HELP with a broken Quest :(

Post » Fri May 25, 2012 7:22 am

I'm on the main quest " A cornered rat" and there's a bug/problem :(
I'm supposed to talk to Esben down in the Ratways of Riften ,but when i get to the door where the idiot is hidding,there is no voice sound from Esben ,but dialogue works,and after i talk to him im supposed to go in,but the door doesn't work,i keep pressing E to open but nothing happens >_> HELP??!

i could'n care less if it was a side quest,but this is the main after all ... ffs 60€ for this ...
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SamanthaLove
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 12:43 pm

Try reloading a save from before you entered that place.
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kristy dunn
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 10:18 pm

Tried it several times :/ a general save,an autosave an even the quicksave,no dice :(
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Emily Shackleton
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 9:20 pm

I dont know what else to advise.
Im sorry you experienced this bug :(
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Madison Poo
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 11:05 am

This is probably the most severe and well-known current bug because it breaks the main quest. I'd be very surprised if it isn't fixed on the upcoming patch.
It has to do with voice files missing, so it can only be fixed on the PC right now that I know of.
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Kaylee Campbell
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 12:50 pm

This Quest is so bugged that if i had this game for a consol and not the pc i would return the game for a refund. I had the door not opening issue i left did some other quests and returned door was open... But know I cant hear what esben is saying and he followed me for alittle while then he disapeared I cant find him he is not in the town i am supposed to go to and he is also not in the warrens where he lives.. The rest of the game has alot of annoying bugs but this one gives this game an EPIC FAIL
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Leilene Nessel
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 6:27 pm

This is a well-known bug.
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Killah Bee
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 5:17 pm

Ok and i understand that, i found a supposed fix for the voice by unpacking the voices extra file in the install directory it didnt work i can live without knowing what he has to say but will he show up where he is supposed to if i go complete some brotherhood quests?
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Karine laverre
 
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Post » Fri May 25, 2012 8:18 pm

I had to "fix" the main quest once and it had some side affects but seemed to work ok. Surprisingly he bugged out right after this quest so much for delphine escorting him he was missing for like 48 hours game time. Even then though they just stood up and walked to the entrance for the rest of time. After the conference they just vanished. So their quest states are probably really messed up in my game, not that they really add anything.

If anyone gets stuck the command console can help with (*This will probably cause problems though, if possible try to fix it without the console quest stages can have actions that cannot be reversed easily)

setstage, shift quest stage (showstages I think will display the stages for a quest)
tcl, no-clip
unlock, unlock things
activate, activate things

help 4 for aliases (Questnames, etc)
help 1 for more info on the commands
The help command is very useful as you can enter partial strings and it still works

Once the creation kit comes out it should be a lot easier to see what the quests are doing internally and why some break.

Also on that unpacking note did you check off load loose files in the launcher, I think by default it doesn't load unpacked files.
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