Common Issues and F.A.Q. - KrisV-777/Alternate-Perspective GitHub Wiki

The Game doesn't start / "New Game" results in an infinite Loading Screen

Make sure you have no other Alternate Start mods installed beside Alternate Perspective.

The Messenger/Matlara doesn't have any Dialogue

Ensure Alternate Perspective loads at the bottom of your Load-Order.

In the Starting Cell, when talking to the Messenger, no menu appears

This should no longer happen if you are on V4.0 or higher. Ensure that the file AlternatePerspectiveMenu.swf is present in the mods translation folder.

I have installed Add-Ons for Alternate Perspective but they do not appear in the Messenger's menu

  • Ensure you have JContainers installed correctly
  • Some add-ons may need to be manually updated to be compatible with V4 of Alternate Perspective. This has to be done by the author themselves, guides for this process can be found in the Wiki here as well.
  • If the mod has been updated through the automatic update process it may also be that some values in the json are capitalized incorrectly. In particular, all key-values in the json must be lower case. You can check that this is the case by manually opening the json and editing the values as needed. The files are located under Data/SKSE/AlternatePerspective/.

I talked to Matlara, but cannot rent a bed / Matlara does not show me to my bed

This is usually due to another mod making changes to Matlara's NPC instance (For example, NPC overhauls almost always do this). Thus changes made by Alternate Perspective do not correctly apply to Matlara leading to this issue. Ensure the only mods overwriting AlternatePerspective.esp are patches made specifically for Alternate Perspective.

After enabling the Intro and sleeping in Helgens Bed, my game becomes stuck

  • You are missing requirements. This only happens when you do not have the for your game correct version of Fuz Ro D-oh installed. Check the changelog at the bottom of Fuz's modpage to see which version is the 'correct' one for your game.
  • If you are unable to use Fuz Ro D-oh, type "epc" into the console, and leave the inn. Ignore the NPC which are stuck in a Scene.

My game crashes when leaving Helgen Inn

  • This is most likely related to faulty meshes. Check your graphic setup and NPC overhauls. Ensure that all the Helgen NPC can be loaded in correctly.
  • If the crash only occurs after starting the intro, you may check for the following NPC first: Stormcloak, Imperial and Thalmor Soldiers, Ulfric, Tullius, Elenwen, Hadvar and Ralof.

The Carriages are glitching out

  • Carriages are incredibly sensitive to a variety of things in your game, such as lag or mods editing the area around Helgen in the most minor ways you can imagine (we are talking about adding a butterfly in the carriages path-minor).
  • I recommend saving your game before exiting Helgen Inn, and reloading your safe should the carts glitch out. There is little I can do to fix this issue.
  • If you cannot seem to get the carts to function correctly, consider meeting the Messenger a second time by navigating through the cellar and choosing one of the time skips he is offering to avoid the cart ride altogether.

During the Intro, Alduin flies circles around the watchtower / sits (or snaps) on the tower without doing anything

  • This is a bug in the Vanilla Game which can happen at random.
  • The issue will usually correct itself within one minute of waiting.
  • Alternatively, you can try to save and reload your game, then wait half a minute.
  • If the Intro still does not progress, type the following into your console line by line:
    • setstage mq101 120
    • setstage mq101 130
    • setstage mq101 140

During the Intro, I followed Ralof into the Watchtower but Alduin does not break the Wall to jump through

  • This is a bug in the Vanilla Game which can happen at random.
  • If you encounter this, open the console: Click on the part of the wall which is normally being broken by Alduin and type "disable" to break the wall manually or type "tcl" and clip through it

During the Intro, Alduin lands before Skaleis Shop but doesn't fly away again

  • This is a bug in the Vanilla which can happen at random.
  • It is safe to ignore this issue, you may just walk past him. Alduin should fly away once you get close to the Wall behind Skalei's shop and the intro will progress normally

After starting the intro and entering Helgen Keep, my UI stays invisible

This is a bug in TrueHUD and has nothing to do with Alternate Perspective. The issue occurs in every instance where the Papyrus function SetCartHUD() is being used

In the Left for Dead start, the debuff I receive stays active indefinitely

The debuff received in this scenario is a disease