE box.
I hope it helps you. I don't know if some of this is unnecessary, but it worked for me after trying to install via OBMM the OCOv2, also tried the NMM as advised by the main page of the mod and it didnt help.
And thank you Zjaer for the nice step by step (even with pictures).
You are correct that the way the Unofficial Oblivion Patch is designed to be used is for other mods (such as this one) to take precedence over the UOP.
Something that people need to keep in mind with this mod is it was last updated six years ago, and a lot has changed with how people install mods in that time (Vortex didn't even exist and Nexus Mod Manager was the one that was supported by the site). I can't say for certain why the later versions of NMM don't seem to have much luck installing this mod, but NMM is now a community project and Vortex is the Nexus supported platform.
- Edit - And thank you to the moderators for pinning this post ... much appreciated.
Beast races with this mod look absolutely disgusting (horror inducing, even). Elves look really bad. Dunmers have forced tattoo on their face (this is among the stupidest things I have ever encountered in my life). Yes, there are workarounds but I shouldn't have to jump through hoops to deal with stupidly bad decisions. Orcs are just black green/olive (????????) The colors used in the face textures are awful. Eyes have no variety and look turbo bad. Body textures make me about to barf.
It's ridiculous that there is only one replacer for faces (this one). And look how popular it is, everyone online shills for it. There really was noone around to fix Oblivion faces in the end.
>when vanilla potatoes are (mostly) better looking than this piece of dung I wish people didn't take upon themselves what they can not accomplish. What even makes people think this is decent and shareable when they create anything like this? Such levels of delusion are unimaginable.
lmao holy sh*t, someone is butthurt simply because their opinion differs a little bit. you know you can have tastes without your individual tastes being objective truth, right? I love most of what this mod does (except Khajiit), and obviously as this mod is so popular, your opinion is not in the majority here. I struggle to comprehend entitled mindsets like yours, where just because you personally didn't like something very much, suddenly it's everyone else's problem and everyone needs to cater to your specific taste. the world doesn't revolve around you.
Hello many people have been having problems for a few months and see the writings in the face of the NPCs do you by any chance have any problems ? I'm asking you because I saw from your profile that you create mods so maybe you can help me out
All the races look great, except Khajiit. the head mesh is still vanilla and ugly with that elongated and enlarged snout look. All the other races are fine tho. Im using this with OCO Advanced. No other character altering mods. Solutions?
OCOv2 doesn't include beast race textures. You can download luna's for females and the other one for males (NSFW). To fix the head, you might want to use Seamless - Khats & Args.
For anyone having problem with INSTALL BLOCKHEAD IN THE FACE OF THE CHARACTER.
If you have steam version and windows 11, its probable your obse isn't even working anymore.(thank you microsoft for ruining old games) To solve obse not working: create "steam_appid.txt" in oblivion root folder, where exe is into steam_appid.txt write "22330" without ""
Don't ask me how it works, found this fix elsewhere.
Somehow every race looks fine, only Argonians got their teeth up their nose und empty mouths (I can either see the background through it or the inside just looks skin textured). Also their horns are floating. Deactivated every other mod and seems to be leading back to OCO... any suggestions on how to fix it? Possible explanation for beginners please, just started modding this game...
Is it just me or is using this plus something like HGEC make their faces have a different skin tone to their body? Is that just a normality when it comes to this? I assume so but just curious if anyone had a work around because I really like the faces in this mod pack.
Never mind I just noticed the compatibility download that I missed, I had downloaded the Robert's Male one but seemed to have missed the HGEC one.
Why does this suddenly no longer work? I swear, modding this game is a pain. 2 months ago this working all well and fine, now suddenly after reinstalling the game and mods everything is broken. "install blockhead" is always there, no matter what I do.
I'm having the same problem. Have installed multiple times over the last couple years & always worked fine, now getting "Install Blockhead" despite having it installed properly. Using the OBSE Launcher instead of the regular launcher makes it work.
Okay thanks, I will try it this way. I was using Vortex most of the time and it worked well, never had any trouble. But with every Vortex update that enhances the modability and user experience for Skyrim, the user experience for Oblivion gets worse.
@benjaminbowary Hey, are you using Vortex like I am? I don't know how it is for MO2, but I fixed the issue by removing OBSE from the "Tools" section and then adding it new. And then always start the game by clicking the instance there, not the play button on the top of the Vortex manager. That did it for me. See if it works, if you need further assistance i can try helping out.
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Troubleshooting for common issues- check here before you ask for help!
Problem: My characters have googly eyes!
-> You have a conflicting cosmetic mod that replaces the default eye mesh with one that uses different texture coordinates. OCO needs vanilla eyes, so delete everything starting with 'eye' in the folder meshes/characters/imperial. If you have installed other mods via NMM, usual culprits are:
-Beautiful People
-Eye replacer mods
-Eye addon mods
Problem: I'm getting the 'Install Blockhead' error text even though I installed blockhead!
-> You may have attempted to install OBSE and/or Blockhead through NMM or OBMM. Don't do this. Both of them have to be installed manually. Go over the instructions for both of them once over.
-> You may be running a Steam copy of Oblivion. Check this for help.
