so whenever i try to make a new character and my head is about to get chopped off alduin pops up


except he just flies around without landing on the tower doing his usual stuff, he just ignores me with the headsman standing over me. he just stands there and im stuck at this bit


whats up with that?

no clue.
I'd try to delete the game and reinstall it

I dunno, but if I were developer and was setting up anti-piracy measures, I'd think doing something like that was HILARIOUS.

Actually, I'd probably let them cut your head off.

I have a save file saved just before the character creation so I can load that when i make a new character, the save bugged like what you are describing so I had to make a new file, so if you keep trying you should eventually get past it without having to reinstall the entire game.

This happened to me. It happens when you mess around with the console (i.e., change the time scale) before Hadvar or Ralof releases you.

As a sidenote he can also get stuck at at least one other point at Helgen.

There's been several times where he headbutts through into the tower, but then just sits there looking at me and the dude moving rocks. No fire breath. I can jump past him and then he goes on his merry way though.

Tangent to the sidenote: If you're quick, you can run past him before he lands at some of the scripted spots (when Hadvar yells "Stay close to the wall!" you can get past it before he lands and fires; also at the spot where he lands and Hadvar calls the child out of the way). If you sprint and you know what you're doing you can run through it all.