Newaryon Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 My first post here.... My first Bethesda game and I'm pretty new to using an Xbox. . . but I'm an old hand at RPG and MMORPGs. I am loving Skyrim. Lately I am having trouble with the game freezing up at various points. From what I can see, the problem seems related to bugs in various scripted events. Like if there is a long scripted dialogue with NPCs, the game may freeze up if I try to leave the room before the script is complete. Today I have come to a complete halt with a bug like this. I was working on the Alduin's Wall quest and got into Sky Haven Temple with Esbern and Delphine. Esbern gives his long series of lectures about the wall and the Dragonborn prophecy. The Alduin's Wall quest completes, Throat of the World quest begins. At this point in the script Delphine says something about exploring the rest of the Temple and starts to move. And the game freezes hard. This happens whether or not I complete other dialogues with these NPCs, whether I stay near them or move away, and even if I run out of the Temple to escape this prophecy of doom and Fast Travel to another city. Esbern's prophetic declamation is REALLY the end of the world! The game freezes hard. I have to turn off the console get any buttons on the controller to respond. I have tried loading the game onto the console hard drive and clearing the cache with no improvement. Suggestions? Newaryon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Have you tried stuff like disabling autosaves and turning off music? I don't know how configurable the Xbox version is, but does it let you adjust the actor fade? That one in particular seems like bug lamp. If I even think about bumping it up past a certain point, all kinds of havok starts breaking out in my game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newaryon Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 If there is a place to adjust that type of thing on xbox, I don't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 You basically can't adjust any graphics settings on consoles. The most I've ever seen was Two Worlds 2, and that let you choose shadow filters on the PS3 version or something if I recall correctly. They do let you adjust preferences like audio though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newaryon Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Okay I found the controls such as they are. Yeah almost no graphic settings... I doubt it's the audio either as none of that has been changed since I got the game and it didn't do this before. I turned off all the autosave features. That didn't fix the problem. I started a new character since the old one is stuck. That one is not freezing so far. Is there any way to label these SAVE files on this console or put them in separate directories? All the program seems to offer me is a number and location and doesn't seem to differentiate saves of different characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newaryon Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 I think I got it fixed...at least I can play. Apparently the script of Esbern's lecture begins when I enter the area of Alduin's wall. He talks quite a bit. Then the dialogue shifts to Delphine and the script wants me to chat with her a bit. Esbern talks more and when this dialogue is complete that ends the Alduin's Wall quest and starts the Voice of the World one. My problem is that I spent too much time poking around the Temple and fiddling with things. The first step in Voice of the World says to go back to High Hrothgar and learn new shouts. The segment that causes the lockup seems to be started by hailing Delphine. Then Esbern gives his prophecy and then everything locks up. I find that I can leave the Temple without hailing Delphine without triggering this segment and continue to play. I am afraid if I return and talk to her at all it will happen again. Maybe if I follow the quest line and visit the Graybeards I can by-pass the bugged segment. Is this the right place to submit bug reports and fixes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I don't know. That bug you're getting isn't normal. I would suspect corruption or maybe hardware problems, and really the best place to report your problems is with Bethesda themselves. I find that wikis are a good source of information, too. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Alduin%27s_Wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newaryon Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 It does seem to be fixed. I went back to Sky Haven Temple and the problem did not reoccur. Was getting a similar freeze in Windhelm whenever I left the Candlelight Inn and I am suspecting that may be related to doing parts of the "Blood on the Ice" quest out of order. (For some reason although I have chosen the Imperial side in the war, the guards in this city are still willing to hire me as an investigator.) Seem to have by-passed that too for the moment and managed to complete that quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korodic Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 If your gamesaves were pre-patch there is always a chance something bethesda did wrong initially is already too late bug-wise for your character/save. Try making a new save and go to those areas. If the issue persists, then you know it probably isn't your current save-game, otherwise it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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