Problem: My heads are looking strange and nothing like the screenshots! / I have black eyes on every NPC!
-> Run Archive Invalidation [info] in Oblivion Mod Manager, Wrye Bash or Nexus Mod Manager (and get in the habit of doing this every time you install or change something)
-> Check for the presence of following mods:
-COBL
-Beautiful People / MBP
-Hair addon ESPs (non-wig)
-Eye addon ESPs
-> If any of those are present, try moving OCO to the bottom of your load order. If things still look weird, remove the conflicting mods altogether (complete uninstallation needed)
Problem: I'm getting an error from the ZIP archive / I can't open it!
-> Sometimes Nexus servers do weird things and downloads can get broken on the way down. Try redownloading the mod - if you still get errors, come back a bit later when the servers have stabilized, there's nothing I can do about this.
Problem: I downloaded this other mod that adds NPCs and everyone looks really weird!
-> NPCs that have been made for vanilla head model chargen can have odd results with OCO - unfortunately in order to look on par with OCO's characters their heads would need to be manually restyled in the CS with OCO active. If you do this with a mod, please share the ESP if you can so others can benefit from it!
Mod reuploaded w/ integrated tweaks
Changes:
-Merged eyelash and Khajiit texture pathing fixes into the main installation
-Reduced bug-eyedness on Dark Elves
-Added a better head shape for female Nords
if you've been totally satisfied with your OCO setup prior, you don't need to download this. It's aimed at new users.
If you see this
it's an intentional error message and means you have an incorrectly installed or missing Blockhead plugin.
I've been battling with this issue for 3 days, searching everywhere and didnt find a solution, so here is what I did and worked wonders for me, so I'm expecting it to work for you too.
I use Windows 7, Oblivion GOG version.
I tried this with only 2 mods installed.
0. I had read in the forums that OBSE needs DirectX 9 from June 2010 to work properly so I installed it just in case.
1. I followed the install of OBSE + Blockhead, both last versions. To make sure that Blockhead worked properly I launched the game via obse_loader.exe and made a char, got to the prison, etc, closed the game and checked that there's the .ini file in the Data\OBSE\Plugins folder, and there it is. Worked.
2. I installed the body replacer underwear exnem-something(whatever I guess xd) using OBMM. Installed it second after the OBSE cuz thats what the first page of OCOv2 says, good body before pretty face.
3. I got VORTEX from this mods site and made it work with OBSE using THIS guide.
I had set Archive Invalidation / BSA redirection ON.
4. I installed the Unofficial bug fix mod from HERE
The reason why i did that first is cuz I didn't know if it would or not replace files from the non-potato faces mod. This is a personal preference so you might skip, idk.
5. I installed the OCOv2 using VORTEX. I think it shows Conflict with the Unofficial patch, there you just make the OCOv2 load after the Unofficial patch / Unofficial patch load before the OCOv2.
6. Launch game via OBSE, BUT WAIT! Not by clicking the .exe in the folder, not by using the game's launcher in desktop, NO! why? Because its going to show a "can't load dll" message.
You remember the step nº 3? well, if you do then you should have OBSE in the Dashboard, so you are going to find obse loader in the VORTEX Dashboard, and there is where you are going to launch the game from, by clicking the litle triangle in the OBSE box.
I hope it helps you. I don't know if some of this is unnecessary, but it worked for me after trying to install via OBMM the OCOv2, also tried the NMM as advised by the main page of the mod and it didnt help.
Thanks to Nuska for making this mod.
You are correct that the way the Unofficial Oblivion Patch is designed to be used is for other mods (such as this one) to take precedence over the UOP.
Something that people need to keep in mind with this mod is it was last updated six years ago, and a lot has changed with how people install mods in that time (Vortex didn't even exist and Nexus Mod Manager was the one that was supported by the site). I can't say for certain why the later versions of NMM don't seem to have much luck installing this mod, but NMM is now a community project and Vortex is the Nexus supported platform.
- Edit - And thank you to the moderators for pinning this post ... much appreciated.
Beast races with this mod look absolutely disgusting (horror inducing, even).
Elves look really bad. Dunmers have forced tattoo on their face (this is among the stupidest things I have ever encountered in my life). Yes, there are workarounds but I shouldn't have to jump through hoops to deal with stupidly bad decisions.
Orcs are just black green/olive (????????)
The colors used in the face textures are awful.
Eyes have no variety and look turbo bad.
Body textures make me about to barf.
It's ridiculous that there is only one replacer for faces (this one). And look how popular it is, everyone online shills for it.
There really was noone around to fix Oblivion faces in the end.
>when vanilla potatoes are (mostly) better looking than this piece of dung
I wish people didn't take upon themselves what they can not accomplish.
What even makes people think this is decent and shareable when they create anything like this? Such levels of delusion are unimaginable.
Disabling and uninstalling.
If you have steam version and windows 11, its probable your obse isn't even working anymore.(thank you microsoft for ruining old games)
To solve obse not working:
create "steam_appid.txt" in oblivion root folder, where exe is
into steam_appid.txt write "22330" without ""
Don't ask me how it works, found this fix elsewhere.
Never mind I just noticed the compatibility download that I missed, I had downloaded the Robert's Male one but seemed to have missed the HGEC one.