Alternate start screwed up my shivering isles...

[link99912]

I was extremely bored with going through the tutorial dungeon, so I decided I'd use the boat alternate start (the one where you start on a boat, make your character, and then start at the imperial city water front.) The message never showed up to start the quest. I did some snooping in my data files, and saw that it was properly installed, it was also checked in the oblivion launcher data section. This leads me to believe that starting out side of the dungeon was the cause of this, which, I don't think really makes sense, sense you normally get the quest after sleeping for the first time.

 

I believe I know the solution, the problem is, I don't "know" the solution... To elaborate, what I mean is that there is a command to put you to part "x" in a quest. Like I used to get passed the glitch bear while completing the nature part of the knights of the nine. That code was-

 

setstage ND03 20.

 

The end portion increases in intervals of "10", with the exception that 40 is non-existent, and 50 is the moment after I "defeat" the bear. This of course leads me to believe that "ND03" is the quest ID. So, if any one knows the command I have to input, a way around it (besides reinstalling, I already did this), or can find out what the quest ID is and manually figure out what to type, this information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[myrmaad]

I was extremely bored with going through the tutorial dungeon, so I decided I'd use the boat alternate start (the one where you start on a boat, make your character, and then start at the imperial city water front.) The message never showed up to start the quest. I did some snooping in my data files, and saw that it was properly installed, it was also checked in the oblivion launcher data section. This leads me to believe that starting out side of the dungeon was the cause of this, which, I don't think really makes sense, sense you normally get the quest after sleeping for the first time.

 

I believe I know the solution, the problem is, I don't "know" the solution... To elaborate, what I mean is that there is a command to put you to part "x" in a quest. Like I used to get passed the glitch bear while completing the nature part of the knights of the nine. That code was-

 

setstage ND03 20.

 

The end portion increases in intervals of "10", with the exception that 40 is non-existent, and 50 is the moment after I "defeat" the bear. This of course leads me to believe that "ND03" is the quest ID. So, if any one knows the command I have to input, a way around it (besides reinstalling, I already did this), or can find out what the quest ID is and manually figure out what to type, this information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

 

I would try the following:

 

Move your alternate start by boat above the shivering isles, since you already got here on the boat and that mod is basically completed, right?

Then TEMPORARILY turn off shivering Isles go ingame and make one quick save, do not go anywhere or touch anything. Just open your game save and close.

Then Turn Shivering Isles back on, and go back into the game.

 

Your Shiv Isle quest should go ahead and update then.

[SavageArtistry]

Mine does the same thing. I just went over to the island on my own without the message and the game suddenly went "Oh! There it is!" and updated the quest. I haven't tried playing SI since I started using the arrive by boat start, however, so I don't know if anything else is messed up.

[Deleted269910User]

Actually you can jump past that first stage, regardless of whether you see the message or not. The portal to SI is already open at the island and doesn't require any initial triggers for the events to continue normally apart from you having to just be in the close proximity. I'm also using Evrae's alternate start mod and can confirm this really works, as I've done this with over 15 different characters.

[Suilebhain]

I can go in and talk to Haskill, but after accepting his offer he stands and nothing happens. I cannot get out of the chair because the game is waiting for me to be transported. :verymad: