Vexari Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) I don't know if this is a mod issue, or what is causing this. I've had two characters that this has happened to. When you get to the first encounter at the tower with a dragon you're told to kill it. Upon killing it, you absorb the dragons soul... or you are supposed to. I have had this happen twice with two totally different characters (and I believe with different mods installed). I kill the dragon, the Dunmer says,"Everyone, get back!" and they back off. This is the part where you are SUPPOSED to absorb his soul... but it doesn't for me. The dragons dead, I can loot his corpse and everything is absolutely fine except the glaring issue of 'no dragon soul absorbed'. I looked all over google, and I see a bunch of stupid answers and some that refer to dragon respawns not giving you souls, this has nothing to do with either. These are fresh dragons, ones I have never killed before and are in totally different parts of the map. I'm using Deadly Dragons, and i'm worried that THIS is the reason my dragon souls are no longer being absorbed... but if I take it off won't it ruin my save? I encountered a dragon near Witchmist grove and killed it with the same thing happening. Bones, check. Skin, check. Soul? Nope. Has anyone else encountered this problem with their games? Does it sound familier to anyone in reference to something you have read? I've spawned dragons to see if it WAS respawns ( I know they weren't, I was humoring my worries) and killed THOSE... with no soul. Mind you, this doesn't happen all the time, it only happens in rare saves and even if I revert it doesn't fix anything. I have had saves where I killed the dragon over and over again at the tower and no soul, so it's character based I believe. The characters I am playing are normal vanilla races, nothing custom. Help! Edit (NOTE) One thing I failed to point out is there is no animation, period. There's no corpse burning or anything, it's just this big corpse laying on the ground. Edited February 16, 2013 by Vexari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misakichun Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 hmm ... it's a bug obviously and i had this issue , but when i updated skyrim to the latest version ( 1.8.1.5.1.0.7 ) it was gone ! and i have the deadly dragons and i can say that the issue has nothing to do with it . try to update your skyrim to the latest version ,see if it'll help .good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexari Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 I was wondering about your post so I went and checked. My steam auto updates and i'm running the newest version simply by turning on Steam and letting it do its thing so it's not an update issue. Anyone else have any ideas here? I really hate going all the way through the game just to find out it's doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaG Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Are you by any chance using the unofficial skyrim patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexari Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yeah, actually I am. I'm using it, the Dawnguard, and Hearthfire unofficial patchs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaG Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Load this after the other three: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/31083 and then try killing another dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexari Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Holy cow, how did I miss this? Ok, I admit, this ones on me. I had this mod installed prior to my most recent clean sweep (delete everything and starting over to fix a mod complication) and I completley forgot to reinstall it. Thank you for pointing this out, I was going nuts trying to figure out what it was. Testing now to insure this is the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnedbyscope Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 do you happen to use the absorb soul animation mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexari Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Actually, no. I don't. @VictoriaG : This means I need to totally restart my game now since it's been screwed up since the initial game start right? Furthermore, spawning dragons in does this allow me to check for Dragon soul working or does it have to be a dragon already in game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBubbleBoy Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I have the same problem with dragon souls not being absorbed and I already have all the unofficial patches instaled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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