Fabulous!  (!!)

Don't need a save, no lengthy intro, the game is completely new. I can't remember anything more than facing-fiddling & picking a name. Maybe picking a general build but I don't recall doing so, no need to decide on major/minor abilities/skills either. Face, name & go. Intro cutscene gets annoying, now I hit ESC to bypass.

After Oblivion install + latest official patch (easy to find), Nehrim install grabs whatever Oblivion files it needs & installs to a new directory. Oblivion install remains in Bethesda/Oblivion.

If you're running win7, readme recommended installing to c: rather than Program Files. I didn't but after the crashes began, I re-installed into C:. And turned off any autosaves.

There is a "Diary" in your inventory that has additional settings & level up stuff. I didn't know that until lvl 2.

I'm conflicted about which way to go – melee or magic, blade or bow. Bows are supposed to be so much better (by design) than Oblivion – that should please the Ranger in you. Me, I can never aim & shoot arrows before mobs are on top of me. [Image Can Not Be Found]

Hmmm, usually I wander in circles with no sense of direction. You're usually the one with the inner GPS. Something must be amiss or you're missing something. It seemed to me the mine was on rails, albeit wide open spaces type rails.  Something I remembered from Oblivion *after* this mine, but now am doing is look at the local map. Sometimes doors are marked & it helps to know in what general direction I'm supposed to be heading.

About the gamma….no lie. My gamma is cranked up to max at the lake & it's still dark. At home it's better but not great.

TMI: It's been such a problem that I ordered a new video card when the price was near-enough in price reduction so I could upgrade during this game (bringing home card to lake). Just arrived at lake with home-card and another power supply to see if that helps. Bottom line, I'm likewise feeling your blindness.

Let me try'n start another game from the beginning & see what I do. Or maybe I have an old save. Based on Oblivion saves that could be more than 8 mb, I usually keep only ~10 saves in my game (archive the rest & move 'em).

EDIT: hooray, found saves when I was lvl 1. Are you still lvl 1? I'll look at the map at that lvl. Ah wait….trolls! Normal trolls….and a BIG BLACK completely onpurpose unkillable TROLL. Heh heh, that's what you're gonna be facing. Then…. . The game *is* very much on rails at that point….

Nooo, don't quit. Not yet!

I had to look up a solution for the black troll after riding across on that stupid gondola too many times with saves every step of the way.

Trust your instincts and RUN!!! It may take a few tries but you'll eventually (w/ a couple of reloads) discover the safe room. Then you'll figure out what to do.  Believe me, coming from the world's worst wimp, you may have to hurry (doing what you gotta do) but I made it in one attempt. That means = it's dead easy.

After that, all trolls can be killed although there's one spot going up stairs with like waves & waves coming at you. If your gamma is high enough, you can see their outlines up ahead. I (literally) backed up, healed up (w/ my heal spell), and aggro'd as few as possible at a time. Very doable.

P.S. my slider is hugging the left side on Dead Easy although I'm not so sure the devs' Easy is my Easy.

P.P.S. I used the pick as a 2h weapon preferring 3 points of damage over a 2 point dagger. YMMV.

This is not an easy game. I've died more times than any other game I've stuck with. Takes me a couple of deaths & reloads before I figure out how to stay alive. Sounds like how FPS games are played, not what I'm used to.

Right now my problem is multiple gamelocks-and-crashing. Guessing cause I always try to play with settings higher than my hardware is happy.

Blackness without torches will be an ongoing problem. Just bought my first 2 replacements. Before I was rationing out my last one a single peep, unequip....single peep, unequip. Mainly to uncover any loot hidden in dark corners.