...---this issue is occuring during my present Fighters Guild quest, the "Hist Tree"--- ...I'm in the basemant of the Blackwoods Hall in Leyawinn...was sent there to destroy the Hist Tree. Problem is, once I'm there I'm prompted onscreen that I must find a way to destroy the "alien machinery" used to extract the hisp in order to destroy the tree itself...and there's no further quest info, arrow, or directive whatsoever in my menu or from Orewyn in Chorrol who sent me on the quest in the first place...all I find are two loose pipe sections by the boiler which prove useless...I tried jamming the pump gears with them, but they just rattle and fade through them like a ghost...and when I approach the boiler and tanks, the activate option comes up, but with no result when I try... Is this a glitch, or am I missing something??? Any advise will be welcome.

Something got bugged somewhere. With both pipes in inventory, all that is needed is to activate the two pumps which will destroy the machine.

What platform are you on?

If you're on pc you could use this in the console;

setstage FGD09Hist 40

Try putting them in your inventory, then activating the pump.

Wiki: 'To stop the machine, pick up the two Loose Pipes that are lying on or near the table by the furnace, they will be added to your inventory automatically. Once they are in your inventory, activate one and then the other Sap Pump on each side of the tree. This should destroy both of them and you will get a message saying the tree has been destroyed.'

Hope that helps! :foodndrink:

...omg...if that's it, I'm gonna ****...but then again, it's always something simple in the end somehow...wow! I'm gonna try it later this evening... Thanks so much!

....oops, was so shocked, I forgot to respond to the question...I'm on XBOX360...thanks.