New file with a patch. It prevents the autopsy scene in the Hall of the Dead to run if you have saved Susanna (really odd to have Susanna alive at the same time that Helgird is doing the autopsy to a corpse that seems identical to Susanna...). It only contains the .bsa file, so just install over the old one (either manually or with NMM).
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but upon entering Hjerim... there is nothing. All the interactable furnitures are there, but no notes, no journal, no amulets, nothing. Has anyone else the same problem? :(
It should follow the vanilla quest. The next victim, if you frame Wuunferth, should be Arivanya. And later, in the market scene, as Arivanya is dead, another woman (Nilsine, Shatter-Shield, Jora, Hermir Strong-Heart or Idesa Sadri) would be randomly picked.
You have to talk to Viola to start investigating. Keep in mind that the quest is blind (so no quest in the journal nor markers), until you reach a certain point.
I’ve entered Windhelm twice and the quest thingy for stage 0 and 1 are both 0 still.
Gave up and just used console to setqueststage ms11 1. Calixto remains essential, however, so I could not continue with "catch the murderer".
Edit: Ok, I managed to fix it. Step 0: load a save that hasn't touched the quest Step 1: open up console and type setstage MS11 0 Step 2: talk to the lady who won't shut up about the Butcher Step 3: talk to the writer dude in the inn Step 4: talk to mama Shatter-Shield and get the key Step 5: go inside the house and proceed as normal This time Calixto was not essential.
Wow, okay, so angelmar101's image of Susanna by John Hill inspired me to recreate her as closely as possible. I'm currently overhauling large portions of my NPC Makeover, and Susanna will be available in this form in v3.0. This image is a screenshot from NifSkope:
Is there no way to kill stupid Calixto at the Catch The Murderer stage if he's bugged and essential?
I tried this:
setessential 1414A 0
He was still essential.
I tried putting him in the console crosshairs and using the console kill command on him. He. Just. Would. Not. Die. I have no saves prior to being in the middle of this quest. Start a new game at this point?
Very late reply but I think I found out how to make this work.
This quest has another hidden preparation quest which ID is MS11PreEssentializing, and this should start in the actual game start to protect requiring NPCs to survive till the quest starts, and should be stopped by script when the murder case started.
But in some cases, this hidden quest is not stopped and prevent the progress. You can try below console command to fix this. stopquest MS11PreEssentializing If you want to check the status of suspect regarding this quest, use below. sqv MS11PreEssentializing
BTW, I hope that this mod is not requiring USSEP though...
Played this mod as part of a Lost Legacy mod-pack playthrough. With more than 2000 hours in Skyrim, this was the first time that the quest not bugged out, and I was able to follow-up on the dialogues and clues and no console was needed. Mighty good work, thanks for the amazing mod! And to play so nice alongside with a collection of well over 1000 mods - just shows was well written and made. Thanks again for this mod!!!
I was following along what to do and when I entered hjerim and it said to investigate I started doing so, but after I investigated everything it's still telling me to look for clues and I can't progress. I checked my mods to see if there are any conflicts but I found none, any idea what might be going on?
If you are in Hjerim, you are now following the regular quest.
The items you need to find to progress are: Butcher Journal 1; Strange Amulet; if you want to involve Viola in the search in Hjerim, you must take and read one of the pamphlets "Beware the Butcher!"; and finally, Butcher Journal 2. There are more things you can investigate, but those are for flavour.
Well i have the same problem as him/her. I had all the items but still the quest didnt progress. have both the diary , read the letter took the neckless and inspect all the house but still says to keep investigate
EDIT: got some help and found the problem. to continue, we need to show the neckless to calixto and them talk to viola again. then the quest will progress. Hope it helps those who are in the same situacion
I've found that the post-Hjerim part with Viola doesn't trigger unless I pick up one of the pamphlets from the same pile where you grab the necklace. If I pick it from the chest with the journal it's like it doesn't count towards the quest. If it's a bug this would be a vanilla bug unrelated to the mod, as I had that happen in older playthroughs.
I'm playing a new game and get to the part of patrol the Stone Quarter, Calixto approaches Arivanya and I fight him before he gets her, but HE WON'T DIE! He's completely unkillable, goes to bleedout, gets up healed and we fight again and on. I've searched the usep page but it does not mention this. Does this mod make him unkillable? Any idea how to fix this? Thanks. Edit: I setstage to 150 to advance it, but made no difference in fighting him. I tried disable/enable, and he seemed to disappear. In any case I was able to complete it and get the house (with "Hjerim After Blood on the Ice" mod).
Had the same thing happen on several pkaythrus of mine up to that point when I had to restart a new save and it was the same for me every time. I chased him down to hjerm tried to kill him again and left Hjerm and used the console to trigger the next quest stage. It was the only way I got it to continue. Bothersome glitchy vanilla quest.
Its a bug that can also happen in Markath with the forsworn guy as you enter if you attack to quick the essential tag hasn't removed yet and the gets stuck. But if you take to long you cant stop the kill.
How did you begin the quest? Cause the same happened to me when i began the quest by pickpocketing the key of Hjerim from the Shatter-shield mother and reading one of the butcher journals there
Wow that's what I did! Once before I was able to talk to her and convince her to give me the key, but didn't have the patience that last time... I've also gotten it to start by talking to the guards and steward but I think that needs to be done in some weird order and I can't do it that way every time.
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a certain point.
Gave up and just used console to setqueststage ms11 1.
Calixto remains essential, however, so I could not continue with "catch the murderer".
Edit:
Ok, I managed to fix it.
Step 0: load a save that hasn't touched the quest
Step 1: open up console and type setstage MS11 0
Step 2: talk to the lady who won't shut up about the Butcher
Step 3: talk to the writer dude in the inn
Step 4: talk to mama Shatter-Shield and get the key
Step 5: go inside the house and proceed as normal
This time Calixto was not essential.
When Susanna the Wicked looks as good as this, I had to save her :)
Edit - As I've recently been asked a few times the NPC replacer I'm using for Susanna the Wick is from Kalilies NPCs - Kalilies NPCs at Skyrim Special Edition Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)
I tried this:
setessential 1414A 0
He was still essential.
I tried putting him in the console crosshairs and using the console kill command on him. He. Just. Would. Not. Die.
I have no saves prior to being in the middle of this quest. Start a new game at this point?
This quest has another hidden preparation quest which ID is MS11PreEssentializing, and this should start in the actual game start to protect requiring NPCs to survive till the quest starts, and should be stopped by script when the murder case started.
But in some cases, this hidden quest is not stopped and prevent the progress.
You can try below console command to fix this.
stopquest MS11PreEssentializingIf you want to check the status of suspect regarding this quest, use below.
sqv MS11PreEssentializing
BTW, I hope that this mod is not requiring USSEP though...
It felt somehow poetic.
I checked my mods to see if there are any conflicts but I found none, any idea what might be going on?
The items you need to find to progress are: Butcher Journal 1; Strange Amulet; if you want to involve Viola in the search in Hjerim, you must take and read one of the pamphlets "Beware the Butcher!"; and finally, Butcher Journal 2. There are more things you can investigate, but those are for flavour.
EDIT: got some help and found the problem. to continue, we need to show the neckless to calixto and them talk to viola again. then the quest will progress. Hope it helps those who are in the same situacion
Edit: I setstage to 150 to advance it, but made no difference in fighting him. I tried disable/enable, and he seemed to disappear. In any case I was able to complete it and get the house (with "Hjerim After Blood on the Ice" mod).