Synthesis Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) I seem to be running a gauntlet of "Effectively game-breaking bugs" recently. A few weeks ago, I abandoned my ~200 hour save because of perpetual CTD in the outside world (basically every few blocks, in every direction). Short of never going outside and using the console to move around, that game was pretty much lost. Oh well. Since then, I've gotten a decent number of hours into a new game, without the problem. Instead, upon reaching the "A Blade in the Dark" Quest, I have a new problem: no dragon souls absorb. Anywhere. As far as I can tell. I've tried multiple dragons, they all do the same thing when they die (nothing). As it happens, this is effectively a game-breaking bug (since you can't progress on wards into the game, since you can't talk to Delphine). I can use the console to advance the quest, but regardless, this pretty much breaks the whole game if it keeps happening.I have never encountered this one before (to my surprise).I always assumed if you spawned a dragon out of the console, it wouldn't give you the option to absorb the soul, but now actual plot-related dragons are off limit too--a lot worse. Earlier saves now have the same problem. I seriously doubt it's mods. I'm using fewer mods than before, when this was never a problem, and I actively tried disabling mods that wouldn't make saves crash upon loading. I'm actually quite surprised there's no mod out that that simply forces every dragon killed to give you a soul. It's not as though having 99 unused souls in your inventory (well, sort of) is a problem. Not when compared to "You can't progress in the game". Does anyone know what might be causing this? I have no mods that modify dragons in any way, to the best of my knowledge. Edited August 7, 2012 by Synthesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glion Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I once had that problem when running Belua Sanguinare Vampire mod....Removed it and was not enough to fix the problem, had to start over....If you have that mod, I'd say it is causing it... only way to be sure is progress to that point without the mod, if you have it, that is..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthesis Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 I appreciate the reply, but I don't have that mod....I also tried loading back several in-game days (considering I'm 29 days in game so far) and found the same effect (tested by traveling to a Dragon Lair via console). I'm doing the whole "Run around a bit and hope that I magically get soul absorbtion..." but it's not looking optimistic yet. Amazing....I went three times as long in my last character and never got this bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I suffer from that too, but I've been blaming it on the custom races that I run. Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthesis Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 I...don't play an custom races, though I think I have one implemented into the game. I doubt that would cause it, but at this point, I'll try anything. :( Did disabling the race help at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthesis Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 As a report: going back to day 11 (from day 27) in my saves did not help. Yeouch. Any earlier, and I can't even find dragons (not that there were a lot of them to start with--another bug, maybe?) Console spawning dragons? No souls, though that might be "by design". Running around for a few hours hoping to trigger it? Nothing there either. Looks like I'm left to restart. I went from 200 hours to a game breaking bug to 60. I guess I can expect about 20 hours in next time, at this rate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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