Koural

As I said, I already tried to use the setstage. The Battle for Whiterun does not start and setstage with CWSiege tells me "Expected end of line, complied list not saved." It absolutely will not work. I've opened up TES5edit to try and look for for any issues with it, but it's seriously starting to get frustrating.

The reference 000844D1 did not seem to register, and it didn't recognize it. It recognized BF560, however he didn't talk to me at all to update the quest. The actual quest marker remained on the floor, as if he was supposed to be there, but nothing was there. I even used noclip to try and see if he got stuck under the scenery itself, but no luck. I have idea what's causing this, but I can't even just skip to the Battle for Whiterun, because the setstage refuses to work for some godawful reason. I'm not sure if I'm typing it right, or if I'm just screwed to ever complete the Civil War quests. I couldn't finish it on the console, and now it looks like I can't on the PC.

Every bug post I've seen about the Message to Whiterun is about Cipius not talking to them and giving them the update for the quest. For some reason, Cipius just isn't spawning at all for me. The Imperial Soldier runs in, and is talking to thin air. I'm not sure what removed him, but I'm afraid it may mean that there's something far more serious going on with my game. I've never done the Civil War quest and I don't want to just use setstage to get ahead, for fear something might break.