Tending the Flames effigy won't light glitch

[Antimaterialman]

Viarmo won't light the effigy, he starts the animation then steps back, ends the quest but never lights the damn thing, leaving the population standing there gawking eternally at an unlit Olaf. I've tried just about every fix related to this that I can find, and nothing seems to help. Has anyone got any pointers? Is there a console command that sets Olaf on fire?

[cfs111]

Not exactly your issue, but similar, have you tried this?
When he burns the effigy, Viarmo may tap it with a hammer rather than applying the torch, then after completing the quest he will still be seen holding the torch he used. PC Only This bug is fixed by version 1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
Pc22.png To fix this use console on Viarmo, then type: first removeitem 0001d4ec 1, second equipitem 0001d4ec, and third removeitem 0001d4ec 1.

[Antimaterialman]

I probably should have specifed in my post, yeah the bug is he tries tapping it with a happer rather than the torch. I have the unofficial patch (legendary edition) installed. After applying the fix he doesn't use the hammer, he uses the correct animation but the effigy still doesn't catch fire.

This is gonna drive me crazy.

[cfs111]

Skyrim has that effect, but we are making progress, lol. Do you have mods? If so do you use LOOT to sort your load order? After running LOOT be sure to click on the button in the upper right that says "Sort" when hovered over, then click "Apply" once it appears.
LOOT
https://loot.github.io/

Load order and resource priority basics
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/523890681419356033/

[Antimaterialman]

I have a whole bunch of mods (over a hundred in total), including SKSE, I don't use LOOT though.

Is it recommended/necessary?

[cfs111]

Yes, it is essential. It will order your mods into the most compatible order.

[Antimaterialman]

Installed and applied LOOT. No change (with and without using the earlier fix method) whatsoever.

[cfs111]

Try this finish the quest to where everyone is stuck.

~
setstage MS05 300<enter>
coc quasmoke<enter>

once you load up in this area (note: be careful which containers you open in this area, There are a lot of stuff in some of them and it can lock up less powerful systems).

~
set timescale to 9000<enter>
~

Walk away from your computer for at least 5 minutes seriously, leave your computer alone. This will allow 30 in game days to pass. Since you are not in Skyrim all of it will reset.

~
set timescale to 20<enter>
coc whiterun<enter>

Once you load up on the bridge fast travel to the farm outside Solitude and enter through the gate. Fingers crossed this will work!!

[Docsprock]

How in the heck do you discover this stuff?

[wowszer]

Experience, and besides its all on the web, under various wikis.

[cfs111]

Basically this ^^^^ and playing a lot of Skyrim as well as playing with Skyrim a lot.

[Antimaterialman]

This worked perfect! Thanks a lot!

[cfs111]

Sweet!! I was not sure if the setstage command was necessary, so I threw it in to be safe. lol.