The archived installer for the last MERP release for Oblivion. Click 'Read More' for installation instructions:
Installation
Requirements:
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Shivering Isles
- The latest 1.2.0416 patch installed (If you have installed Shivering Isles then you won't have to download and install the patch)
Process:
- Download this file and extract it's contents, then run MERP 0.2.6.exe.
- The installer provides two installation options: Either let the installer copy the core files of your current Oblivion installation to make a separate standalone MERP installation (recommended for most people) or install in an existing Oblivion installation (which has to be 'clean', i.e. without any mods installed, especially no old MERP content, or problems will arise). Install MERP 0.2.6 using "MERP 0.2.6.exe" with the desired option.
- Download NTCore's 4 Gb patch and patch Oblivion.exe. If your intentions are to mod MERP as well, you need to patch the Construction Set and any tools you use, but never OBSE. For TESGecko you need the heap setting 1536.
- Run the MERP Launcher and set the graphics settings appropriately to your computer.
- Launch MERP and start a new game!
Optional:
Check our list of recommended mods to further enhance your MERP experience. To install them read the mod's own installation instruction.
Once you have installed a new additional mod, ensure that the load order looks like the following. For that you can use the Launcher's internal Data Files option or download the Oblivion Mod Manager.
Load Order:
- Oblivion.esm *
- MiddleEarth.esm *
- Eriador.esp *
- Rohan.esp *
- Rhovanion.esp *
- Gondor.esp *
- Fellowship.esp *
- DLCShiveringIsles.esp
- ...any other plugins...
(* These files must not be separated from each other or loaded in a different order)
Details
The installations already contains all essential files like OBSE and Pluggy that are needed to run the mod.
Regions to explore include:
Shire, Blue Mountains, Harlindon, Arnor, Mirkwood, ...
Cities to visit, among others:
Minas Tirith, Moria, Hobbiton, Michel Delving, Barad Dur, Isengard, Minas Morgul, ...
To get around quickly in Middle-Earth, you can use the console: Open the console [~] and type "cow MiddleEarth -18,37" (without quotes) to get to Bree. For more locations see the List of Coordinates at our forum.
Uninstall
Run the MERP Launcher and choose the Unistall uption from the menu.
Incompatibility
We recommend to have no other mods in your MERP installation (except for recommended ones).
MERP is planned as a Total-Conversion. That means that there will likely be incompatibilities with other mods. Primarily, it may be incompatible with other mods that add a new worldspace. Theoretically, that means that they should not be activated at the same time as the ground could potentially disappear depending on load order, this is an engine issue and cannot be prevented.
Known Issues or Bugs
If you encounter any bug that isn't explained due to the mod's beta stage, please write a comment or send us a message.
Contact
If you have questions or wish to contribute, you can always contact us at a number of places:
- MERP Forum
- Official The Elder Scrolls Forum
- And of course you can leave a comment or send us a message here on ModDB.
History
0.2.6: 06/02/2012 - Last Oblivion beta.
0.2.4a: 26/06/2010 - Patch files with temp. regional map
0.2.4: 31/01/2010 - More regions added, as well as some models.
0.2.2: 23/03/2009 - Initial release.
Credits
J.R.R. Tolkien for the most amazing fantasy world known to man.
A big thanks you to all authors who granted us permission to use theír great work and of course all past developers of the MERPTeam as well.
A full list of our contributors can be found in the Permissions and Credits tab.
Licensing/Legal
You must contact us and obtain our permission before re-packaging any part of this mod. You can do that at our forums.
No assets from this mod can be reused until release 1.0.0, except for third party work which can be at the author's discretion.
Wootz
It won't let me download it. Why!?
Same, says its unavailible. I guess its too busy?
I found it on the nexus so you could try there
I thought if this is less than 3gb download I'm going to be angry.
2.3
Good enough :D
It's heavily compressed ;)
Hello guys!If i have x64 system,i need to download 4Gb patch,or not?Sorry for my bad english =)
Yeah you do. the oblivion exe is always going to be 32bit so needs patching to be able to address more memory.
