Skill Books not Working

Post » Tue May 22, 2012 6:33 pm

For whatever reason the the skill books are not working. They don't count as reading a skill book nor do my skills get leveled up. I have only read 48 skill books. I've looked at guides looking for locations I never been to have access to new books. Nothing happens when I read these books. This started happening after the latest patch.

Right now I'm currently trying to get the Oghma Infinium book to see if it will work.

Any help will be appreciated.
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LADONA
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 11:13 am

Oddly enough, I just picked up a book and it indeed leveled up my archery skill. Still I know for a fact that some of the books I've read should of leveled my skills.
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Claire Jackson
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 8:40 pm

They don't work on a skill that's 100. Maybe that's the problem?
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Sharra Llenos
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 4:01 pm

Yeah maybe you have maxed out the skill the book would originally give you..
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Tai Scott
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 4:47 pm

Oh slight off topic but could you tell me please if the same name skill book more than once? IE if I find one labelled x, then I find another label x will I be able read it and get another skill point?
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Kyra
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 2:26 pm

There are multiple copies of each skill book. You can find book X in one location and get a skill level up from it, but when you find book X in a different location you will gain nothing by reading it.
When you've got to a point were you've read 48 unique skill books, you're more likely to stumble across copies of books that you have already read and hence see less skill level ups.
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Rhi Edwards
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 9:35 pm

My boyfriend is having this problem. He is playing as a Nord, currently level 51. For some time he has been getting no skill point on reading skill books, and we assumed that it was because he'd already read said book. However, on completing Discerning the Transmundane, he read the Oghma Infinium and.... nothing. No opportunity to choose the skill points in whatever path. And he definitely hasn't read the Oghma Infinium before :D So we're pretty sure it's a bug (and an annoying one at that).

Any ideas what could have caused this? He's a werewolf (not sure if that would have anything to do with it). I'm currently a level 37 female Nord, and I'm still getting the skill points.
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Meghan Terry
 
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Post » Tue May 22, 2012 2:32 pm

Some books have non-skill-bonus versions (Vernaccus and Bourlor and Chimarvamidium are a couple like this), make sure the book is worth between 50 and 75 gold. I've sometimes had a small bug happen where I wouldn't get the skill bumped up to the next level, just the exp bumped up to where 1 more exp would level it. This can be fixed by loading a previous save, manually leveling the skill, then reading the book, but it would be counted under the skill books read stat. Most likely, the problem is that you have already read the book at an earlier point in the playthru and forgot. Personally, I collect every skill book and place it on a bookshelf in Vlindril Hall (best library area, imo), I also have a checklist I wrote up and printed to keep track of what ones I have only read, and what ones I have both read and shelved.
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