Do not engage the Through a Nightmare, Darkly quest - You will get EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION Error!

[Raika]

To get this quest, you gotta talk to Kud-Ei from Bravil Mages Guild. You are given the task to save her friend (who is in the dreamworld). Do not start this quest! if you do... and without a proper save (before starting up the quest), you will be unable to finish the quest due to a persistent EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION CTD error. You'll no longer be able to play the game without returning to a previously saved game.

I've already submitted a ticket in to Bethesda about this problem.

[Martimus Prime]

Didn't get it. Finished it without problems.

[gerechterzorn]

same here, no bugs, no stucks, nothing.

[Raika]

https://youtu.be/wOYHG37A3Hk?si=wrS3DzZzgbyOQh4x Here is a video of the crash.

[Emissary Vex]

From the wiki

This quest is not part of the Bravil Recommendation, although both quests come from Kud-Ei and can be acquired simultaneously. This can be confusing, as it is possible to accept both quests simultaneously. It is not recommended though, as it may result in errors, making finishing one of the quests impossible. It is preferable to finish one before starting the other.

[Beldus ✨]

Also done that quest without any problems.

I have had some other crashes but mostly it get stuck loading when transitioning to another area, either fast travel or through a door, and I have to kill it.
But not often enough to get me to quit.

[soundzen]

i managed to finish this quest too but my game crashes were similar to @BELDUS with my problems being during map transition or teleport not to mention the mods ESP being erased from the PLUGINS txt list ...so i read other posts from community and followed the tips to --- turn off auto saving, turn off dlss, turn off steam cloud synch and then i installed the unofficial patch... so far so good.

[Raika]

Originally posted by Emissary Vex:

From the wiki

This quest is not part of the Bravil Recommendation, although both quests come from Kud-Ei and can be acquired simultaneously. This can be confusing, as it is possible to accept both quests simultaneously. It is not recommended, though, as it may result in errors, making finishing one of the quests impossible. It is preferable to finish one before starting the other.

I've already completed the Bravil recommendation after accepting the Through a Nightmare, Darkly quest from the NPC. I didn't accept the quests simultaneously, though.

Also, I'm not using any mods or using any kind of cheats whatsoever. I'm running the vanilla version.