Similar here, but I used stronger language. Good thing the kids were in bed already.
Nope, been a PS3 'feature' since 11-11-11. Many threads in the PS3 subforum, never an answer or even a comment from Bethesda.
Just make sure you save often - it won't be funny when you go strolling off a cliff.

Skyrim is actually the only video game I can remember where the controller just didn't work sometimes. Completely screwy and really insulting that they don't fix it but have time to add shouts and sorting for the kinect.

true your right the kinect is crap anyways no offense to anyone i had one and took it back

I've had the mini-freeze when getting off the boat in Solstheim, and the subtitles from the Earth Stone getting stuck on the screen, but other than that it's fine so far minus the hiccups I usually get in Skyrim. My shouts also stopped working when I was fighting a group of enemies at one point in the wilderness, they disappeared from my favourites menu and were greyed out in the Shouts menu. I'm not sure if it's something I did, but they came back after the fight so I guess it fixed itself.

I'm At the Summit of Apocrypha, chapter 6 and the dragon won't spawn for me
Edit: NEVERMIND Im stupid and didnt unlock all the words lol

Dragonborn save file does not load correctly.

I have two save files, one I did at the end of gameplay last night (2/12/2013) while I was outside at Ravenrock with the title Solstheim and one autosave for Solstheim. Whenever, I load either Solstheim save file, I am in Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood. Another odd occurrence, when I view the map there are no locations on the map. This character is maxed out at level 81; has completed the Main quest along with many other quests.

Update x1

I checked under Skyrim/Downloadable Content, and it said no content was downloaded which is odd since I downloaded Dragonborn yesterday and started playing it. I am not sure if this is a Bethseda issue or a Sony PS3/PSN issue. However, the game must have been putting me in Sleeping Giant Inn by default since it could not find the Dragonborn file. I am now redownloading/installing the Dragonborn DLC from PSN. Hopefully that will take care of this issue. I would hate to have to do this every time I want to do anything in Solstheim.

The Netch can't handle a weapon with a paralyze enchantment, they will glitch half way through the ground, making it impossible to kill them with almost every weapon. (Although they become defenseless at this point) Also, fireballs seem to launch them into the air....slowly flying their corpses around the sky....perhaps indefinitely (will see next time I turn on the game)

was having some weird texture rendering problems today, walls seemed kind of blurry and things like candles and sign posts werent rendering all the way, also one of the dragons i encountered in during the final battle had no scales =p

So far everything is good for me. I just wish that you could craft the arrows that you are supposed to be able to craft. Releasing DLC backwards when there are parts that depend on each other was not a very good idea. I think I'm going to quit playing the story and just collect supplies for Hearthfire and smithing until I have all three.

hi guys been playing dragon born love it but i've found a bug , i have 31 dragon souls and i have just gained two new dragon shouts and i tried using the stored dragon souls to unlock the shouts and it keeps telling me i need dragon souls to unlock the shouts and clearly i have 31 of them , can anyone help me and oh i'm a lvl 81

I have all autosaves turned off. Whenever I re-enter Solstheim or Skyrim Or a Black Book or exit any of them, the game freezes for 10 seconds, then says autosaving(What the Hell?) and everyhting runs normally again. Any idea how to fix? And if I delete and reinstall the update and the game data, will I have to redownload the DragonBorn DLC?

There are few places where it will do it on it's own. No big deal. Just wait a couple of seconds.

On another note, I'm starting to notice some framerate issues. Nothing major, but pretty common.

Opening map next to a waterfall sometimes causes a hard freeze for me. If it doesn't freeze, frame rate goes way down for a few moments after map closes. Yes, I deleted the game save data as suggested for the underwater glitch.

Maybe.
Best thing to do:
1- delete game data and title update
Launch and update skyrim at 106MB
2 - download dragonborn at 904MB
3 - install from XMB
4 - check that dragonborn shows up under skyrims main menu under downloadable content. If it doesnt, something went wrong.

