Dark Brotherhood Quest Crash

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Ok, I am pretty far into the Dark Brotherhood quest in TES IV: Oblivion, I came across this quest where I am supposed to defeat this champion in his own house, I picked the lock to his house; however, I am caught by a guard when I walk out of his house, After I try to pay the gold or go to jail, (yes I know I can resist but I don't do that in the game) my game crashes and I have to restart my computer over and over again. I don't know what the problem is, I spent 34+ hours into this game, and I only encountered one other crash, tough this specific one crashes my game enough that I am stuck and cannot progress no matter what.

[jdvmsr]

Suggest> COC out of the house, rather than by the door. i.e. COC(space)some known named loc. You can cocTEST or similar and then FAST travel to where you want to be. Also, SETcrimegold(space)0 and it should stop them from arresting you

[$n@ke Eye$]

Sometimes quests or npcs become bugged and the game will keep crashing at a certain point when dealing with certain NPC's. The best thing is to reload a previous save to before starting that quest and redo everything.

If you can't reload another save then the only thing you can do is mess with console commands and hope you can pass the part you're stuck on without triggering a crash since the command may just advance you to the part that is bugged.

Can you specify exactly which quest you are on? I don't recall having to kill any champions in their own home in the Dark Brotherhood questline.

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Originally posted by $n@ke Eye$:

Sometimes quests or npcs become bugged and the game will keep crashing at a certain point when dealing with certain NPC's. The best thing is to reload a previous save to before starting that quest and redo everything.

If you can't reload another save then the only thing you can do is mess with console commands and hope you can pass the part you're stuck on without triggering a crash since the command may just advance you to the part that is bugged.

Can you specify exactly which quest you are on? I don't recall having to kill any champions in their own home in the Dark Brotherhood questline.

@Snake, The quest name is "Broken Vows", It is located in the town of Bryma, it is this chain of sidequests after you have done the dark brotherhood quests.

P.S. I thank you for posting to this discussion, I will wake your advice and I will try to fix this.

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Originally posted by jdvmsr:

Suggest> COC out of the house, rather than by the door. i.e. COC(space)some known named loc. You can cocTEST or similar and then FAST travel to where you want to be. Also, SETcrimegold(space)0 and it should stop them from arresting you

@jdvmsr, I will make use of this, thanks.

[$n@ke Eye$]

Okay I remember that mission now thanks.

Well first thing you should try is to check if the quest is glitched somehow.

type the following into console

player.moveto 30149

If the game or NPC is glitched this might cause an instant crash. If the game doesn't crash proceed to complete the quest by talking to him, if it does crash, reload your save and type the following into console.

prid 30149
moveto player

This will teleport him to wherever you are. teleport him outside his house so maybe his AI will reset. Talk to him and then let him walk back into his house. If the game doesn't crash, follow him inside and try to complete the quest.

If any crash occurs just type the following

prid 30149
kill

If the game crashes with any of these steps, then the quest is glitched and might require you to reload an earlier save to before accepting that quest.

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Originally posted by $n@ke Eye$:

Okay I remember that mission now thanks.

Well first thing you should try is to check if the quest is glitched somehow.

type the following into console

player.moveto 30149

If the game or NPC is glitched this might cause an instant crash. If the game doesn't crash proceed to complete the quest by talking to him, if it does crash, reload your save and type the following into console.

prid 30149
moveto player

This will teleport him to wherever you are. teleport him outside his house so maybe his AI will reset. Talk to him and then let him walk back into his house. If the game doesn't crash, follow him inside and try to complete the quest.

If any crash occurs just type the following

prid 30149
kill

If the game crashes with any of these steps, then the quest is glitched and might require you to reload an earlier save to before accepting that quest.

Thanks, will make use of this.