I haven't played the game in a very long time, years probably. Everything up to date that I know of, and the game is unmodded. For some reason I can't use the alchemy tables. I get the introduction message for using one for the first time, and the animation plays, but when I attempt to exit the alchemy table or create a potion, it freezes at the "potion created" "creation failed" or "do you want to exit the alchemy lab?" message screen. The first few times I was able to use the console command "kill" to force exit from the table, but now my character isnt even targetable when I open a command line.
It is only alchemy tables. Work benches, forges, enchanters, grindstones, and cooking pots work just fine.
Turns out I cant use anything at all. Everything else I can at least exit from without crashing, but if I actually attempt to make anything, it bugs out. It worked fine yesterday,