Glitches etc. you should know
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Glitches etc. you should know
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The following are things you should be aware of when running this game. They're all little things experienced runners don't think about but new runners get tripped up by a lot.

[big]Text Glitch[/big] This glitch allows you to skip through dialogue much faster than normal. Unfortunately it only appears at random, usually after the game's been open for 3+ hours. Because of this, runs with the text glitch are not allowed on the leaderboard. If you can find a consistent (and convenient) way to reproduce this glitch for everyone, we can allow it.

[big]Misc Dialogue / Menu Glitches[/big] There are a few glitches that appear with the dialogue and menus in this game:

  • If you scroll with your mouse wheel past the bottom option, it will roll around and actually select the top option while still highlighting the bottom one. You can choose the correct option by clicking on the one you want rather than using the keyboard. This happens going past the top too.
  • The center option is not always the currently selected option. The one that is highlighted white is the current selection. This always happens during Arngeir's dialogue after the first horse climb.
  • After reading a book from your inventory (e.g. misclicking when trying to read the Elder Scroll) you can no long use the mouse. You either much use the keyboard to select the correct item, or close and reopen the menu.

[big]UI Glitch[/big] At random your game will stop showing quest updates and new location discovered notifications. Restarting your game will fix it.

[big]Mzark Buttons[/big] The button puzzle to get the Elder Scroll is very easy to glitch. If you spam use when placing the lexicon, it will bug out and seem to both have the lexicon placed and not. You'll have to remove and replace it again to fix it. Additionally, spamming use on the 4th hit of the 1st button will cause the 2nd button to open and immediately close. You'll have to play around with the other buttons to reopen the 2nd one.

[big]Angry Guards[/big] Guards can refuse to accept your surrender and simply try to kill you instead. This happens most with the Riften and especially Windhelm guards. I suggest quicksaving before doing a guard warp. Restarting the game after this happens may also help. Guards can also decide to ignore you completely, in which case just attack them again.

[big]Carriage Wrong Warp[/big] If you choose the wrong option when using the carriage, you may be taken to the wrong place even when going back into the menu and selecting the correct place. Go back and select the correct place twice to go to the correct place 100% of the time.

[big]Markarth Carriage Glitch[/big] Sometimes this jerk doesn't want to be a carriage driver and he won't have the dialogue option to choose a destination. Choose a couple other options and the carriage option should appear.

[big]Horse Camera Glitch[/big] Occasionally after travelling to Riverwood, your camera will jerk and your horse will move in the wrong direction. Tapping forwards once before moving will prevent this.

[big]Stagger Glitch[/big] You can't shout while staggered. It's possible to get stuck in a staggered state when you get staggered while attacking for a short time. You should be able to fire all required shouts before getting staggered in Alduin 1.

[big]Invincible Alduin[/big] If you load a save during the Alduin 1 fight, he may become invincible. Reload the save until he's vulnerable again. You shouldn't need a save for this fight, though.

[big]Floating Paarthunax[/big] Paarty can land in the air after Alduin 1 when you need to talk to him. Fast travel to High Hrothgar and back to lose the least amount of time.

[big]Arngeir Glitch[/big] When going to talk to Arngeir the 2nd time he can be completely unresponsive for about 15s. We don't know what causes it or how to fix it other than waiting. It seems to be rare for most players.

[big]Door Glitch[/big] Sometimes doors aren't usable. Just quicksave / quickload to fix this.