Inside skyrim, travel to Windhelm and talk to Salt-Sage on one of the boats, and off you are...

also have the stuck word problem and my character is taking Constant damage,along with that my screen is blurry as if i were receiving a word of power. Ive beatin the main DB quest and this happened to me after dying in a black book world. May have something to do with me wearing ebony mail but when I un equip it i still take damage. PLEASE HELP

Just deleted the update and re installed and all my dragonborn saves load but bring me to the sleeping giant in also i cant access dragon born at all. so going to try and redownload it and re install it

the black guard hood doesnt load properley so this causes youre character to go bald or balding depending on your chosen hair style, you are also able to wear this hood with another hood which is probably the problem for this i.e shrouded hood on top of black guard hood

Same problem here except i also take constant damage and have a blurry screen

After todays update and installing the DLC I've been encountering a pretty hefty bug that I've never seen before, minor quests don't seem to be activating at all. I know I'm being sent on them, the thieves guild fella (in the new are) wants me to get is axe or hammer back and the guard fella wants me to find a wine stash, however these don't appear in my quest log and I don't seem to be able to complete them? I've accepted a few other minor quests from people but nothing is showing up.

Not sure if it's a bug or intentional (since it's a plane of Oblivion, things may work differently there).
My character is a werewolf, so 100% resistant to diseases, but while in Apocrypha, I got slapped by those tentacles (just once) and instantly contracted Rockjoint.

Not major, just strange.

Is there any end to this madness?

So after patch and installation, It is is hard freezing within the first few seconds. The Bethesda logo does not even show up. I have tried it about 6 times, same result every time. Skyrim is 100% unplayable now. I've done a clean wipe on my ps3, it's been about 4 years, so maybe it's time. after i work all that out i'll reply again


I have a 2nd gen 80gb, and have experienced every problem that Skyrim had to offer, freezing, backwards flying dragons....

I feel like I just wasted $10

Just wanted to share that I was so excited to play this new DLC, but I was a little disappointed in that I experienced very choppy dialog in the initial conversation with Gjalund Salt-Sage. I should have paused it and turned on all subtitles (I'm in the U.S.), but I thought any moment now it will clear up, but it didn't.

For sure this isn't the first time I experienced dialog that skipped in Skyrim, but why just prior to the boat ride to Solstheim? There was no save or trophy activity going on at that moment, so that couldn't have been the problem.

Other dialog with the guards and citizens was fine. I had deleted all game data before installing 1.8 and Dragonborn. At least I created a new save just before reaching Windhelm docks, so I'll load that save later and see if it works better.

I'm still looking very forward to playing it, going through new quests, areas, meeting new characters etc. is exciting!

Edit: I loaded my previous save before boarding the boat, and there was no issue at all with the dialog, it was skip-free.

Well I deleted all game data and did the whole thing to make sure it works good. So I start it up ready to play and this happens. I'm in windhelm and first thing is a very long freeze. Then I go outside and barley kill a dragon because of the lag. Once I kill it the game freezes. So I shut off my ps3 turn it on load the game which takes about 4 minutes to load my save. I finally get back to playing. Still very laggy. I go outside to the door by the water in windhelm and its taking forever to get me outside. When I finally do I start dropping from way in the sky, I land underneath windhelm. Some how I make it out and go to the dude to talk about taking me to the new dlc area. While talking the dragon attacks again and I kill it. I get on the boat and the trip takes a very very long time. I get hit with an auto save right from the start which freezes the game for about a minute but then it unfreeze. This other dude introduces himself and that freezes the game for good. I once again I reset and load the game. I load into the dlc area and the guy comes up to me again with a framerate drop of about 1 framed per second. Once he gets done talking I enter the village. After that the game has ran better than ever.

This is one huge reason I'm buying a gaming PC. So sick of this. Also to play ESO.

Ok everything seems to be running smoothly!

i downloaded dragonborn and i have completed the story line! i have had 2 bugs so far... i'm from Europe BTW.
1.i can't craft the nordic armor on any of my characters (my smithing is 100)
2. i can't start the quest involving the blacksmith of the "skaal village" that went missing i try to talk to the guy who gives the quest but the dialog won't open he just talks something about ash XD and two of the skaals just stand in the same spot and won't move..

Just click the drop-down arrow to the right of your name (at the top left).
Select Settings, then click the Signature tab on the left.
Type your signature in the editor and save.

What do you think it was that fixed your issues?