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So i decided to load a save from before i got the quest, was about 40 saves back. Did the quest and it all went smoothly. The main differences I saw: There were far more combatants outside the city walls that we had to get through before getting to the door.Rolaf walked through the door in the smooth running version where as the bugged version he is standing outside the door to Whiterun between the drawbridge and the door and talking like the battle is over. Eventually he enters Whiterun after i am already in there and the guards start going nuts at him hinting that although i used the console command "setstage CWSiegeObj 9000" and got the quest completed, the stormcloaks didn't win or it didn't work. (I may need to load the cell)Gamul Stone-fist glitched in the smooth one; he went back to his non battle gear you see him in the Palace of Kings and walked around without a weapon drawn. He also went up the high path rather than standing at the draw bridge waiting for me.So i don't know if it's Rolaf needing to go through the doors first before i enter for it to work because there were some similarities that made no difference: All mods stayed the sameI still entered (loaded the ugrid cell) the same area (whiterun hold) the same way on the same path with similar pause times and combats taking place.I fought the same way and it was slightly easier but was slightly quicker because there was about half as many combatants.My outfits still had custom mod items in it and so did the enemy and varying it does not seem to change it.So i'm a little stumped and maybe someone who is better than me at knowing the codes could give me a way to trick the next stage of the quest through possibly getting Rolaf into the city or just something like that. Any help is much appreciated.

Yeah unfortunately not, simply because i have played alot since getting that quest. The main issue thought was starting the previous quest message to whiterun but it seems to not be able to do the quest from the beginning and resets as completed with the command ResetQuest <questID>

Hey guys and gals, Long time lurker first time poster. So, i am having some trouble with the mission "Battle for Whiterun" on the StormCloaks side. It is unfortunately not progressing with the mission once we enter Whiterun, it's like the battle is already finished, the attacking soldiers have dissapeared and everyone is going about their daily business. Here you can see the quest >stages< *SPOILERS* (can't seem to find the spolier coding) Battle for Whiterun (CWSiegeObj) 1 Ulfric Stormcloak has ordered me to join Galmar Stone-Fist in taking the city of Whiterun. 8999 Cancels Quest. 9000 We have taken the city of Whiterun. Proving the righteousness of our cause and the fierceness of our warriors. Unknown Objective 1000: Get your Orders from Galmar Stone-FistObjective 1005: Break through the Enemy BarricadeObjective 1015: Follow Galmar Stone-FistObjective 1020: Open the Exterior GateObjective 1030: Open the DrawbridgeObjective 1050: Enter WhiterunObjective 1060: Break through the First BarricadeObjective 1070: Break through the Second BarricadeObjective 1080: Break through the Final BarricadeObjective 1200: Force Jarl Balgruuf the Greater to surrenderObjective 1210: Accept Jarl Balgruuf the Greater's surrender The issue i am having is between: Objective 1030: Open the Drawbridgeand Objective 1050: Enter Whiterun Not to mention these two are skipped on screen (maybe they happen behind the scenes or were deleted before release)Objective 1015: Follow Galmar Stone-FistObjective 1020: Open the Exterior Gate Essentially what is happening is that after dropping the drawbridge i get the completed drum roll and notification but... that's it. No next objective pops up.I have: Let Galmar Stone-Fist run into the city with every living StormcloakMade sure every enemy soldier outside is deadTried ResetQuestTried SetStageThe problem is that these aren't stages when you complete them, they are objectives and i have no idea how to add or force the next objective only stages and i can't find a guide. I have plenty of mods but none of them really have anything to do with quests, just gameplay improvements and visual graphics, some few item adds but nothing that i thought would change the flow of a quest. One concern might be the outstanding quests i have for people inside Whiterun? Please feel free to post questions or request anything from me as i want to get this solved and not just skip the quest by forcing it's completion through the console. Thanks for all and any help. P.S. I'm in Australia so sorry if my reply is 8-17 hours later. But i'll be on for the next 4 hours at least.

I just fixed this thanks to two things. First this post and my reply: I actually found those files in a .INI in my data folder and deleted those to stop the red tint and crashing on loading save games. STILL HAVEN'T FIXED THE LOADING ISSUE THOUGH! Will try the ugrids reset thing without saveini command. Seems the saveini was redirecting something to the ini in the data folder not quite sure why or how. (I also deleted the entire ini to see if it did anything but i think it just got rid of the tint no help in crashing.) And then using the method by ecirbaf: Thanks for this and hopefully with ugrids set to 9 i can now be fine up in the mountains (as that was the only place i got issues) at least til i can get a new CPU and more RAM though from what i have heard that is not a guaranteed fix either.