I finally decided to update my Xbox save to 1.6 from 1.5, Now my 500 hour Character saves I used since day one is corrupted(It corrupted all of them . Bow paralyze bug . This is VERY upsetting

Sadly I dont think that there is anything you can do...

Wow.......Really?!?

If you use computer you can gain back your progress via console.

Just make the exact same character to start and use the console to get your old gear coin and quest progress.

Ya. What sytem are you playing on?

First, what platform you're on would definitely help here.

Second, you don't have any earlier saves that you could revert to?

What do you mean Bow paralyze bug? And what does that have to do with data corruption?

Xbox

Ouch. Now may be the time to start that you always wanted to do. Right?

No, I always have played games like Oblivion and both Fallout 3 and NV. I know all about avoiding bugs by backing up saves.........But somehow all of them have it.

It is when you shoot someone/something and the arrow leaves the bow, And the enemy just falls down paralyze and my arrow passes above them

Anyone mind being helpful to the rest of the community and explaining this bug? lol

I don't think it's a save issue, so you might be ok. But if you really want to make sure, you can make a new character, then try using a bow asap and see if they have the same problem.

I'm saying it's not a save issue because the update shouldn't mess with your saves... so those should be as good as before.

And is it just you? Can Faendal or someone try shooting someone?

I'm not totally sure what you're describing, but it sounds like when you shoot AT someone, they fall over - possibly very quickly instead of a normal animation - and so fast that the arrow itself ends up missing. Something like when kill cams are activated, the game "knows" your shot will kill them if it worked correctly, but the arrow might not actually hit and get stuck in the air next to a corner. So the game "knows" they should be falling over, and the corresponding animation plays, but too early for the arrow to actually knock them over. A few kill cam fixes came out with 1.6, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what's going on.

My magic animations have gotten screwed up too (on PC), equipping them makes my character float like in that early Skyrim Online video, but happens randomly.

I have four back up saves not including the auto saves, And all them have this bug.

I made a HUGE edit you might want to look over.

What's this bow bug you speak of? I've had that issue with bows since 1.5 but it's never corrupted any saves.

Right when the arrow leaves my bow, They fall over way before the arrow gets to them

I think I described it right then. You should still try making a new character though. See if it really is a save issue. Wasn't there something early on about saves getting too big, and getting performance issues? If that's what it is, it doesn't surprise me that the bug is on a 500 hour save. That might be the case with yours, seems like collision is lagging behind animation.

My mage though... wtf it's only been like 50 hours and I'm getting animations issues too (PC version again). Which might also indicate your save is fine, and it's ONLY the update screwing things up.

Careful mate you cant talk about transfering saves to consoles from pc and visa versa. :/

my condolences...

well, that's sad, but believe me, starting over is a better feeling than you would imagine. Try roleplaying this time around, restrickt your character to one faction, make a new build for the uppcoming expansion

Try clearing your system's cache, deleting the update, and reinstalling the update. That should hopefully clear up some backlogged data from your cache, and maybe straighten out your issue with the bow.

Well it sounds quite bad, but not as bad as corrupted save files... when that happens you can't even load a character

That's fine, you can do cleanups/bug fixes. A save is only data. It's messing with the proprietary hardware/processing architecture that's a no-no.


{OT : 500 hours? How big are your save files? All sorts of weirdness can happen when they get too bloated.}

7mb