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[RayV12]

You have me stumped now.. deleting the mesh works for most.
skyrim\Data\meshes\actors\dragon\character assets\skeleton.nif

Only other thing I can think of is maybe the animations are not compatible with the custom body meshes and skeletons out there. OR
you have another mod lower in your load order that has that skeleton.nif file included in it's bsa overwriting the DLC bsa's

I've actually ditched the DLC all together yesturday.. And fixed my system from what it broke. It was very poorly built and has way to many overwrites and bugs for my taste. I'll eat the 20 bucks this time.

Goodluck to you all. Hate your having issues.

Edited by RayV12, 10 February 2013 - 05:34 PM.

[RayV12]

I'm still having this problem even though I have deleted the mesh. Is there a way I can just by-pass the dragon riding?

You can try this..

after your game thinks you are riding the dragon.. even if you are just standing there glitched.
give it a few seconds for the menu popup thing saying hit space for targets and such.. then a few more seconds and then hit the E key. (you should get a message saying something like the dragon is looking for a place to land)
Once that happens and the music changes.. then open the console menu by pressing the ~ key. type TCL hit enter..then the ~ Key to close the concole.. then go to the top of that tall tower and hit the ~ Key again and retype TCL and hit enter. close the console and see if that works.

[erniepie]

I am also having this problem.

- Disabled all mods
- Went to delete my data/meshes/blah blah/skeleton.nif but I don't have a meshes folder (guess I never installed a mod that changed these)
- Tried reloading several times

Nada. Anyone have any recommendations?

Worked for me-- I do make sure that auto updating is off- not sure if that helps at all

[RPD490]

Yeah Im with jcdoe, I don't even have a dragon folder in my Actor folder of the mesh directory. I know earlier though that I did go and clean up the Update.esm, Dawnguard.esm, Hearthfire.esm, and Dragonborn.esm using TESVEdit, and I know your not suppose to do that, but really think about, Bethseda did a REALLY good job having these files clean. Not! It too is full of dirty edits, mainly of other duplicate files that are just in the files for no reason. And if you go into playing the game with these files dirty and you play with other mods, your more than likely gonna encounter instability, whereas if your playing with no mods. Then nothing happens.

Also I never downloaded any mods that edit the Dragon Skeleton so that can't be the problem.

[son0fgrim]

I did that and now, half way through the f***ing fight, he kills one of the dragons and then just stands there, in become ethral and stares at me, taunting me occasionally. I know he's supposed to absorb the dragon soul and heal right?

[RayV12]

I did that and now, half way through the f***ing fight, he kills one of the dragons and then just stands there, in become ethral and stares at me, taunting me occasionally. I know he's supposed to absorb the dragon soul and heal right?

Yup thats a different bug that also happens to some people.. I had to TCL back to where I first mounted the dragon.. TCL again to touch the ground. then tcl into where the book was , click on it .. then back .. and then tcl back to the tower.. then it finished.. DLC is a mess.

[quarantine2002]

Just wanted to say that I am having the same issue. I am trying to investigate as to what is causing this for me as I have no mods active that change dragons (that i know of). I really want to avoid de-installing everything and starting from scratch.

[rowynyew]

i was riding dragons while standing up on it instead of sitting down... and I went and deleted the mod (realistic ragdoll force) and it fixed it... if any of u have that mod disable it and try riding it then... it fixed my issue... hope it helps yall

Edited by rowynyew, 13 March 2013 - 01:53 PM.

[BorgWolf]

I have also had this problem, however after following advice from many topics across half a dozen forums etc the only way i found to resolve this Dragon Riding Glitch, was to do the following...

 

Make the Dragon land after learning the Word, ,,,, DO NOT GET ON THE DRAGON....   instead bring down the console; Tilde Button,  Button on the left of the number 1 key/or in front of it (UK Keyboards), type    tcl thats TCL in lower case, Close console Tilde Button again. this will allow you to fly or float to the top of Miraks Tower, Once There open Console and type tcl and close console this returns you to clip mode, Normal...!  try to talk to Mirak and he will attack you follow the quest on from there, your Dragon will eventually land near you! I can not say more without spoiling the Game!

 

This is the only way the Dragon Riding Glitch was able to bypassed in my game, I hope it helps...!   

[Kaori2010]

I had this problem as well, deleting skeleton.nif file helped. But I still have a problem, I can ride the dragon, no problem but I can't make him attack. All dragons that I mout always say that attacking is impossible no matter what. Is someone else having this problem? I bet I need to delete another file, since every major glitch, flying, absorbing souls made me delete stuff. So I beg for help...