Kinlar Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone, I also had this problem just about a hour ago for the first time. At first, I thought it was a random crash, then I realized the spell itself was the cause of these CTDs. Whenever I used "Bound Sword" spell, I got a CTD. Then I googled a bit, even watched a video about it on Youtube, read posts about it on various forums and many people mentioned that the CTDs only occur when the spell is used in the right hand. It was indeed the case for me as well. Apparently, there isn't any fix for it yet, except the one above, which is TBH rather ugly, as it removes all active effects including racial powers. Well, I think I have found a better fix. I might also have found the reason for the CTDs as well. Read on... ************************************************************************************************************************HERE'S MY FIX FOR BOUND SWORD CRASHES (CTDs)************************************************************************************************************************ First of all, you must empty your inventory to see if there's anything wrong with it. BTW, this is an optional step and you may skip it if you like. Anyway, store all the items in your inventory in the nearest container (can even be a corpse). If you have items that you can't store in a container (such as quest items), then drop them using the following console command (unfortunately, you need the ID of that item to do this)...player.drop <ITEM_ID> <Count>(Count : Number of items you want to drop) (Here's an example, to drop 1 Unusual Gem use, player.drop 9dfbb 1)When you get rid of all the items in your inventory, you'll probably notice something strange, an invisible item in your inventory that weighs 1 (maybe more)!Well, never mind that, whatever it is, we'll get rid of it. To do that use the following command...player.resetinventoryNow you have a bunch of stuff in your inventory. The command above resets your inventory and gives you a set of starting equipment. At this point, you may try using Bound Sword. Hopefully you won't get CTDs anymore.Notice that you haven't lost any of the active effects!So pick up the stuff you stored in the container and move on to a new adventure. Problem solved!************************************************************************************************************************ Anyway, to cut a long story short, all you need to do to fix this is to reset your inventory! You may just use player.resetinventory and move on. There's absolutely no need to use player.resurrect, don't use it. You may try player.recycleactor which doesn't remove racial powers and perk effects, but the cleanest solution is the one above. Edited September 2, 2012 by Kinlar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenryb Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Hi everyone, I also had this problem just about a hour ago for the first time. At first, I thought it was a random crash, then I realized the spell itself was the cause of these CTDs. Whenever I used "Bound Sword" spell, I got a CTD. Then I googled a bit, even watched a video about it on Youtube, read posts about it on various forums and many people mentioned that the CTDs only occur when the spell is used in the right hand. It was indeed the case for me as well. Apparently, there isn't any fix for it yet, except the one above, which is TBH rather ugly, as it removes all active effects including racial powers. Well, I think I have found a better fix. I might also have found the reason for the CTDs as well. Read on... ************************************************************************************************************************HERE'S MY FIX FOR BOUND SWORD CRASHES (CTDs)************************************************************************************************************************ First of all, you must empty your inventory to see if there's anything wrong with it. BTW, this is an optional step and you may skip it if you like. Anyway, store all the items in your inventory in the nearest container (can even be a corpse). If you have items that you can't store in a container (such as quest items), then drop them using the following console command (unfortunately, you need the ID of that item to do this)...player.drop <ITEM_ID> <Count>(Count : Number of items you want to drop) (Here's an example, to drop 1 Unusual Gem use, player.drop 9dfbb 1)When you get rid of all the items in your inventory, you'll probably notice something strange, an invisible item in your inventory that weighs 1 (maybe more)!Well, never mind that, whatever it is, we'll get rid of it. To do that use the following command...player.resetinventoryNow you have a bunch of stuff in your inventory. The command above resets your inventory and gives you a set of starting equipment. At this point, you may try using Bound Sword. Hopefully you won't get CTDs anymore.Notice that you haven't lost any of the active effects!So pick up the stuff you stored in the container and move on to a new adventure. Problem solved!************************************************************************************************************************ Anyway, to cut a long story short, all you need to do to fix this is to reset your inventory! You may just use player.resetinventory and move on. There's absolutely no need to use player.resurrect, don't use it. You may try player.recycleactor which doesn't remove racial powers and perk effects, but the cleanest solution is the one above.Well, that seems to have worked for me. Don't know how on earth you figured it out but nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinlar Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 @Thenryb My CTD fix may sound totally irrelevant, after all, what does your inventory have to do with your spells? I really don't know. Perhaps the player.resetinventory command not only resets your inventory and gives you some starting gear, but does something else that fixes the Bound Sword CTDs? BTW, did you have an invisible item in your inventory, like I mentioned in the fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHeUnk0wn Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Thank you Kinlar for the method. I didn't see any items (maybe because I use SkyUi, it could of been invisible as you said) but I continued the method and did it works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daventry Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 @ Kinlar: Unbelievable, that fixed it. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinlar Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 FYI, you may use player.showinventory command to see what those invisible items are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaginativeseeker Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) >player.resetinventory fixed the bound sword CTD issue for me, thank you. seems like a problem with quest object handles... Edited October 4, 2012 by imaginativeseeker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrmas Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) @Kinlar...... YOU. ARE. A. LIFESAVER! I haven't played Skyrim for six months because of this annoying ctd, and because I'm too stubborn to start a new save. Then today I just thought that I should check out if someone has found a fix for this - and there's you, with your post. Oh dear lord you're great - IT WORKS!!! Thanks to you I can finally start enjoying this game and what it has to offer :) Edit: I actually didn't have an invisible item in my inventory but it worked anyway. Edited October 6, 2012 by Tyrmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szymson92 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) player.resetinventory It works! It's better than that! It just added and equipped full iron armour on my character and didn't remove anything, BUT IT WORKS Edited November 4, 2012 by szymson92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooker75 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 This has to be the craziest bugfix I've ever seen, but by Talos it actually works. I'd love to know why it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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