Oblivion Remastered quietly keeps the modding legacy alive – without Bethesda's help

Bottom line: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered doesn't officially support mods. However, that hasn't stopped fans from experimenting – and finding that quite a few legacy mods for the original 2006 release still work with a bit of manual effort. Users on Reddit and the Bethesda Game Studios Discord noted that several classic .esp files function more or less as intended when dropped into the Remastered version. Ars Technica confirmed it through basic testing, using a 2008 mod to add overpowered gear to the starting prison cell. Getting these legacy mods working isn't as streamlined as with the Oblivion Mod Manager, but it's not hard either. Players have found that dragging the file into the same directory as the downloadable content – Content/Dev/ObvData/Data – and adding the filename to the Plugins.txt list enables them in-game. Simple tweaks, cheats, and visual changes often function as intended since the "heart" of the remaster is the original Oblivion engine. More complex ... Read full article.