jlw484 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I've spoken with the Jarl, both he and his housecarl are on the balcony with me. When I use the shout to call Odahviing he flies overhead and continues east until he's out of sight. Hitting him with arrows, Dragonrend, etc.... does not do anything, he just continues to fly past. I've tried to fast travel then come back and try again, nothing changes it. I'm looking for any advice on how to fix this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolko22 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Take a look at the wiki, see if they posted a similar bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlw484 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Take a look at the wiki, see if they posted a similar bug. There are similar bugs, but those are apparently caused by the Jarl not being present. I've made sure he's with me on the balcony before attempting to call so I don't think it's the same bug. Plus, that particular bug says that Odahviing flies around but doesn't land, my issue is that he flies past and keeps going until he disappears into the distance. Calling him repeatedly causes the same exact issue over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 This can happen if the "Shout" button isn't held long enough to fully call Odahviing. It has to be held longer than you normally do. Did you talk to the Jarl and Irileth when you got to the balcony before calling Odahviing? Are you staying on the balcony and attacking or back in the room behind the balcony to let him land? It can be fixed by fast travel and trying again - but no guarantees. It can also be fixed by loading an earlier save - again no guarantees. Not that there is much here, but it may help http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Fallen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlw484 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 This can happen if the "Shout" button isn't held long enough to fully call Odahviing. It has to be held longer than you normally do. Did you talk to the Jarl and Irileth when you got to the balcony before calling Odahviing? Are you staying on the balcony and attacking or back in the room behind the balcony to let him land? It can be fixed by fast travel and trying again - but no guarantees. It can also be fixed by loading an earlier save - again no guarantees. Not that there is much here, but it may help http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Fallen 1. The shout button is held for the full amount of time, this isn't the issue. 2. Yes, I've spoken with them both on the balcony and they speak but there is no open dialogue. 3. I stay on the balcony but away from the guard so he can swoop down and he still doesn't. 4. Tried the fast travel option but it still hangs up. 5. Same issue as above with the earlier saves. I appreciate the advice but, so far, those fixes haven't worked for me. I've done this quest several times with other characters and haven't had a problem so I'm thinking it may be an issue with a mod or this particular character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Did you go here http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_talk:The_Fallen to see if there was anything. Since this particular quest is very dependent on the prerequisite quests - have you fully completed the prerequisite quest? The page above has a bit of discussion on it. Although I do not recommend this as a fix for everything, did you try resetquest MQ301 (console) and redo the quest from the start? You haven't done anything critical and this should restart the quest from after defeating Alduin at the Throat of the World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlw484 Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Yeah, none of the glitches listed seem to be like my particular issue. I've already tried all those fixes for similar, yet different, problems and I've had no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkmonk22 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) I found a way to fix this glitch. I believe the issuse is that the call dragon shout is working as it would outside of the quest, so when you summon the dragon he looks for hostile enemies to kill for you . So I gave him hostile enemies, I did so by killing the guard causeing the jaarl and his bodyguard to attack me this caused the dragon to land and me to be able to use dragonrend to make him chase me to the trap which still worked as it was supposed to. I then fled whiterun and used the console command player.paycrimegold 0 0 000267ea to pay the bounty off, and then went back to do the rest of quest. The only downside to this fix is that It seems that the people inside the thrown room will still attack me, but I just ignored them and ran through to where the dragon was, the jaarl, his bodyguard, and the rest of the town guard did not attack me. theoretically you could avoid all the trouble I went through by spawning a monster or bandit, but I have not tried this. I hope this helps. Update I just tried spawning bandits and the dragon didnt attack however I spawned enough waves of bandits that the guard I killed before was able to die without me killing him and then the dragon attacked. It seems that the guard standing next to the jarl needs to die to fix the glitch. Edited May 14, 2012 by drunkmonk22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudyard Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 thank you for posting just for informing us of the glitch!I had the exact same bug. He just flew past whiterun and headed towards the mountains in the distance where he disappeared.I used the console to kill the guard the minute Odahviing was on the screen and he immediately took a turn left toward the balcony and started attacking and challenging the dragonborn :P it was EPIC! Thank you for telling me that stupid guard had to be killed! I would give you kudos but I get a 404 :( Thank you, drunkmonk22!! All other fixes were useless :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldminion Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 wow my problem with this is the opposite I call and the arrow shows where he is but he never comes his location arrow just shows him over whiterun.Ive tried to fast travel but that causes a ctd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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