Being forced to join a faction in order to peacefully resolve a situation with no other options available is bad game design. So no, this isn't a cheat: it's a fix.
This works perfectly, also in SE. Unfortunately we can't change the fate of Thorald, who will join the Stormcloaks, as he is afraid to go back to his family.
i just recently downloaded this a few days ago and had redownloaded it several times. i'm not getting the prompts to start the quest passively. general tal only gives the option to make me join the legion and even when i spawn in the order to "fix" the issue the thalmor gatekeeper tells me to follow him but then i imediately get attacked when i enter. i also tried to reload and see if he'll walk without me but again he'll just stand there and i'll be attacked again. Even having the patch doesnt automatically fix this issue and from recent logs it says there have been fixes but from older post by others it still seems to be a persisting bug. I also havent joined any sides, havent killed any sides, and have even stayed off from doing the main quest in general to take my time while having fun doing little side quests every now and then. From what others have said and my own experience it seems like its 50/50 on fixes and to say that the patch will fix it automatically isnt enough to deter me from feeling like the developer(s) have messed up. Otherwise its back to the old school mayham and hopefully this will be fully resolved by the time i want to do a complete re-playthrough.
you need to talk to Tullius twice. The first time he talks about Helgen, the second time he has all kind of dialogs available. OR check if another mod changes Tulllius' dialog.
It'd be cool if you could steal thalmor robes or legion armor to infiltrate the fort, with funny dialogue checks and alternate ways to get in and out. *Sigh* I'm gonna get that order so I can kill every single thalmor anyway.
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