Hi there,

I currently have a problem in Markarth which for me seems to be a gamebreaker right now.

Thing is, I can't enter a single building. It doesn't matter if it is day or night, if I waited for a while in the city, I can't pick the lock of a door and I can't enter even if it has the quest mark on it. Since I am playing on a PS3 (seems logic since I chose this subforum) I can't use the console commands to get myself out of this one, so I had to check on the forums.

I assume this is because when I did the questchain for the "No Ones Escapes Cidhna Mine" thing, I chose the option to fight the guards while I was in the temple and left the city, thus living me in some kind of "phasing" which won't allow me to progress in the town. When I go back to Markarth I am instantly being attacked by the guards, but no matter which conversation line I choose, the conversation just starts again from the beginning. I can leave the conversation and run around in Markarth though, until a guard finds me (that's the reason I found out about all the stuff mentioned above).

Now I found a workaround which said "go to the temple and 'restart' the quest another time", but like I said I can't enter buildings. I haven't tried just entering the mine though cause I guess it's entrance is working like the one of a building, but I will a look if that works later today.

Sorry for all the lamenting, but if somebody has constructive feedback or ideas how I got fix it without starting he game from scratch, would be cool.

The guard part should be fixable. Sounds like you understand that part
About the buildings... gonna need more information. You definitely can't get into the Shrne of Talos? What actually happens? are you getting a loading screen? when you try and pick locks are you getting the mini-game come up? Any other buildings outside of Markath not loading? Fast travel is still working?

That kinda thing

Everything works well in Skyrim, only in Markarth the whole game is messed up as soon as I go there. Doesnt matter if I fast travel directly to Markarth or walk through the entry.

When I get to a door, nothing happens. There is literally no interaction with it whatsoever. So no picking locks, I can't use the door, no loading screen, nothing. It's like the mechanisms of the doors have been removed (like they do in games to prevent you from stuff you're not supposed to at a given moment). Thus, no way to get into the shrine.

Like a dungeon 'Lock Out' then, no idea whats causing it. If you dont get an answer here. Try the PC section. They may know.
Good luck.

Hate to sound like a looping MP3 but:-

"Do you have an earlier savegame you can revert to"?

I have a few savegames, but they are mostly going in the "10h ago" direction when there was already a dragon falling from the sky in Solitude or being unable to collect dragon souls without any reason. Thank you all for your help though . I will just start again, that way I can fix a few wrong choices with my perks aswell.