same here... i think it's because i lockpicked into Honningbrew Meadery. In some wiki stand this:


"If the player breaks into Honningbrew Meadery before being given the quest, the quest is never offered to the player after the completion of Loud and Clear."

console command do not work C_C

"GetInFaction >> 0.00 " is the error i get.

Well, add me to the list too. But the bright side for me anyway is this is the first game breaking quest bug I've had with Beth games from Oblivion, Fallout 3 and now Skyrim. I'm sure the devs will work out the scripting eventually. Shame though as I was starting to get into the quest line.

If anybody has figured out a work around, please post it. Thanks!

I spend the better part of yesterday and today figuring this one out but I'm glad it's finally done. Thank God for Google!

This will address several issues:

Taking Care of Business Script issue
Loud and Clear Script issue
Script errors in thieves Guild
Sound Errors in Cornered Rat

First I want to point out that a lot of the errors most people seem to be encountering stem from one source in particular (theory not a fact)...The archived file system. If you have ever peered into the file structure for Skyrim (I am using Skyrim Via Steam) it packages all of the data into nice big bsa files. While a general practice when dealing with a game that has 6+GB of files, it could be a burden when archiving on the fly. How does the end-user suffering bugs and glitches resolve this issue? Unpack the svcker! (fix 1)


example file location: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data

Thank You Nameless Freak!

Use the Same utility for Skyrim - Misc.bsa for script issues such as the Loud and Clear.

Once the files are extracted in the data folder, you MUST restart the game for it to process the unarchived files.

Conditional Retroactive Console Commands once files are unarchived:
To fix a blundering Brynjolf who thinks he still needs to make a scene long after the quest was complete use this command (fix 2):

clearquestaliases TG00SP

If You are somewhere stuck between Taking Care of Business and Loud and Clear where Brynjolf just says hmm in the flagon use this command (fix 3):

setstage TG01 200

Brynjolf should proceed down to the Ragged Flagon afterwards. If he doesn't and still wants to hang around topside use the following command (fix 4) while in the Ragged Flagon:

    prid 00020545    disable    resurrect 1    enable    moveto player

Hope this helps, sure saved me 50 hours of replay and a long winded email thread with Tech support!

Specs:
Windows 7 x64
Steam Version

Credits/Sources:
See http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/A_Cornered_Rat and http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/786124-skyrim-a-cornered-rat-bug-fix/ for unpacker fix 1
see http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:A_Chance_Arrangement for fix 2
See http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Taking_Care_of_Business for fix 3 and 4

I have this too on 360

Hopefully it will be patched

Found a solution. You cannot break into the meadery when stealing frost.

I'm not sure if this works for everyone but it does for me. My problem now is I only have a certain number of saves around that time and I did a bunch of stuff in between the meadery and burning the beehives. I bought a house and spent hours decorating it so what I did leave the apart where I have to go and burn the beehives so I don't lose all that house decorating and the few missions I did. That way when they patch it I can jut finish the mission loud and clear and continue with the guild. Oh ya duh the meadery you cannot break into is the one where you steel frost incase you didn't know. I really hope this works for everyone of not then that svcks. Also to I heard you can enter some command at the point of the meadery and do it that way. Not sure what it is but I did read that somewhere after I figured out the cause of the bug.

Yep I broke into the Meadery long ago (like 50 hours or more) and now cannot start the Dampened Spirits quest line for the Thieves Guild

Good thing I haven't broken into there yet! Bumping this so people know

I have faith Bethesda will fix this issue.

Although I do reccomend going to a save that you have before you turn in loud and clear. I wouldn't jut continue with the game after I've already turned in the quest. It seems you would have a better chance if you didn't finish it. That is just based on how these patches work. It would be less work for Bethesda to fix the problem prior to turning in the quest. It would be more work and probably a lot more complex if they fixed the bug so that if you did already turn in the quest it would just pop up to see maven. This just svcks. In the type of player that doesn't like investing time in other characters. I like having one guy that is good at everything, I don't mind at all of my character is not the master of one type of combat. Most people will not play this way and have multiple characters. It's just the way I play and I enjoy it. Although with Skyrim later down the road I'll probably do a full Mage because it really has peaked my interest this time around.

Having same problem, tells me to go speak to Maven, but no quest option appears.

Thx, but what would be the exact solution for the Loud and Clear>>>Dampened Spirits bug?

Has anyone found that solution yet (and tested it)?

I'll tell u what, if you extract all of the bsa zips besides the textures.bsa with the BSAUnpack tool and use this command

setstage TG02 200

and it does not complete Loud and Clear while initiating Dampened Spirits Quest and pointing to Maven... Just wait until they fix the just-in-time unarchiver some several months from now. I just tried it a minute ago...

I ran into this bug last night too. On ps3 so hopefully they release some kind of fix because i was looking forward to this. I don't even think I have a save close to it either. I even found maven after the quest didn't pop up and got nada from her.