Oculory bug

[Frosty Dr.]

I've finally decided to do the college quests. I'm up to the oculory part of the quest were you have to allign the stupid beams. I'm certain hundreds of people have gotten the bug...however, i can't seem to find anyone having it the way i have.

After figuring out how to get the beams to move, my problem is they only move back and forth, (using both flame and frostbite) I can only move them two times, back to original position, and down...after using frostbite once on it, it won't move after i use frostbite a second time one it, according to a wiki guide, and a youtube tutorial (which show one is meant to hit the crystal 3 times with frostbite, yet it doesn't move further after once for me). Its obvious, i've somehow bugged the quest. I am NOT starting a new game just because of a stupid quest bug.

Is there any cheats i could use? Or anything that could help me procede the quests, or anything at all? I'm getting really aggrivated over this...BETHESDA, WHY?!

Thanks

[Delta 1038]

You could try loading an earlier save.

[Frosty Dr.]

I had a save just before putting in the crystal, going from there doesn't help.

[Delta 1038]

Originally posted by Dovahthul:

I had a save just before putting in the crystal, going from there doesn't help.

I assume the three/four? autosaves aren;t an option. Hmm, never heard of this bug before but anyway:

- Do you have the Unofficial patches?
- Have you tried to keep hitting it to keep it moving? (Just testing if maybe it's just your aim that's off)

[Ilja]

You can also try the following.
- Exit from the area.
- Restart the game.
- Return back to the area.

[Frosty Dr.]

Originally posted by Delta 1038:

Originally posted by Dovahthul:

I had a save just before putting in the crystal, going from there doesn't help.

I assume the three/four? autosaves aren;t an option. Hmm, never heard of this bug before but anyway:

- Do you have the Unofficial patches?
- Have you tried to keep hitting it to keep it moving? (Just testing if maybe it's just your aim that's off)

I don't usually reload autosaves....unless it could be because i loaded an autosave the first time it didn't work (that was when i entered the entire area, had to go through all the baddies again)...then made a save?

I don't have any unofficial patches, yet.

And that last question...yes. I'm 100% sure my aim is correct, if it works the first time i blast it, blasting fire makes it go back to its original position...but it seems to only go back and forth, as i already stated. :\

[Frosty Dr.]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=481326576

here is exactly what i'm getting...also...would having done the cheat "psb" have anything to do with this now? Cause I used it ages ago, and it gave me everything, including the different levels of flame, or frostbite (how much dmg they do). If it has...I'm screwed. I'm leaving this quest, purposely failing it, and only redoing it next time i start a new game.

It also bugs me that doing a quickload gives me an error saying the save is corrupt, which i've been loading manually without problems.

[Ilja]

- Exit from the area, as I recommended. Close your game.

- Install the Unofficial Patch + DLC patches (if any). Make sure to run LOOT again, to sort your load order.

Unofficial Skyrim Patch by Unofficial Patch Project Team
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19/?

- Restart the game and enter to the area again.

Does it still fail?

PSB is known to be a very unstable and problematic command. It is one of those commands that peoples shouldn't be using at all.

[Frosty Dr.]

I'll try that some other time...I have planned to get that previously (with dlc patches), and a few other mods then starting a whole new game, chances are, i won't have the bug. I won't use psb next time. I just wish i never knew about that cheat.

Then again...I have a save from when i was level 16, when i had just finished all the main quests, and hadn't modded my game, or used psb. I can always go from there.

But thanks anyway. To deal with my current saves, and me being level 100+ i'll purposely fail the quest.

[Ilja]

In that case, let me link you our bug fix thread for future use. Hopefully you will find your next playtrough more pleasant with it. I recommend subscribing to it, if you are not too bothered by announcements, or at least checking it time to time, because I will post changes to both thread and the change log.

Small list of little big mods for Skyrim
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/34094415774892758/

[Frosty Dr.]

Hah xD I've kind of covered most (or quite a few, not most) of those mods already in my browser favorites, thanks to a friend who links me mods to improve my game. But i'll keep that list in mind, in case he missed anything...or if there's something there that he didn't bother to link, but i may need eventually.

[hawkeye]

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Revealing_the_Unseen

You might try setting the appropriate stage of the quest as complete using the setstage console command.

[Frosty Dr.]

and no one could tell me this earlier? This is actually one thing i asked in the op.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Why nobody mentioned it before .... because setting stages isn't without risk.

[Frosty Dr.]

yeh...and in this case...i would've been willing to take risks. However, i would like to know what would be the risk of doing this? I just did it now, and it worked, the beams aligned to show a map. Doesn't look like any problems here. But if i do get any, i hope it won't affect my overall game (just the quest).

[SpeedFreak1972]

I was talking in general hadn't had this bug so ... if it's works ok.