RaizenSama Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 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. This instructions had saved me a lot of grief of figuring out why I was having so many CTD's each time I cast the bound sword spell. The bound bow didn't give me problem but the sword spell. Thank you for your aid as I'm very grateful that you took the time to write out these instructions. I really appreciate it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted2764066User Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) [Edit]Stopped reading too soon! The above quoted post works MUCH better! Edited June 13, 2015 by AlBQuirky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylennus Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Kinlar, thank you so much, it perfectly worked ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alonsotherion Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 saqme problem here, did a fresh install of the game, without mods, and still ctd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnDriscoll Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thank you Kinlar! I did this while in prison (less items to drop). Some how I ended up with a Bonemold Formula note afterwards, which started a misc quest. I can do the Bounded Sword thing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mharratsc Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 FYI - I did the player.resetinventory *without* dropping anything, and likewise it worked fine. Like the original post says: you CAN try it without dropping everything first- it might work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redude5994 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I know this is super old, but i had this same problem. This time a mod and the active effect it gave me was the cause. "Tainted Blood of the Dragonborn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintuplin12 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Necroing this thread because the bug still exists, even with the bugfix mod, and Kinlar's solution on page 3 still fixes it. Thanks a ton Kinlar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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