Well this does not work for me... I deleted the Update.esm from my mod, and did what's said in the description, but nothing appears; the splash screen is there, then the CK closes and no file generated

Funnily enough I was having trouble using Alvor as a Unique Actor alias, when I was testing using COC from the main menu.

Make sure you're testing with a save after the Helgen intro is all finished. Might help.

I didn't notice it mentioned, but you also need to be sure whatever save you're using hasn't seen your mod yet. You can't add an alias to an already running quest and expect that to get picked up. Aliases only fill once when the quest starts. Unless you want to get into all sorts of craziness with scripts to fore the issue.

Many VIP actors are permanently reserved references. You'll need to allow reserved references by using Shift + Ctrl + R with an alias highlighted in the alias list if you want it to fill on an exisiting game. Start game enabled quests only ignore reserved status on the saved game's initial load (i.e., in most cases, while riding the cart to Helgen).

Only allow reserved if you need a specific vanilla actor, or a radiantly-chosen actor in a reserved post (such as a Jarl).

That assumes, of course, that yours is a new quest and a not attempting to edit an existing quest.

Hey everyone,

The devs at Bethesda were nice enough to contact Arthmoor about the dialogue bug we had all been experiencing. After some private testing on his part, and later mine, we determined that it was indeed the source of most of our issues.

The problem is that we need to generate something called a SEQ file. This file tells the game engine which quests you have start-game enabled, and possibly which ones you have altered. Generating this file should result in all of your dialogue and scenes working properly once again, just as they did pre 1.6.

How do you generate this file? There are several ways. You can do it via the windows command prompt, via Steam launch options, and once released, via TESVEdit, which will have a built in button.

I've made a video with instructions on how to do it via the Steam launch options: http://youtu.be/Ai3txtvoSbM

Here are the written instructions--


If you wish to use the Steam Launch Options:

1. Open the main Steam window, and go to the Library tab.
2. Click the dropdown, and select 'Tools'.
3. Right click on Creation Kit in the list.
4. Select 'Properties'.
5. Click 'Set Launch Options...'
6. Type in -GenerateSEQ:PluginName.esp Where PluginName is the name of your plugin.
7. Click 'Okay'.
8. Open the Creation Kit. It should show the splash screen, and load some things. This may take a few minutes. When it's done, the Creation Kit will simply close.
9. Go back to 'Set Launch Options...' and remove the line we just typed in, allowing you to resume using the CK normally.
10. Navigate to your Skyrim folder, just above the Data folder.
11. You'll have a file called PluginName.SEQ. Move it to Data/SEQ. If that folder does not already exist (It shouldn't) create it.
12. You should now have "Skyrim/Data/SEQ/PluginName.SEQ" and you're good to go.

If you'd rather use the Windows Command Prompt:

1. Open CMD.
2. Navigate your way to where Skyrim is installed. (By default: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim)
3. Type in the following command: creationkit.exe -GenerateSEQ:pluginname.esp (Again, where pluginname.esp is the name of your mod file)
4. The CK will open just like step #8 above.
5. Repeat steps #10-12 above.

Now, there have been a few scattered reports of this not working for some people. It seems a bit iffy. And I mean generation, once you get the actual file, we've had nothing but positive reports of it working and fixing most/all dialogue related issues.

Some notes from Arthmoor:


Remember to distribute this file with your mod along with everything else! If you do not, people will experience the 'dialogue bug', and your mod will likely not work for them at all.

Also remember to regenerate this file whenever you alter additional quests, or add more of your own.

Thank you to Joel for reaching out to us with this solution! And, to the devs for their abrupt increase in activity.

AJV

No but I did and redid and redid 20 times , one of the last times I put a space between the : and the name of the mod and removed a space between letters in the mod esp , I dunno if this was or could be an issue but in the end I got my file ...

But I can't believe this is the same system Beth uses it clearly cannot be , wasn't more simple to just add a button in CK and be able to press it ?