Markarth guards unaware that quest is finished

Post » Wed May 30, 2012 3:07 pm

Hello everyone.

So, to put it in a nutshell, I completed the quests Forsworn Conspiracy and No One Escapes Cidhna Mine, but the guards are stuck in a loop. If you don't want spoilers on those two, stop reading.


After getting back to the temple of talos to tell eltrys what I found and being confronted by the corrupt guards, they gave me the option to go with them to jail, or remove their heads. Me being one to never shy away from a good massacre, I chose to battle it out. When all three or four of them were lying dead on the ground, I suddenly started thinking about what cool quest I might have just passed up. Then another guard comes through the door and poses me the exact same question as the first one did, so I chose to go to jail. I helped the forsworn escape, didn't kill anyone, and left town. Upon coming back a long time later, all the guards now give me that exact same response. I can't use my thieves guild bribing abilities, there's no bounty to pay, and submitting to be taken to jail simply restarts the dialogue loop ad infinitum. Is there a console command I can enter to get them off my back? I really wanna buy a house there, but this is killing the hold for me.

Thank you in advance for your help.
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Kayleigh Mcneil
 
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 10:21 am

Aww. Nobody?
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naome duncan
 
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 2:35 pm

It is a known bug. I am not sure if there is a fix yet. I was int he same situation. I reloaded and finished the quest a different way. There are about 3 ways to finish the quest, but the way you did it is the only one that causes the glitch.
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Post » Wed May 30, 2012 7:08 am

If you battle the guards you'll get a bounty.
So let them 'take you away' the first time you go in there...
Then don't go back in there again.
If you do go back in (to check it out after the quest is complete) they'll try to take you away once again!
The problem is, if you ever battle it out with them the 'situation' spills out of the little temple and spreads throughout the Reach - you'll have a bounty.
I know; it's crazy.
The game is so full of bugs (yet instead of fixing them they're talking about mods and DLC).
Just restart your game saved before you went in the first time...
And don't fight with the Police! Especially corrupt Police, heheh.
Regards
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