So there are two potential problems that keep coming up. Technically it's the underlying Oblivion engine that is crashing but it seems to be one of two things:
1. An older version of this Vortex extension assumed all ESMs in the data folder should be active. There are two ESMs (AltarGymNavigation.esp, TamrielLeveledRegion.esp) that should not be so the user must disable them in the load order. (Updating the extension should fix this too)
2. It seems in some situations Vortex will incorrectly sort the plugin load order A-Z resulting in a crash when the game starts. There's a button in the "Load order" section called "Reset plugin file" that will repair this until we figure out what is causing it.
You still have to manually untick AltarGymNavigation.esp and TamrielLeveledRegion.esp even in your "new" version. They are in the plugins.txt if you do not do that. Even after doing "reset plugins file"
Edit: I may have not clicked "deploy mods" after resetting
You can safely delete those from the Oblivion Remastered\OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data folder, they are debug plugins. Vortex will no longer try to add them to the Plugins file after.
Clicking "install" in vortex does nothing. It just won't run. Why would this be? Tried multiple times even restarted computer between attempts...
Edit/Update for workaround that made it work: Manual download. Switch to "extentions" tab in Vortex. Drag and drop the zip file into Extentions tab, and wait for Vortex to run (it may ask for elevation just do whatever it asks for). After that, Oblivion Remastered (beta) appeared in my unmanaged games section. Added it into managed games section, and it works. Thanks.
The Plugins.txt file is sorting alphabetically after a purge due to a bug in the Vortex functions for preserving the load order on Purge events. Try to avoid purging mods if you can for now to avoid that issue.
I wasn't able to run the game with it reliably. When I disabled the two files and put esm to the top, the game ran, but I got a bunch of new quests immediately, which I didn't get when I played without the mods. Seems broken. I think it has something to do with the load order. Will avoid until it's fixed.
P.S.: Digged a little more, saved the original order and the order made by vortex and there seems to be 3 chages. The two files which are not listed, but also, there was a file AltarESPLocal.esp which is not shown in Vortex at all.
Yes, that's what I also assumed. But then it didn't offer them normally so I am not sure when I should get them. Maybe it even fixes things. Don't know. But I don't like the fact that the game behaves differently before and after using vortex. Also, i notice one file in load order is not in Vortex at all and I don't like it. Smells like something might be broken there as well.
I am paranoid about mods, because they completely destroyed several of my games. I think the first instance was original Oblivion, lol.
Once I had to start the game from Steam in order to be able to start it from Vortex. After I've clicked "Reset plugin file" and deactivated AltarGymNavigation.esp and TamrielLeveledRegion.esp.
gamepass user, installed the vortex extension without installing any mods and it crashed my game because it breaks the plugins.txt even if there are no mods installed.
Remove extension, let them cook. Gamepass is always going to be second class for modding because it has awful file organization and security. Too bad MS owns Bethesda.
Do the "verify game files" in Gamepass and you'll be able to play again. Except for MS breaking DLSS this afternoon.
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1. An older version of this Vortex extension assumed all ESMs in the data folder should be active. There are two ESMs (AltarGymNavigation.esp, TamrielLeveledRegion.esp) that should not be so the user must disable them in the load order. (Updating the extension should fix this too)
2. It seems in some situations Vortex will incorrectly sort the plugin load order A-Z resulting in a crash when the game starts. There's a button in the "Load order" section called "Reset plugin file" that will repair this until we figure out what is causing it.
Edit: I may have not clicked "deploy mods" after resetting
Edit/Update for workaround that made it work: Manual download. Switch to "extentions" tab in Vortex. Drag and drop the zip file into Extentions tab, and wait for Vortex to run (it may ask for elevation just do whatever it asks for). After that, Oblivion Remastered (beta) appeared in my unmanaged games section. Added it into managed games section, and it works. Thanks.
When I disabled the two files and put esm to the top, the game ran, but I got a bunch of new quests immediately, which I didn't get when I played without the mods. Seems broken. I think it has something to do with the load order.
Will avoid until it's fixed.
P.S.: Digged a little more, saved the original order and the order made by vortex and there seems to be 3 chages. The two files which are not listed, but also, there was a file AltarESPLocal.esp which is not shown in Vortex at all.
Edit: OMG, sorry for the spam. I can't figure out how to delete them.
Also, i notice one file in load order is not in Vortex at all and I don't like it. Smells like something might be broken there as well.
I am paranoid about mods, because they completely destroyed several of my games. I think the first instance was original Oblivion, lol.
if the game crashes then reset plugins
Remove extension, let them cook. Gamepass is always going to be second class for modding because it has awful file organization and security. Too bad MS owns Bethesda.
Do the "verify game files" in Gamepass and you'll be able to play again. Except for MS breaking DLSS this afternoon.