Dragon Rising Quest not starting

[jdubsjr]

So I finished the Bleak Fall Barrow, Farengar takes the Dragonstone and the quest just stops. I can't use setstage mq104 5 because mq104 never starts. I've tried using setstage mq103 200 to see if that does anything but it never advances. I noticed the NPC Farengar is usually talking to never spawned, could that be the problem? Any suggestions would be most helpful.

 

Mods:

Weapons and Armor Fixes

Smithing Perks Overhaul

Complete Crafting Overhaul

Dovahkiin Hideout

Quatlity World Map

Glowing Ore Veins 300

RWT

SkyUI

 

Could any of those have caused this problem?

[liatlothrin]

okay so i am having the same issues - accidentally made a post about the same exact thing before looking to see if there was anyone else with my issue. i have Skyui and Dovahkiin Hideout so im guessing it is one of those two, to be safe try and disable all of your mods and see if it is the mod causing the issue, i have heard there is a console command to complete or start a quest im not sure what they are though, (i think they are startquest [Mq104] and completequest [mq104] read from a list of console commands). sorry i couldn't be of more help i have seen a couple people with this issue it is aggravating, if you find out which mod is causing the issue make sure to post it on their mod comments (if it is a mod). Edited February 14, 2012 by liatlothrin

[liatlothrin]

success oh glorious success, it was the dovakiin hideout that was causing the issues, at least for me, i turned it off and the quest want off like a charm Edited February 14, 2012 by liatlothrin

[jdubsjr]

Good call. Apparently that is the only one I didn't disable when I was trying to get it to work. Fun times. Have you tried re-enabling it?

[Khelek00]

Had the same problem here. Had to disable Dovahkiin Hideout before Dragon Rising would start. Thanks for figuring it out!

[Bradster123456]

so dovakiin hideout is the culprit? i had no idea it could impact these things. thanks =)

[lnickens]

I'm not using Dovakiin hideout and I'm also having the problem -- nothing seems to work.

[Grasmann]

Lol?

Does Dovakiin hideout even include quest scripts?

From the name I would guess it's just a house that is placed somewhere for the player to use.

 

How can something like this break a quest?

 

Maybe this is just a coincidence?

 

@lnickens

EDIT:

What I would try to do is:

1. Open the console

2. Click Farengar

3. Run "Disable"

4. Run "Enable"

 

Things like that usually work. If it doesn't work with Farengar just try with the jarl or anybody involved in the next steps.

Sometimes even a random NPC at the location works XD.

 

A shame that the quests in skyrim are so buggy sometimes ... but it's even a bigger shame that are often fixed so easy XD.

Edited March 8, 2012 by Grasmann

[Aurihazuma]

Ummm What can I say.. Bethesda needs to fix these early quest problems the worst.. Helgen and this Bleak Falls Barrow/Dragon Rising issue sucks... Anyway.. I found a workaround.. Simply disable all plugins in the mod manager then re-enable the mains as specified below, and everything you currently wear if you have special items, but only.. and I mean ONLY.. those items... Then go to a save just before you re-enter Dragonsreach and play from there... It worked perfectly... but I did have to run the bugger in almost vanilla mode to do it.. The following should be checked:: Skyrim.esm Update.esm HighResTexturePack01.esp (if you have the pack) HighResTexturePack02.esp Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp HighResTexturePackFix.esp (if you use the following) SkyUI.esp RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
SkyrimConfigMenu.esp

(And in MY case...)
Ring of Change.esp (Alternative to showracemenu command)
HolyArmor.esp (Holy Daedric Armor)
superbow.esp (The Golden Bow Of Legend (a dreadful cheat I know, buuut Gotta LUV it - heh))
shadowscale.esp (Shadowscale Argonians)
AbsoluteMainMenuMusic.esp

also used the Skip Helgen mod http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10546 and set my character with the racemenu through the ring of change mod http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9458

 

 

A second choice for me to try later is the Alternate Start - Live Another Life mod http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9557 but this has not been tested and won't be until I once again restart from scratch.. Would that I had found this first.. heh