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its working now when using merp launcher. omokmomomomomoomo its k.
I've followed the installation instructions exactly and when I load it up there are missing models, mountains with trees on them but no ground to make up the mountains in the distance, and it makes my head explode. I could use some help there.
Same here. :/
u should download dirrectly from moddb.just now i made my account for this.i waited for MERP since last year.now im more exited because of SkyMerp:X:X.but now lets play this one!
It's very laggy for some reason and the loading screens can take up to 10 minutes. In the old beta and normal oblivion the loading screens usually took only 5 seconds.
orc soldier then you most alt tab onc then it will go a lot faster encoutert that problem to
i cant download ntcore 4gb patch..it is necesarry,or i can skip 3rd step?
Same here. :/
Any co-ordinates for Moria? I have been trying to find it for ages..
OMFG - THANK YOU FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. I salute you, creators of MERP!
i have a good pc,4gb ram,2.93 ghz procesor,but when i i walk,from 4 in 4 seconds,the caracter get one step back,like lag.and i went to minas tirith,i cant see nothing from there,only grey mountains and the anduin.it is normal for this version or i need to reinstall the game?
Nope, you should be able to see minas morgul and the trees of ithilien too ;) There isnt anything else in this version as it isnt the final release.
its ok now,but i dont know why this "lag" persists
could someone reupload the 4gb-patcher? the site is down :(
Please reupload the 4gb patch!!!!
wait.. i only have 2gb ram.. so i dont need it?
You should use it anyway. 2gb is pretty low and MERP may not run on it, you will have to find out by trying.
I ran MERP just fine without the 4GB Patch thing. Well, I lagged quite a bit when looking at Pelargir and Minas Tirith. But I wasn't surprised by that. (:
that lag will be reduced in a patch :D
Is this a total conversion like Nerim?
Yes
I have a problem. I done everything but when i want to run MERP have eroor ,, you use very strange packed version of oblivion. Please check the readme for instructions on using autopatcher to replace your EXE with a clean version of 1.2.0416". But i have oblivion+shivering isles in version 1.2.0416. What i should do?
I got the same problem. It sucks... i kinda feel robbed. Why wont the creators take thier time to answer this?
Ok so everything installed alright, but the launcher doesn't do anything when I click on it. It just shows the loading thing next to the mouse for a couple seconds and then it goes away. I've tried running it as administrator also.
And I almost forgot, the first time I clicked on it it said "oblivion.ini not found creating one now". Is that normal?
The launcher does take some time to start up.
The uninstall sucks btw. Something you might want to improve on the next release.
Very sorry about that by the way, we definitely will do something about it.
"You are trying to use a Steam version of Oblivion. Steam users should launch the game through steam, not by running obse_loader.exe. If OBSE fails to load, go to Steam > Settings > In Game and check the box marked "Enable Steam community in game". Please see the instructions in obse_readme.txt for more information."
Anyone else having this problem? Does this not work with the Steam version of Oblivion?
Whenever I try to play it I get past the first loading screen and to the title screen, and then the screen goes black after a second and I have to start the task manager to close it.
Got any help?
Nevermind, it turns out the oblivion.esm was disabled somehow.
One other thing though. I was wondering, do I have to add the merp.exe to the config file for game companion to make it work for this?
Game companion?
It's a program that lets you run games in false fullscreen so you can alt tab and minimize games without it messing up.
i can download it. but when i want to extract the files an error pops up
plox help
I don`t have Shivering Isles expansion can i still download and play this mod?
Don't work for me windows error window why?
it keeps crashing when i start it D:
Im having the Same problem, I installed it Correctly but as soon as I open the game it has a Black Screen alittle of the game music and then it just closes and says Oblivion has stopped stopped working?
Need help ASAP im a massive Tolkien fan and been trying to get it working!
для этого мода требуются дополнения например shivering isles? извените за мой английский,я просто русский
for this mod require additions such as shivering isles? Sorry for my english, I'm just Russian
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oh yeaaaaa