I just purchased Skyrim via Steam. Installed it along with Dawnguard.
I cannot get past the intro scene due to the dialogue not being played/triggered.
I've tried a savegame from after the intro (at the character creation step) but there are no dialogues there either.
Because of this I cannot play the game as the quest line is dependent on the dialogue being played/triggered.
I've tried the following things (restarts in between):
- Reinstalled the game
- Reinstalled all the dependencies (directx, dotnetfx and VCredist)
- I use Razer Megalodon normally but there is no possibillity to use any other format than 48000hz, so I tried with the my built in audio card (Asus onboard SoundMax) and set the Default format to 16 bit 44100 Hz.
- Removed Nvidia audio drivers (basically removes the gpu audio passthrough capability for HDMI)
- Removed all audio devices and tried without audio
- Updated chipset, audio and graphics drivers
- Have tried different video settings, windowed mode, lowest quality etc.
- Removed dawngaurd and highres texture packs
PS I've played it before using a friends DVD install and it worked fine but that was a while ago. Recent patch/es might have screwed things up?
Specs:
Asus P6t Deluxe v2 with onboard Soundmax
I7 920
6GB dominator 1600mhz ram
Asus TOP DC2 Geforce 560 ti
Razer Megalodon
Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 build 7601 with the latest patches