The above 6 plugins are totally necessary.. The 9 below are necessary for my character and did not interfere.. The quest completed beautifully and I am on my way to High Hrothgar.. WOO HOO!!! Days of searching.. Frankly.. It was just a desperation measure I tried based on the suggestions above and my own desire not to literally uninstall AAAAALLL of my mods just to do this thing ( 4 hrs of work you know ).  This all started because the new Dragonborn DLC is TOTALLY buggy... I wooould be completely disappointed in and with Bethesda.. if this were not a common occurrence.. all the same.. Woo HOO!!! Back to my usual game with all mods in play.. Time to go kick butt.. HAHAH TY for the suggestions and have a blessed Day..

ADDENDUM:: I recommend playing past the main High Hrothgar quests and anything to do with the first parts of the Blades.. I noticed that re-enabling my mods caused problems when done too soon.. I'm still trying to locate the spot where it is best to restart them at this time.

Namaste...

Aurih.

p.s. I did notice that all of my graphics mods for Whiterun ( including the sexy series ) were still active, and suspect that the file Interesting NPC's had something to do with blocking the quest, but I cannot be certain at this point.. I had also removed all follower tools and add-ons in an attempt to bypass ad locate the offender before doing the nasty and disabling everything. My's has a heck of a lot of mods, so it could be any of almost 200 items and I wasn't going to spend two days digging.. you know? TTFN and Happy Gaming!!!

p.p.s. And One More Thing! - heh.. I was still able to complete the quest with SKSE, Script Dragon, ENB, SweetFX, AAAAAaand HiAlgo installed... just an FYI on that side..

p.p.s.s. I found one small hitch in my get-a-long... re-enabling Dawnguard caused a 3rd person glitch apparently famous on the net now... Here's the fix for it. Worked like a charm.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22620

ADDITIONAL:: 1. I have finally finished the basic quest set with Hrothgar.. and make note of playing the diplomatic matter with mods on.. We shall see what happens. I also reinstalled the latest DLC to see if it actually manages to work this time..

 

2. Everything seems to be fine now.. I have yet to continue the main quest line atm due to proceeding with the college of Winterhold quests, but so far, so good.. I do state once m ore it is necessary to complete the initial quests with the blades and Windhelm and also the initial High Hrothgar quests before re-enabling all mods. The only player home I re-added was The Forgotten Mountain Keep and I have not re-added any extra quest mods.. So far, no bad saves, no lockups, and no CTDs.. even with Dragonborn installed. I also just updated SKSE to 1.6.9.37..

 

ADDENDUM 3. Much to my chagrin.. I had to go back and start over again using ONLY the mods listed above and vanilla skyrim.. You MUUUUST play th entire main quest and I recommend the civil war quest at least unto the " Liberation Of Skyrim " section. I stopped at the " Message To Whiterun " section and completed the main quest and the reactivated all mods.. It worked, but I still had the infamous Liberation of Skyrim quest bug about " Reporting In " not showing when you go see Galmar. I currently decided to do some faction quests to see if it unlocks later.. Everything else is fine now, and all mods activated, checked with BOSS and also TES5Edit. No real problems. SweetFX has also removed in favor of ENB.

 

I hope this helps folks.. it took me almost 8 replays and countless hours of work and frustration..

 

Namaste...

 

Aurih.

 

 

 

Ok Folks.. Get ready for a long Addendum::

 

I finally restarted the game again with some revisions I will include in a post below as to my actions which led up to a successful conclusion.. I chose the balanced game attitude... and to my pleasure... it worked.

 

See you on the next line.. Namaste and Tschuss.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Aurihazuma

[Bluedevil5]

just spent 2 and a half hours playing with the console and doing things trying to get this to work, after disabling any mods that affected breezehome Delphine showed up in the clothes shes supposed to be wearing according to my mods(as opposed to a blue dress). In my case I had "secret Basement" and "nordic breezehome" I disable both at the same time though. I also did "setstage mq103 180" in the bleak falls sanctum.