Continue without releasing Odahviing

[amdlo112]

Did anyone try to continue the main storyline without releasing Odahviing? Because you can tell him that you'll release him after Alduin is dead. But after that he tells you that without him you won't get to Alduin because the location is in the mountains. I'm curious what happens if you tell him that you'll release him later and then you teleport there using console instead of flying with Odahviing. Would the quest continue normally and would Odahviing be in the Dragonreach after finishing the main story? Did anyone try this?

[Ilja]

Console kung-fu has a high change of messing up the game. Skyrim scripts presume that Odahviing is released. I do not know if that part is fully managed by scripts or quest stages, but if cleanup scripts do not run properly, then you risk a problem, starting from glitches to save bloat and crashes.

I do not recommend trying, unless the save is for messing around any way.

[amdlo112]

I thought of it just as an experiment :) I know that for a serious playing it wouldn't be wise. I would try it myself but there is a pretty long section before you return back from the Alduin and that's too much effort just for a little experiment. That's why I asked if by any chance someone else tried to do it and if yes how it went.