Sofie bug resolution

[Duriel7]

Hi there,

 

This topic is for the ones who search for an answer without success. Maybe for posterity, or even if the bug exists in SSE. This topic will not contain spoilers, at least not things that are not explicitly told in quests journal texts.

 

I was today victim of the Sofie bug. For those who don't know about, it's a bug where Sofie (child from Windhelm) refuse to leave the city after adoption, and keeps runing her usual routine.

So, at first I thought it was Meeko's fault because I kept him after finding him and Sofie was following me like a temporary follower, kept repeating she was taking her wares and joining the house. It was only a part. The wiki sometimes says that the bug is only with Honeyside, but Breezehome is my house, so it may happen with virtually any house of the game. AFAIK, USLEEP does not solve this bug.

 

So first part : Sometimes having Meeko following you around may cause a bug with Sofie. Firing Meeko did not solve the bug, BUT taking him home where Lucia could remarking him and asking me to keep it home did solve the bug after I told Meeko to stay home.

 

Then I went for a search on the Internet, for some kind of solution, where I found that before Blood On Ice, Sofie if immortal even with mortal children mods, because she is involved in this quest.

 

Second part : Solve the quest Blood On Ice, find the murderer of Windhelm streets, and then try talk to Sofie, she probably will join you at your house. It did solve the bug for me. Some say that you can try to adopt her before the end of the quest and solve the quest, and then after wait for Sofie to join your house, but personaly I woumdn't do that, you never know... scripts might be bitchy at times.

 

I don't know for everyone, but it was the first time I had the Sofie bug, and doing the quest Blood On Ice finally solve the problem. Keep it in mind. I hope this will help some people here. Note that it is not absolute, as you may have the bug after finishing the quest, but if trying to adopt Sofie before the end of the quest, it is more than probable that the bug is caused by scripts not being available yet for her to leave the city.