No one will buysell goods : V

» Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:51 pm

I have been playing with my current character for some time (curently at level 12). Suddenly, I have found that none of the traders will buy or sell anything. The option has disappeared from the list of topics when I have a dialogue with them. Other dialogue topics appear to work fine.

Since last selling stuff, when the game worker prtoperly, I have been doing the Forbidden Legend quest. I had a problem there as the quest got stuck at the "Read Daynas Valen's journal" stage; I read the journal, but the quest did not advance. To progress I had to do a setstage command at the command console. This seemed to work fine, the Quest advanced to the next stage, and I went on and have now collected the three fragments, but have yet to reforge them. I have no idea if this is the cause of the problem, but it seems worth mentioning.

What can I do so I can sell loot?

» Thu Jun 25, 2015 3:33 pm

Do you have mods ???

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Verify the integrity of the game cache files: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

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Open console, click on the merchant and type:

addtofaction 51596 1 (this one first)

addtofaction 51599 1

» Thu Jun 25, 2015 5:56 pm

Get back to a save you made before using the console commands or even before beginning that quest you got stuck on; if it didn't advance properly, it's probably because you overlooked something.

And Do.Not.Use.Console.Commands.To.Advance.Quests unless you really know what you are doing!

» Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:46 pm

Thanks, verifying the cache seems to have sorted it.

» Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:36 pm

I have the guy's notes and I read them. The Quest said still said I had to read them. Sites on the internet say this quest can get confused if you do stuff out of order. What do you think I should have done to resolve the issue rather than using the command console?

As far as I can see, if the quest says to read something, and does not advance when you do that, it is a bug, and not something I have missed.

» Thu Jun 25, 2015 5:42 pm

Related to that bug:

From UESP

Spoiler

Reading the note before the quest was obtained will make further progress impossible. Subsequently reading the Writ does nothing.

The only known way to fix the quest (if it was obtained by killing Jyrik) is to obtain a copy of "Lost Legends" and read it. Then the quest will progress correctly.

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If a bugged game doesn't fix itself when reading "Lost Legends" and is stuck on "Read Daynas Valen's notes",

then a resolution is to just collect all other fragments from the three sonsa€”Jyrik at Saarthal, Mikrul in Folgunthur and Sidgis in Geirmund's Halla€”then go to Reachwater Rock after all of the sons and all three trials are defeated.

At that point, the amulet that the Arch-mage Gauldur reforged can be taken, and the quest log will say that the notes were read, regardless if they were kept or not, and the quest is completed.

From Wiki

Spoiler

While Daynas Valen's Journal is a quest-related item, reading it before reading Lost Legends will cause the quest stages to stumble upon each other. First, it will render Lost Legends useless.

Reading Lost Legends will then render all three writs of sealing and the Ancient Edict useless. If you read them in a different order, the quest will initiate but will not update.

If you stumble upon this bug, the only solution is to find Daynas Valen in Folgunthur and read his notes. The quest will then start and proceed from quest stage 30.