Word Wall Teaching Words in Wrong Order Bug

Post » Wed May 16, 2012 4:57 pm

I learned the first word of the 'Marked for Death' shout from the Word Wall at Autumn Watch Tower.

When I then encountered one of the other walls which teaches one of the other two words to the shout it tought me the third word rather than the second (though after learning it no word showed up in the shout menu beyond the first).

Visiting the third wall in the series results in there being no word there to read - the sound effects play but nothing happens in visual or in gameplay terms beyond this. This leaves me stuck at 'level 1' on the shout, locked out of way to further progress it. I have tried a variety of earlier saves but the problem persists whichever of the two walls I visit and in whatever order. While I can revert to a save before encountering either the second or third walls, reverting to a save before reading the wall at Autumn watch tower isn't an option for me as it was 30+ hours of gameplay ago.

Has anyone got a work-around for this or is just a case of waiting for the patch or using my earlier save and avoiding these walls until after the patch?
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Connor Wing
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 6:38 am

I'm also having this issue.

I learned the first word of Whirlwind Sprint from the main quest, and what I assumed to be the second word from Dead Man's Respite. When I arrived at Volskygge, the word wall had the phrases from both walls written on top of each other. When I approach the wall the chanting sound plays, along with the sizzling sound, but there is no visual cue as to the word, and the Dragon Priest that the guide books says should be there never exits the coffin.
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Emma Parkinson
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 7:37 am

I'm also having this issue with frost breath. I don't believe it gave me the words in the wrong order but the word wall in the 'Forbidden Legend' quest dungeon wont give me the third word. It just plays the sound effects and nothing happens.
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