Conjuration spells not working

[Clutcha]

Every time I try to spawn a zombie or atronach, nothing happens

[Belanos]

Make sure you're not trying to conjure them out of range. You only have a limited area where you can create them, which can be increased with perks. Until you get those perks, you pretty much have to cast the spell on the ground right in front of your feet. If you are casting out of range, your cursor will turn red. You also need to have enough Magicka. If you don't, nothing will happen.

[Bomb Bloke]

Bear in mind that you can't "spawn" zombies, unlike with previous TES games. In Skyrim you have to target an existing corpse.

[raubrey]

Are you using the Atronoch mundus stone and/or have the Atronoch perk and (possibly) playing as a Breton? If so and even possibly not as Breton, magic absorbtion (not to be confused with magic resist) can be too high so that conjuring and some other things bork (absorb).

The only way to fix it without the Unofficial patches is to remove either or both. I'm going through that now and it is a bummer but no way I'm modding this far into the game.

[Clutcha]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

Bear in mind that you can't "spawn" zombies, unlike with previous TES games. In Skyrim you have to target an existing corpse.

OMFG I LOVE YOU I REALIZED I HAVE TO DO IT ON A CORPSE