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liv2344
Seasoned Newcomer
2 months ago

Sidequest An Academic Interest Bugged

Doing this quest and when I get passed the barrier to the cellar there is no prompt for me to interact with the wall to the next part of the quest. In all the videos I've seen of the quest once you enter the wall is supposed to have blue flames but I don't have that there either

  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager

    Hey liv2344 

    Would it be possible to get more information on this?

    • EA ID (PSN ID/Gamertag):
    • Which platform are you on?
    • A copy of your save (you can zip the file to attach it in a reply)
    • If on PC, please share a DxDiag file and an EA app Error ID Number

    We can use this information, to help make the team aware of the issue and to further investigate. 

    Cheers!

    • liv2344's avatar
      liv2344
      Seasoned Newcomer

      Im not sure what my ea id is if it's not my username on here. Im playing on pc but  I don't have those other things. tbh i just wanna know if i missed something before getting to that point?

  • Same issue here, in addition to dragon fights bugging out as well. 

    • liv2344's avatar
      liv2344
      Seasoned Newcomer

      yeah i've noticed too that dragon fights are weird. I've gotten passed a few by staggering them tho

       

      • Rieper3One's avatar
        Rieper3One
        Rising Newcomer

        Hey there. If your using any kind of mods, the dragon fights will glitch. If so, turn them off until the dragon gets of his perch 

  • DJJoeJoe's avatar
    DJJoeJoe
    Seasoned Newcomer

    I am also experiencing this bug, when approaching the spot where there should be blue things there is nothing, quest cannot proceed. Anyone know if it's possible to edit the save file to fix this? or a console command of some kind?

     

    Included my save file incase it helps

  • Rieper3One's avatar
    Rieper3One
    Rising Newcomer

    It's not a glitch or a bug. It will become available as a side quest for Emmerich 

    • Riodan420's avatar
      Riodan420
      Newcomer

      Actually it is a bug, if not by technical means then by design flaw.  If a side quest for the necromancer leads to it, why did the game offer it up ahead of time? There's literally no interaction with the door available, but some of us are at that particular point in "An Academic Interest" and cannot progress.  I've even gone as far as switching companions, loading an old save, and verifying my files in steam, still no dice.  So if there is some sort of prerequisite to finishing the side quest it'd be nice to know what it is and to be able to see if we've already met said requirement.  Either way life goes on, I'm just pushing ahead with the other stuff, probably be a patch at some point to address it.

      To note:  I've noticed that if you leave the area for a few minutes and return, that entire room re-barricades itself and throws the blue barrier back up and in the way, but interaction with the different notes in the room and then going to the door still does nothing. It's like it's trying to do a conditional check and failing in the code.