Bloodlines won't start. Serana bug : V

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:38 pm

This game is so incredible when it works right.

I talk to serana after she is released, and after all the dialog there is the option "come with me". I know from experience that it shouldn't say that, and that the quest bloodlines should start.

So I say "come with me" and she responds in the usual way, a "I knew You'd miss me" or some other out of place line. But bloodlines never starts, the rest of dimhollow cript is glitched because the draugr aren't in their sarcophagus and the gargoyles aren't stone, and every few miniuts serana initiates dialog again, with only the "come with me" line available.

I've searched online and only found a similar big, one were bloodlines doesn't start and she just walks away, but she is following me. I'm not sure if it's because she wants to talk to me or because she is actually following me though. And I can't find a fix for this bug.

Does anyone out the know how I can fix this?

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:16 pm

> I talk to Serana after she is released <

What you mean with that ???

You mean the stone monolith beneath the pedestal, which contains Serana, at the Awakening quest ???

Upon speaking to her, she will tell you that her name is Serana, and that she is a vampire. She will ask you to take her to her family to Castle Volkihar.

Have you did that ???

Actually how far are you in the Awakening quest !!!

That's the quest before Bloodline.

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However, it can be mod related. So, if you have any, and you play on PC, that's another story. :shrug:

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:16 pm

I did all that dialog and awakening ends, and then bloodlines never starts.

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:04 am

And it could be mod related, but there should be a way to fix it with commands or something I think.

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:53 am

load order?

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:29 am

load order

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» Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:34 am

Its pretty big and i cant get the spoilers to work

Last time i attempted this dlc i got all the way to near the end, and after i grabbed auriels bow serana didn't have the correct dialog.

nothing i could do to fix that, had to completely restart

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:58 am

while I am not familiar with the mods in question, I can see you have 3 (at least) mods that seem to Directly edit Serana, possible conflicts?

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:19 pm

I had those mods in my last play few playthroughs though and it worked. Well at least until the end of the Dawnguardglitch quest.

I'm loading from an earlier save before the awakening quest to see if it happens again.

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:53 pm

I also disabled serana shut up and serana dialog edit for this redo

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:59 pm

None of that helped. Should I start the quest with commands?

» Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:14 pm

Currently uninstalling all mods that affect serana that I can find. If someone knows how to advance the quest with commands I would appreciate it since I tried the setstage command and nothing happened

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:58 am

well that didnt work either. I am at a loss. And the setstage command doest even start the quest.

It'll be a same if i cant do the dawnguard quest with my snow elf character :sad:

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:11 am

deactivating the mods may not be enough, as the scripts that MAY be causing the issue would still be affecting the save file
(even after uninstalling mods, some scripts may still linger in your save file)

» Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:16 am

You wanna try this:

Spoiler

Quest Doesn't Start

So, after rescuing Serana from the crypt, she tries to walk out the front gate, which is now closed, and never asks me to take her home. She talks about home a little, but doesn't actually ask me to escort her back. Requests to "Come with me" she acknowledges, and then goes and does whatever she wants. Ultimately, she winds up at Windpeak Inn and stays there, no matter what. getstage DLC1VQ02 returns 6.

Anybody have any ideas, cuz I'm stumped! – Robin Hood (talk) 09:28, 17 February 2013 (GMT)

After some tracing, the source of the problem appears to have been a DLC1_QF_DLC1VQ01COPY0000_01002F65.pex file in my Data\Scripts folder. Removing that, Bloodline starts as normal, but why it was there in the first place is a mystery to me. (So tomorrow, I get to play through Dunhollow Crypt for the fourth time in a row...oh yay.) – Robin Hood (talk) 09:52, 17 February 2013 (GMT)

Hi Robin Hood, I have the exact same issue, however I didn't find the fix you had so I'm still stumped, any suggestions would be great.

Thanks! — Unsigned comment by 24.130.217.219 (talk) at 17:16 on 20 February 2013

The only other thing I can suggest is looking for other DLC1*VQ01* type files and renaming them temporarily to see if that solves the problem. Alternatively, you could do a full uninstall and reinstall, which should reset any custom files that might be affecting your game. If that doesn't do it, then something has already affected your saved games, and you might have to revert to an earlier save and try again to get it working.