Why is my character...smoking?

Post » Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:46 pm

Yeah, this is an odd and annoying one, my character is constantly emitting a swirling whitish-grey smoke effect in both first and third person, and in third person appears to be hovering about a foot off the ground; http://www.use.com/showoriginal.pl?set=7b660c125eae0adb4a3d&p=1

This appears for no apparent reason whatsoever in Blackreach, when I exit the Silent Ruin into the main area(I went back through my saves until I found one without the effect). I tried skipping back to a save before that and completing Blackreach without entering Silent Ruin, and it just happened again at the first load door I went through. Am I being thick and this is something caused by a quest item, or is it just an annoying visual bug?
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naome duncan
 
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Post » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:19 pm

have you used the elemental fury shout? it has a graphic effect similar to what you are talking about, maybe you are encountering a new bug with it?
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Antonio Gigliotta
 
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Post » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:30 pm

Blackreach. What shouts have you used down there? I've encountered some very interesting persistent visual bugs when shouting in various areas of Blackreach... especially ones that affect a lot of the screen, like Aura Whisper.
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Post » Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:13 am

I only used Unrelenting Force a couple of times, because Eola's pathing in Blackreach is idiotic and she wouldn't walk across a big, flat bridge, but that was substantially before this showed up. It better not be ruddy permanent, I can barely see in first person when I stand still.
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