My game decides, at random times, that I dont get to make a potion. Right now, its a combination of Alit Hide and Ampoule Pod. Every time I try to combine them, all I get is the message saying I need to name them...But they are named automatically. If I try adding letters or changing it or anything, it still fails saying I need to give it a name, while *reverting my efforts* and restoring the default name.

Sometimes, itll stop after a while. Most of the time though, its just a flat NO. Any help would be greatly appreciated This is driving me crazy.

A common bug I'll say. Though I don't remember the fix...

[Shamelessly stolen from another forum]

Put the Mortar & Pestle on the ground.
Drop your Retort on your character window (It opens up the Alchemy window).
Try to make a potion (what wont work of course), an other kind of message will appear.
Pick up the Mortar & Pestle and try again.

Worked for me. Were all "succes" and "fail" messages again.

Edit: I have no idea if this will work or not so please get back here and tell us if it works or not

No such luck x.x;; still had the same issue no matter how i went about moving the equipment back and forth, about 99% "Type in a Name" rate, with it often deciding its not going to do it at all, ever.

Oh! I cant believe I didnt think of this earlier, i feel kinda bad about it. I noticed only vista users had this problem, so I went and set Morrowind to run on XP service pack 2 compatability. This seems to have utterly and fully solved the issue: In my last 10 stacks, I have seen an appx. 90% unbugged rate: It still happens, but at such small numbers that it is really insignificant. Anyone else up to giving this a check to make sure its not just a fluke on my end?

Edit: I found this earlier thread: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/969488-trouble-creating-potions-you-need-to-type-in-your-name/page__p__14564744__hl__alchemy__fromsearch__1#entry14564744 This also seems to wholly solve the problem, aside from having to press Left Arrow now and then.

The latest http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=19510 fixes this glitch.

I give you a thousand internets sir and the code patch folks! Internets all around! <3