[Dawnguard...Castle Volikhar won't open]

Not sure if people are still having this issue or not, but throwing it out there, so it's simply out there.

 

So, Serana won't open that 'home' castle door for you huh?

After all my gathering of workarounds and fixes.. here's how to just simply bypass that pesky door and drag her with you...

 

Step by step of how I did it... ([?] = relevant key)

• Console [~]
• " coc DLC1VampireCastleGuildhall " (or movetoqt DLC1VQ02 press escape and run to the door)
• at the door, Console [~]
• " prid 02002b74 " [enter] (this selects your current Serana)
• " moveto player " [enter] (this moves her to you (be sure there's somewhere for her to stand.. aka don't stand awkwardly next to a wall or a bunch of stuff))

From there she should respond to the man accusing you of trespassing, make her regular comments and she'll properly interact with the leader.

 

If you have this on XBox... sorry.. wait for an update.. or something... I've learned my lesson when it comes to Bethesda and XBox games...

 

This worked like a charm for me, I was really worried I might have to start a new game after some 80 hours. Thank you very much Mr Xoza, you're a life saver :)

[Any mod that adds a merchant with enough gold for expensive items?]

Try mine, http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=21488 She has 25k cash and sells things you cant buy anywhere else.