I know this is already on there but this seriously needs to be fixed otherwise players will not be able to continue with their game! On the Quest "Revealing the unseen", some players like myself cannot turn the beams of light with our magic. I cannot activate the crystal again that I have put in the Oculory. This meaning that I cannot complete the quest and cannot continue with the Mages quests anymore! Please fix this !!!!!!

I cannot continue anymore! Please fix

Its a known bug, think leaving the cave and going back in may fix it.


Remember tho its only 1 questline, there are still loads of others you can do until its fixed.

Do you run all of the way out by the front of the cave? Becuase I've left the side of the cave plenty of times and it still wont work Thanks for the reply though mate!

_{I finished the quest but it won't give me the next one}

Has anyone found a fix?!

I'm having the same problem, and of course there are other quests but I feel like this is a fairly big one to have such a glitch on. Its annoying because I can't finish my Dragon Priest mask collection because of this as well. When is this getting fixed??

This sounds similar to the 'dragon claw' problem where the wheels cannot be turned. I believe it is a common problem with objects not initializing correctly when you first enter the area where the objects exist. As was posted above, it can sometimes be cleared by leaving the area, but note that you don't need to leave the 'whole' cave, ruin, etc. You just need to go through a door to this 'particular' area so you get the 'loading' screen, and them immediately return back through the door and return to the beam area. Also, (just in case you are not be aware) if you use (for example) the 'fire' magic to turn the beams in one direction, they will only rotate a number of times before they reach their rotational limit. You then have to use 'cold' to start turning them the other way. And again, after a short while they will also reach their rotational limit where you then need to use the fire again to turn them back.

I've left an returned a few times, but no luck. I also have tried both fire and ice but neither move the beams unfortunately.

I'm having the same problem on Xbox 360.
I cannot finish this quest because the Oculary won't focus/move with fire&ice.
Check the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMaE_R5HPtI&feature=related

I can accept some graphic problems etc. but not being able to finish the game absolutely not.
Untill the problem appeared the game has been a joy of countless hours.
Hopefully Bethesda will fix this very soon otherwise the best game of 2011 turns out into a sudden deception for me.

ok i got there with my new character. at first i couldn't get them to move no matter where i stood below. I went up to the dials buttons at top, and got on the little 'bulb' area sticking out of the wall right in front of them and tried from there, fire... nothing... ice... they moved! woot might try jumping on to that front piece and shooting at it, i also had to shoot slightly below the crystal to get it to move rather then directly on it.

Nothing happened in my game

I have to say did this quest without problem at all....the whinterhold quest is the first of the main quests i did ...i just did the last mission for the thieves (Darkness returns) ...and im stuck witht he "under new managment" quest not initiating....this guy Brynjolf only says" im sorry lad i have important things to do we will talk later"...and nothing happens i dont know if i should start doing the extra work from darvin and dex in order to triggers it......any feedback...

It works after the update. At last......thanks Bethesda!