Lydia Glitch

[edrut5]

I hope I'm not duplicating this but here goes. I have two Lydia's. One stays in the Breeze Home and wears nothing but her underwear and a sword, and the other follows me with full armor and I can't get rid of her. Any ideas on how to fix this? :wallbash:

[xlcr]

@edrut5, i'll try to help, guess you probably used console command:

player.placeatme A2C94 (A2C94 is Lydia's Ref ID).

which you should never do with named NPC's like Lydia because 'placeatme' spawns a duplicate with incomplete history and bugged AI.

Please confirm if you used the 'placeatme' command and/or if the original Lydia died..

 

fyi, if you ever need to teleport Lydia (or any other named NPC) to your location you should use:

prid <Ref ID> <enter>

moveto player <enter>

You can lookup any NPC's Ref ID here using search: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Skyrim

 

Anyway, first thing is make a permanent savegame just in case.

Second, confirm which is the real Lydia as follows, with both Lydia's in sight, launch console, click on their face until you see a Ref ID appear onscreen.

The real Lydia will have Ref ID 000A2C94, the duplicate Lydia with have some other code.

 

If neither of the Lydia's have Ref ID 000A2C94, stop this procedure and respond here.

(i'll try to help you get back the real Lydia if its not too late).

 

If the duplicate Lydia is equipped with gear that you want to keep, exit console and take the gear back now.

 

Third, to remove the duplicate Lydia, launch console and click on her face until the duplicate Ref ID shows onscreen (not 000A2C94),

type 'disable' <enter>, type 'markfordelete' <enter>, leave that location (transition to a new cell).

Finally, make a savegame, reload savegame, go back to that location to make sure the duplicate is gone.

 

Hopefully the real Lydia is no longer bugged and responds to follower commands normally now; if not, respond here.

Are you running any follower mods? Did steam update you to patch v1.6.89.0?

Edited June 23, 2012 by xlcr

[SergeantGrrock]

Did anyone -not- suspect the "placeatme" console command as soon as you read this thread topic?? I don't know how many folks that simple command has screwed but it seems to be A LOT! I don't mean to sound like a smart ass and xlcr gave excellent help but as much as I read about it, it almost needs its own sticky... "DON'T USE PLACEATME!!!!!!!!!!!!" :ohmy:

[DanixameAkai]

@edrut5, i'll try to help, guess you probably used console command:

player.placeatme A2C94 (A2C94 is Lydia's Ref ID).

which you should never do with named NPC's like Lydia because 'placeatme' spawns a duplicate with incomplete history and bugged AI.

Please confirm if you used the 'placeatme' command and/or if the original Lydia died..

 

fyi, if you ever need to teleport Lydia (or any other named NPC) to your location you should use:

prid <Ref ID> <enter>

moveto player <enter>

You can lookup any NPC's Ref ID here using search: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Skyrim

 

Anyway, first thing is make a permanent savegame just in case.

Second, confirm which is the real Lydia as follows, with both Lydia's in sight, launch console, click on their face until you see a Ref ID appear onscreen.

The real Lydia will have Ref ID 000A2C94, the duplicate Lydia with have some other code.

 

If neither of the Lydia's have Ref ID 000A2C94, stop this procedure and respond here.

(i'll try to help you get back the real Lydia if its not too late).

 

If the duplicate Lydia is equipped with gear that you want to keep, exit console and take the gear back now.

 

Third, to remove the duplicate Lydia, launch console and click on her face until the duplicate Ref ID shows onscreen (not 000A2C94),

type 'disable' <enter>, type 'markfordelete' <enter>, leave that location (transition to a new cell).

Finally, make a savegame, reload savegame, go back to that location to make sure the duplicate is gone.

 

Hopefully the real Lydia is no longer bugged and responds to follower commands normally now; if not, respond here.

Are you running any follower mods? Did steam update you to patch v1.6.89.0?

Hey, I know it happened 3 years ago, but when I enter " markfordelete" I CTD... Any solutions?