Temple of Miraak; find the source of his power

[anvilton]

Google has not been very helpful though there were some hits similar to my issue but with a major difference. The quest (DLC02MQ02) goes fine until I reach the room holding the Black Book (Waking Dreams). After approaching the book Frea's dialogue proceeds normally and "Read the Book" is displayed. So I read the book and Hermaeus Mora's tentacles yanks me into Apocrypha. This is the point my problem diverges from Googling around.

 

I am standing and in front of me is Miraak with his back to me with 2 Seekers on his left and right. In the background I can hear a dragon flying around and get an occasional glimpse but cannot identify the dragon. I think the dragon is Sahrotaar since he is the one Miraak rides off on after I'm sent back to the temple. Miraak is looking over his right shoulder as though he senses my presence but never turns around to zap me to my knees and start his monologue.

 

So here I am standing waiting for something to happen but it never does no matter how long I let it go. The one similarity with some Google hits; I am frozen in place, no key's with the exception of ~ and Esc function. I cannot move at all in any direction.

 

Things I have tried;

 

1. Start all the way back at the beginning, ie at the boat you must use on your first trip to Solstheim. Did that 6 times.

2. Repeat #1 this time with no followers so I end up with only Frea. Did that 3 times.

3. Thinking Sahrotaar has to be on the ground I tried moveto player on him. Didn't go well, even after multiple attempts. He would swoop down from behind me and A) grab Miraak and fling the poo out of him thus Miraak dies, B) grab one or more of the Seekers and kill them or C) just knock Miraak from his position to which he would just walk back to where he was.

 

With those items in mind I have tried the following after reading the book and frozen in place in Apocrypha. I have tried various combinations of setstages. While a setstage DLC2MQ02 60 will cause Miraak and his seekers to disappear sending me back to his temple. I am still frozen but Frea does initiate the proper dialouge and I can mouse click the responses everything else is still frozen. I have tried coc riverwood as suggested by others, but still frozen.

 

I have tried skipping the book reading and just setstage DLC2MQ02 60 and that works in that Frea initiates the correct dialogue and I am unfrozen but there is a problem that might bite me down the road. On a whim at that point I decided to read the book from the pedestal. I took me to Apocrypha and Miraak and seekers were gone (as expected) but I was still frozen in place.

 

At this point after a dozen run through's of this quest I've no clue what to do. The problem is getting Miraak to start his script to take me down to the knees and start his monologue. Is there a console command to do such a thing?

Edited January 25, 2014 by anvilton

[anvilton]

After much digging around I am convinced the script/scripts for Miraak to take me to my knees and start his monologue are not running. Still don't know how to use console to run them. But I did managed to get around the freeze problem.

 

After reading the book and while in Apocrypha from console;

 

SetStage DLC2MQ02 60

 

Which then says I need to talk to Frea (and when I am frozen).

 

Talk to Frea (good thing the game reorients me to face her) and then from console;

 

EnablePlayerControls

 

Yea I can move around now but the next quest does not start (The Fate of The Skaal). So again from console;

 

SetStage DLC2MQ03

 

Then Frea says this must be the way out and I follow here to the Skaal Village. At this point everything "seems" to be working as they should. Talk to Storn and given the next quest to get the Bend Will shout.