Beyond Death completely broken in every way possible-- help?

[ghoulrainbow]

I did this quest before a number of times before installing the Legendary edition, and all went smoothly, but I've got a whole host of problems with this quest now. The only difference is that it's the first time, playing on the Dawnguard side, that I've asked Serana to make me a vampire in order to go into the Soul Cairn.

 

I am running all Unofficial Patches.

 

 

Firstly, when I got to Valerica she wouldn't come over and speak to me. I tried waiting an hour, twenty-four hours, reloading the save, going through the barrier and hitting her down to her knees, moving Serana over to her, and moving her over to Serana, but I couldn't get her into a conversational mood at all. Eventually, I fixed this by using the console command setstage dlc1vq05 20, bumping me forward to the "speak to Valerica" stage. For some reason it hadn't triggered, or if it did then not properly.

 

Next, I went and killed all three Keepers and ran back. This time Valerica still wouldn't chat, but in addition the barrier hadn't come down and she was still unreachable. I used moveto player on Valerica, and then her dialogue triggered and I was able to get the "follow Valerica" objective. However, the barrier still wasn't down. I looked this up online and while I couldn't find any information on the barrier glitch, other people said that if Valerica doesn't lead you then once you got to the Boneyard, the quest should progress normally. So I used tcl to get through the barrier, unlock on the door, and went into the Boneyard where Serana and Valerica spawned next to me. I then got the "kill Durnehviir" objective.

 

Now I went to fight Durnehviir, and it was all progressing normally until he reached 0 health. Instead of dying, his health bar jumped back up to full. I tried killing him with a different weapon just in case, but he miraculously recovered every time his health bar was empty and started attacking again. I can't kill him at all! Setting the quest to the next stage with the console doesn't fix it, as he's still attacking me. Using the console command killall does nothing. It's as if he's been marked as essential.

 

I recognise that one bug leads to another-- and that using the console to debug, especially when it comes to quests, can cause further bugs to happen-- but there's no way for me to get around this. I've tried loading from earlier saves and I still run into the first bug, Valerica won't talk.

 

I'm not using any mods that change Serana, Valerica, or the Soul Cairn. There are a couple of mod issues I considered:

 

• I have Vampires Rebalanced installed. I don't see any particular reason why the changes this mod makes, which are generally pretty minor, should break the quest, and it's never given me any other problems, but it's worth noting since I've never played the quest option where Serana turns me.
• The weapons with which I'm trying to kill Durnehviir are modded (the bow from Bound Weapons Redux and Dawnbreaker from Daedric Dawnbreaker) but, like VR, have never caused me problems. Additionally, seeing as the entire quest so far has been bugged to Oblivion and I've had to use the console to keep it moving, not being able to kill Durnehviir isn't exactly a glitch coming out of the blue.
• I set the timescale to 4 with every new character I make as I find 20 a bit too fast, especially when using Realistic Needs and Diseases. I know that setting the timescale to too low a value can cause problems with quest triggers, but I did the same thing with characters where this quest went as smoothly as a baby's bottom. I never set it below 4, either-- internet sources generally agree that that's the minimum safe value.
• Since installing Dragonborn, I've had problems absorbing Murmilnir's soul, so Durnehviir's immortality is not the only dragon-related problem I've encountered.

 

Has anyone else had these glitches, and if so, is there anything you can do about it?

 

 

 

Here's my load order, for the sake of interest:

 

 

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Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

HearthFires.esm

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

ApachiiHair.esm

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp

Bring Out Your Dead.esp

Creepy Dungeons.esp

CrossbowsRevamped.esp

Dead Body Collision.esp

MoreChildrenItem.esp

SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrim.esp

Traps Make Noise.esp

BlackSacramentArmor.esp

BlackSacramentDBReplacer.esp

bound weapons redux.esp

Cloaks.esp

1nivWICCloaks.esp

1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp

Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

LeatherBackpackBlack.esp

LeatherBackpackBrown.esp

LeatherBackpackDarkBrown.esp

LeatherBackpack.esp

LeftHandRings.esp

LeftHandRings - Dawnguard.esp

MaceofMolagBalEnhanced.esp

NobleFemaleClothes.esp

Skyrim Scaling Stopper - Misc Edits - Dawnguard.esp

Dr_Bandolier.esp

CastleVolkiharImmersive.esp

gonkishvampdens.esp

Shadowmarks for Player Homes.esp

Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp

nighteye.esp

AdaptiveNightEye.esp

Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

Auriel's Bow Reloaded.esp

Book Covers Skyrim.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

Headtracking.esp

Thieves Guild Requirements.esp

xvisionchildren.esp

xvisionchildren - hearthfire.esp

WinterholdDecay.esp

RealisticRoomRental-Basic.esp

3DNPC.esp

Inconsequential NPCs.esp

FootstepsSoundsOverhaul.esp

RealisticCarryWeight.esp

Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp

BetterMagic_FULL.esp

Realistic crime report radius.esp

RespectTheJarls.esp

Crimson Tide - Blood.esp

Skyrim Scaling Stopper.esp

Sit Anywhere.esp

Scarified Dunmer.esp

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp

RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp

RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp

RND_USKP-Patch.esp

FriendlyBrynjolf.esp

SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Reduced.esp

Purewaters.esp

RND_PureWaters-Patch.esp

Blacksmithforge water fix Vanilla.esp

Blacksmithforge water fix DG.esp

Blacksmithforge water fix DB.esp

Skyrim Scaling Stopper - Misc Edits - Non-Dawnguard.esp

CommonClothes.esp

SpeechTree.esp

Better Archery 1.0.esp

BosmerArmorMATY743.esp

alva.esp

Extended Encounters.esp

Skyrim+ALL DLC.esp

HarvestOverhaul.esp

HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp

HarvestOverhaulCreatures_RND_Animal_Loot_All_DLC.esp

humans drop human parts.esp

Provincial Courier Service.esp

KillThemGenerals.esp

nosalt.esp

Dunmerized Grey Quarter.esp

Reanimate FX.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp

AlternateBreezehomePurchase.esp

Advanced Alteration - Kinetics.esp

Sleep Anywhere.esp

Female Orc Walk Only.esp

orc-female-idle-fix.esp

GrammaticalLoading.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

Binocular Vision Extra.esp

Binocular Vision Game Settings 135.esp

VRMain.esp

VRPatch.esp

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp

Daedric Dawnbreaker.esp

MagicIsLight.esp

Edited April 6, 2014 by ghoulrainbow