Dawnguard: Kindred Judgment does not start

[grinphase]

Before reading any further you should note that there are SPOILERS ahead.

 

Dawnguard, such an fantastic DLC with such an Ok story. It was only recently that I completed the DLC, or so I thought. I retrieved the Auriel's Bow, made both Blood- and Sunbathed arrows and was left hanging there. It took me some time, but I finally realized that this was in fact not the ending and I've been missing out on the very last quest; the confrontation with the Headvampire (Can't really recall his name (Hakron?)).

 

The actual problem? Well; The quest Kindred Judgment, wich should be activated automatically after obtaining the bow, never actually did.

 

I've been dealing with quite some bugs and glitches over the course of my gameplay due to both modding and core game flaws, so this has just become one of many and I'm beginning to 'not care as much'' anymore. I did however tried to find some answers on several forums and found some people with the same problem, though noone really had a definite solution. The most apparent one was just to load an older save from before the quest and trying it again. But as you can imagine, since it took me some time to even realize that I was having a problem, I have already overwritten that file. Someone else adviced turning off all the mods and trying it again, though this seems to go hand in hand with loading a previous save.

 

Then there was one more: trying to use the console to force the quest with the following commands:

completequest DLC1VQ08

resetquest DLC1VQ08

setstage DLC1VQ08 10

 

Though, this did not work for me. The first command actually made the completion message pop up, the other two didn't seem to do anything.

 

So! I'd like to warn others of using mods while doing the questline. I'm using the following Dawnguard related mods:

Better Vampires

DVA

Daedric Crossbow

Dawnguard armor retexture mods

Vampire Lord flying mod.

 

I'm guessing that any of these may or may not be conflicting with the questline, just be aware.

And if someone knows of a solution or console command that might actually work, please let me know! Would apreciate any input.

 

Thanks for reading and Good Luck!

[dubbad29]

If you haven't already, install the Unofficial Dawnguard Patch (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/23491/?). Once you do, I'd try loading a save from before you did the console commands, and if that doesn't work, try loading one from after.

 

Also, UESP says that completing a side-quest before fighting Vyrthur can fix it. I'm not sure how this is possible, given that you have to fight him before the quest completes, but the UESP says it works.

[VolkiharFiend]

Are any of the Death Hounds dead? (Garmr and CuSith) I think if any of them die before Kindred Judgement starts it'll bug out and not start.