Can't stay in 1st person

[TheFir3Crack3r]

So my Skryim will go into first and third person randomly, but then it wont stay that way for like a max of three seconds before going back to third person.
I prefer to play in first person, it may not be game breaking but it's really annoying. Tried to Google but the forums is full of random junk and inconclusive answers. Any ideas, please

[rmfranco]

So, you play in first person, then after a while it'll go into 3rd, and won't return to first? And I'm guessing it fixes upon saving and restarting?

Are you playing with a trackpad?
I don't have a fix for it, but for myself, I've found that my trackpad zooms out on a quick scroll, and then gets "stuck" like that. And that when it does, it also "auto-reads" books.
The only other game I encountered that with was Prey, where it enters the item wheel, even though I changed the key binds.

I'm on a Legion laptop.
If this sounds like you, I don't know how to fix it, but if this is it, and you learn a fix, let me know, please.

[TheFir3Crack3r]

Originally posted by rmfranco:

So, you play in first person, then after a while it'll go into 3rd, and won't return to first? And I'm guessing it fixes upon saving and restarting?

Are you playing with a trackpad?
I don't have a fix for it, but for myself, I've found that my trackpad zooms out on a quick scroll, and then gets "stuck" like that. And that when it does, it also "auto-reads" books.
The only other game I encountered that with was Prey, where it enters the item wheel, even though I changed the key binds.

I'm on a Legion laptop.
If this sounds like you, I don't know how to fix it, but if this is it, and you learn a fix, let me know, please.

I do not play with a trackpad.

The problem occurred after I tried to reset Hearthfire,
a stupid bug won't let me build Windstad Manor after I've bought the plot. One suggestion was to disable all mods, start the game, make a new save and enable all the mods again. Thats when the stupid problem with the camera started. It happened every few seconds, I tried everything from reinstalling the whole game etc but nothing worked.
The only solution that worked for me, was to revert to am older save, luckliy I didn't loose too much progress.

Sorry I dont have any other solutions .

[smr1957]

Originally posted by KoreaFPS:

The problem occurred after I tried to reset Hearthfire,
a stupid bug won't let me build Windstad Manor after I've bought the plot. One suggestion was to disable all mods, start the game, make a new save and enable all the mods again. Thats when the stupid problem with the camera started. It happened every few seconds, I tried everything from reinstalling the whole game etc but nothing worked.
The only solution that worked for me, was to revert to am older save, luckliy I didn't loose too much progress.

Sorry I dont have any other solutions .

By doing that, you broke your game. I hope that the older save you did use to fix it was made before you disabled any mods. For full information, read:
You CANNOT Remove Mods Mid-Playthrough - http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/1495615865205745360/

[TheFir3Crack3r]

Originally posted by smr1957:

Originally posted by KoreaFPS:

The problem occurred after I tried to reset Hearthfire,
a stupid bug won't let me build Windstad Manor after I've bought the plot. One suggestion was to disable all mods, start the game, make a new save and enable all the mods again. Thats when the stupid problem with the camera started. It happened every few seconds, I tried everything from reinstalling the whole game etc but nothing worked.
The only solution that worked for me, was to revert to am older save, luckliy I didn't loose too much progress.

Sorry I dont have any other solutions .

By doing that, you broke your game. I hope that the older save you did use to fix it was made before you disabled any mods. For full information, read:
You CANNOT Remove Mods Mid-Playthrough -
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/1495615865205745360/

F**k.
From now on I wont trust any junk posts on all the different forums that comes up when you google an issue with Skyrim. And this is what I followed from a Steam post

"To anybody who's having this problem, I might have a solution.
It's a annoying solution but I'm afraid there aren't many options left to choose from.

What I did was disable all of my mods, including the heartfire DLC.

I then loaded the game, made an separate save, quit the game again."


The older save was maybe 1,5 hours prior to my trying to fix the whole it wont let me build the stupid house-problem. I am playing from that non corrupted save and I also followed a bunch of steps that you linked and everything works properly.

[smr1957]

KoreaFPS, unfortunately the issue of who exactly do you listen to and whose advice do you follow is a major issue. Going on the internet to search for an answer to a problem is like walking into a crowded auditorium and asking people at random how you treat a medical issue, some have no clue, and will say so, others have no clue but will tell you what they think you should do, others have an idea but no real knowledge, and MAYBE, someone actually does know and will tell you the correct information - but it is all just really random, and if YOU don't know, how can you know who to listen to?

Hence, In the pinned Topic, Helpful Links and References, there is supplied a reference Called Reliable Forum Regulars (see Section 6, Miscellaneous). Basically a guide to those who have proven them selves over the years as being reliable sources of information, and how to tell who is and who isn't if there names do not appear (because there are some people who are knowledgeable, but simple may have been missed when compiling that list - or are less frequent contributors.

But, all that aside, I am glad everything is working now, and glad that it was only 1.5 hours you lost - and not 15 or even the whole game (yup, we've seen that, and way too often, too, due to not having saves.)

[TheFir3Crack3r]

Originally posted by smr1957:

KoreaFPS, unfortunately the issue of who exactly do you listen to and whose advice do you follow is a major issue. Going on the internet to search for an answer to a problem is like walking into a crowded auditorium and asking people at random how you treat a medical issue, some have no clue, and will say so, others have no clue but will tell you what they think you should do, others have an idea but no real knowledge, and MAYBE, someone actually does know and will tell you the correct information - but it is all just really random, and if YOU don't know, how can you know who to listen to?

Hence, In the pinned Topic, Helpful Links and References, there is supplied a reference Called Reliable Forum Regulars (see Section 6, Miscellaneous). Basically a guide to those who have proven them selves over the years as being reliable sources of information, and how to tell who is and who isn't if there names do not appear (because there are some people who are knowledgeable, but simple may have been missed when compiling that list - or are less frequent contributors.

But, all that aside, I am glad everything is working now, and glad that it was only 1.5 hours you lost - and not 15 or even the whole game (yup, we've seen that, and way too often, too, due to not having saves.)

Yeah, I do a save every few hours to be safe and due to random crashes/complete shut down when I tab out/in from the game, which I think is a typical Bethesda thing.

Your nice and helpful reply is much appricieated good sir.