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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 15, 2021 3:37:59 GMT
I have played Oblivion several times with Vilja as my companion. I have also played Skyrim SE with Vilja, using various versions several times with few problems. I thinks she is great and I couldn't play without her! Thanks!
I started this game about 2 weeks ago and I can't progress past recovering her bottle. she first froze the game when I went into the Inn to meet her. I teleported her outside of Whiterun and she still froze the game. I played a previous game and had a problem with my companions loosing their heads. I had used SSEEdit to try to correct it. I checked what I had done and I corrected it. Only armor, armor add-ons, headparts, outfits and textures were changed. Since then she has followed me. I tried to use getstage AAEMCompViljaQuest1 which reported 10 with the entry "I have promised the Nord girl Vilja to help her retrieve a precious item that two thugs have stolen. They have been seen leaving Whiterun not long ago, so we better hurry up trying to find them." I used setstage AAEMCompViljaQuest1 25 to get past that and added her bottle to my inventory. Getstage said I was on 25. but nothing changed. Setstage didn't correct this and placing the bottle in her inventory did nothing.
I tried everything I could think of, but I still freeze when talking to the two thugs. She is always complaining that we should find them for their own good. I uninstalled her mod following your directions and reinstalled it after waiting in-game for 54 hours. I had no trouble recruiting her, but as soon as I tried to talk to Norbert, the game froze. What should I do next?
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Post by amgepo on Jan 15, 2021 9:10:10 GMT
Really odd. Try disabling and then enabling the nord before talking to him. if that didn't help, another option is to do the same after removing all his items through console.
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 15, 2021 10:26:27 GMT
On my first approach, I was able to come right up to them. open the console and highlight Norbert, disable and enable him. As soon as he spoke the game froze. Had to use <Ctrl><Alt><Delete> to end task on SKyrimSE.exe. The second time I tried, I didn't even see them and Norbert said something like "I told you not to drink it." and the game froze. I ended task and tried it again. This time I still didn't get within sight and Norbert spoke again and the game froze. So it has something to do with their speech. The last time I tried, I was right on top of them and Draknurd Nottleback said "Ugh! Did you hear that. The bottle cursed me" and the game froze.
I opened Settings and Display and then turned off subtitles, but that didn't help.
When I had the problem with Vilja, it was definitely visual. As soon as you saw her the game froze.
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Post by dogonporch on Jan 15, 2021 22:10:45 GMT
On my first approach, I was able to come right up to them. open the console and highlight Norbert, disable and enable him. As soon as he spoke the game froze. Had to use <Ctrl><Alt><Delete> to end task on SKyrimSE.exe. The second time I tried, I didn't even see them and Norbert said something like "I told you not to drink it." and the game froze. I ended task and tried it again. This time I still didn't get within sight and Norbert spoke again and the game froze. So it has something to do with their speech. The last time I tried, I was right on top of them and Draknurd Nottleback said "Ugh! Did you hear that. The bottle cursed me" and the game froze.
I opened Settings and Display and then turned off subtitles, but that didn't help.
When I had the problem with Vilja, it was definitely visual. As soon as you saw her the game froze.
I used to be quite the guru with Oblivion, but Skyrim has a steep learning curve...and nothing bloody works as I expect it too. Do you use the Skyrim Mod Organizer? Run it with a LOOT update to sort out any load-order issues. Close it...open it again...and see if it gives any warning or error messages. FNIS...is it installed properly? Be sure to run it every-time you add a mod regardless of it having animations or not.
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 15, 2021 22:39:27 GMT
No I use Nexus Mod Manager Community Edition. I still use LOOT with it.
FNIS is installed properly and I have run it recently.
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Post by dogonporch on Jan 15, 2021 23:34:16 GMT
No I use Nexus Mod Manager Community Edition. I still use LOOT with it. FNIS is installed properly and I have run it recently. This happens with a new game as well as existing saves? So much gets baked right into saves.
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Post by amgepo on Jan 16, 2021 8:51:45 GMT
No scripts, quest updates, or any other kind of change happens until you activate them, so, seeing it happening when they talk to each other, this seems to be related to running the sound files themselves.
Maybe and only maybe, lowering to the limit the voice setting under the game settings/audio avoid voice files being run. If so, you could disable voice while you are going to get near them.
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 16, 2021 12:43:38 GMT
Do you know how to do that?
I was wondering if it might be better to reinstall a new 4.3, loose so I can make changes after the scripts run, but unaltered beyond that?
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Post by Aatrnasyn on Jan 16, 2021 14:50:36 GMT
Did you change the default timescale? To edit the voice loudness, bring up the main menu in game (<ESC>), click settings, click audio, scroll down to voice settings, move the bar for voice loudness to the left
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 16, 2021 19:56:10 GMT
No, I never touch the timescale. He didn't say, lower the volume. He said to disable voice.
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Post by amgepo on Jan 17, 2021 8:28:56 GMT
Sorry for the misunderstanding. What I mean is to lower the volume of the voice all you can, in the settings mentioned by Aatrnasyn, in case lowering the voice volume entirelly does disable the voice file playing; which hopefully would bypass what's causing the crash.
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 17, 2021 8:52:49 GMT
I'll give it a try.
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 20, 2021 5:33:34 GMT
I guess the setstage finally worked. The markers for the thugs is gone. The quest says "I have agreed to accompany Vilja to the Eldergleam Sanctuary in order to look for someone who knows what to do with her mysterious bottle." The Objective says "Help Vilja find the two thugs that have been stealing from her. After finding Eldergleam Sanctuary, the screen says: "Find someone who knows what to do with the bottle". I turned off the volume for voices, but as soon as I clicked Anesia the game froze.
I have run into other mods that make the game freeze when I click on someone or just look at them. I wonder if it was something that happened when I started a new game. I can't go on like this.
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Post by amgepo on Jan 20, 2021 9:44:31 GMT
I'm totally out of ideas.
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Post by dwharper34 on Jan 20, 2021 16:06:21 GMT
I just started a new game. I got Vilja as a follower right away. When I was supposed to go to Bleak Falls Barrow (I think), I started to approach the thieves and the game locked up. I even lowered the voice volume all of the way! I have been trying to find out which mod is causing this, but I am having problems narrowing it down. I found one that crashed the game as soon as I escaped Helgen, and I removed it. I was hoping that that was it, but it didn't work. I have over a hundred and I tried to just uncheck about thirty of them at once, but the game wouldn't load. I don't know if Vilja's quests are going to continuously cause me problems or if I can get past the problems and continue. Thanks for your help! I'll see if I can figure out something!
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