*EDIT 2 - Ok once again stupidity got the better of me.....the two versions are identical
should have checked that first maybe, and I think Im right in saying all i need is that version, the gnolls fix and the scamp bulls head glowing texture fix?
That's all you need.
Now I have a wee problem if anyone can shed any light on it. My game is running smoother than it has for a long time, but occasionally and randomly I get what I think is a normal map issue where my weapon or other items will turn black. Tonight I changed from one WAC full body armour set to another and my character's body was dark blue. But not the face,
, or I would have noticed it sooner. NOTE...I had been playing for over an hour and had changed armour several times and all was fine....no dark blue body.
Shortly after that starts happening, I CTD and usually it's a big one, taking ages and I mean ages, to exit as if there's a memory leak. Not the usual CTD on exit.
At first I thought it was something to do with the fog in All Natural because it started yesterday during heavy fog after rain, but tonight I was in a dungeon fort and the same thing happened....although there was fog inside as well, or dungeon mist or whatever you'd call it. I use the Nvidia fog fix in my Bashed Patch as a precaution, mainly because I've never had this issue in all the time I've had the game, which is since release.
Yesterday I reinstalled OOO after removing it only a couple of weeks ago. I know it's not that causing the problem as I've used it since it was "born"...
Other things I've tried...
- Updated my graphic drivers tonight which made a huge difference to frame rate (or my imagination.) Last time I updated drivers was last October. I don't normally do it unless something is broken.
- I turned off HDR tonight and am gradually getting used to Bloom again.
- Double checked load order with BOSS etc and rebuilt my Bashed Patch.
- Made sure all assets are present and correct.
- Other things I can't remember at the moment.
I have no missing textures or meshes, but something seems to be going screwy with normals. As I said it's random and can happen anywhere, but usually when there's fog or after it clears. In actual fact I think the fog is co-incidental as I remember one time when there was none and hadn't been for a game day at least.
EDIT: I just wondered...I have a sword I use in Elsweyr called the Fang of Anequina. It's a beautiful and detailed sword, but I've just realized every time the above issue has happened I've had this sword either equipped or in my inventory and it is the one that turns black. Perhaps tomorrow I'll leave it somewhere or put it in a chest and test without it anywhere near me and see what happens.
Anyone heard of this kind of normal map problem?
EDIT2: Anyone planning on doing anything sneaky and you have Stern along...don't do it.
He'll have the guards on you in an instant and he whines if I "accidentally" steal something, not to mention trying to kill me for hitting him during a fight. I'm leaving him behind somewhere unpleasant, as punishment as soon as I get to civilization. He got in my way in a fight between an innocent traveler and a bandit and I ended up with a murder rap...for which he blamed me and also reported me. I could have reloaded, but I haven't had a visit from Lucian for awhile.
I like having him along, but he needs to loosen up a bit or I'll do it for him
to the game. Congrats on the solving of the game issue's, was it a nightmare to sort or a simple tweak and ta-da 
again for the info 
I played for a couple of hours tonight and had no problems at all. Oblivion is a fickle creature and when mods are added it sometimes just falls over. Not surprising with the number of mods I have active, but not as intense as some people's setups. 
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