Serana Stuck : V

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:11 am

On my way to see Septimus about a certain scroll, Serana appeared to have a case of "http://i.imgur.com/gR0rtM7.png." Stuck on an Ice Flow, I can not get her to follow me. What is her ID?

She did not follow me (respawn) into Septimus' place. I tried going into Winterhold and Frostfruit Inn(?), but she did not appear when I got inside. I slept and she is still gone. I went outside, no respawn. Back inside to nothing. She is still back on the ice flow.

UESP lists her refid as xx002B74 and her baseid as xx002B6C. I get error messages using either of them. Someone on GameFaqs used prid 02002b74 to grab her. I get an error.

I am using:

prid [enter]

movetoplayer [enter]

Am I doing this right? I use the console commands for only turning off menus and free camera commands, so this is a new thing for me :smile:

Thanks for any help

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:23 am

Are you using the Unofficial Patches? If you are, try using 03 instead of 02 for the first two digits in her RefID. If that doesn't work, open up your mod manager and check where Dawnguard is loading, then use those numbers in place of xx.

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:33 am

If you can see her, you can click on her with the mouse with the console open and it will have the same effect as using the prid<...> code.

Also the xx in the codes xx002B74 and her baseid xx002B6C mean the load order of Dawnguard, as with all mods (Dawnguard is a mod, an official one, but a mod).

For example, for me, anything Dawnguard related begins with 04

Type: help serana and it should appear her code with the xx filled for your system (03002B74, 01002B74, etc) then you can use that code with prid to target Serana, as I have said if you can see her you can click on her while in the console and you will automatically target Serana.

Then you can use the movetoplayer.

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:56 am

I've noticed with patch 1.9 all followers tend to get stuck at some point.

My solution hasn't let me down so far.

Go to the ice flow and stand about "10 feet" away from Serana. Wait 1 hour. She should "pop" back into frame, running toward you.

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:46 pm

If none of those work then beat her into submission and fus ro dah her lazy rear off the ice flow.

Alternatively if it was me id just kill her i never have liked her.

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:16 am

:rofl: I may try that

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll double check my load (I am using the unofficial patches) order. I did not realize the "xx" was for the load order. Thanks for the heads up

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:23 am

OK... For some reason, Dawnguard is in place #4 and the Unofficial Patch is place #5. Neither prid 04002b74 or 05002b74 worked.

I went to her Ice Flow and got her ID as 00000014. I went back to the Inn and tried to get her there. The ID worked (I think) but when I tried "moveto player", my character jumped a bit, but still no Serana. I went outside to Winterhold and same thing. So...

I did YolDovah's suggestion and fus-ro-dah'ed her off the flow and now she is back to follwing me

Thanks all. I shoulda just dun dat to begin with

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:12 am

There is no way that is her ID. In order for that to be the case, Dawnguard would have to be first in the load order. You can get her ID by clicking on her when the console is open. But the click isn't always helpful, sometimes you click on something else by accident.

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:40 am

I thought that was weird, too. I had Serana targeted with the mouse pointer, though I do not think I actually "clicked" on her. Then I opened up the console and clicked on her. There was not much else there to click on (if anything), on the Ice Flow.

Yea, my load order is:

Skyrim

Update

Unofficial Skyrim Patch

Dawnguard

Unofficial Danwguard Patch

HearthFires

Unofficial HearthFires Patch

Dragonborn

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch

All of my 32 mods follow

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:57 pm

Nice to see it worked now hopefully next time she gets stuck it will be between a dragons teeth as it chews on her.

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:03 am

Then Dawnguard would be 03 (Skyrim is always the first and begins with 00).

» Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:40 pm

The latest versions of the unofficial patches broke the long-standing rule of always loading masters (.esm files) before any .esp files. File IDs in your load order start with 00 (and that will always be Skyrim.esm), not 01. As a result, RefIDs for characters and items included in DLC master files will be changed as they load later. At any rate, I'm glad you got it sorted out.