College quest Hitting the Books won't start

[candykk]

After speaking to the archmage and completing Under Sarthaal, the quest won't start and none of the related NPCs (Urag, Mirabelle) will have any dialog options related to it.

 

What I've tried thus far:

-reloading earlier saves before turning in the quest, or back in Sarthaal

-setstage, startquest. Neither will do anything as if the quest didn't exist

-looking through any records with 'mg03' on SSEEdit and seeing if there was any mod overriding USSEP's changes on the quest; I couldn't find any

-disabling various mods which I thought might interfere with the quest or with the college

 

None of these have worked. Apparently this bug is supposed to have been fixed by USSEP a long time ago, but I couldn't find out why it persists in my game. My load order is attached below. Please, if you have any information or suggestions on why this is happening or how it could be fixed, any help is appreciated.

loadorder.txt

[Tlam99]

You need to walk out and not port to school

[candykk]

20 minutes ago, Tlam99 said:

You need to walk out and not port to school

 

If you mean not fast travelling to the college, I've done that every time I reloaded a save in Sarthaal.

[Tlam99]

The way with the word wall ?

 

If so, try this

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/53817

 

 

Edited April 24, 2022 by Tlam99

[candykk]

2 minutes ago, Tlam99 said:

The way with the word wall ?

 

Yeah, leading back to the excavation section.

[Tlam99]

11 minutes ago, candykk said:

, leading

Edited post above, try this fix

[candykk]

27 minutes ago, Tlam99 said:

Edited post above, try this fix

 

I've tried the fix in conjunction with a few methods above (setstage, no fast travel etc.) to no avail. Appreciate the suggestion, nonetheless.

[Tlam99]

As far I remember, this elb with intercept you before. Maybe you missed him. Search Tolfdir.

[candykk]

21 hours ago, Tlam99 said:

As far I remember, this elb with intercept you before. Maybe you missed him. Search Tolfdir.

 

I've tried speaking with Ancano, Tolfdir and Faralda before and after turning in the quest. Neither have worked. I did see a scene play out where they talk about the eye of magnus, but other than that I haven't been able to start the quest.

Edited April 25, 2022 by candykk

[candykk]

After trying aimlessly, the quest started as normal after talking to the archmage. I'm not really sure what made the difference. @Tlam99 appreciate the support! You never know what it's gonna be with modded Skyrim.

[Tlam99]

Gratulate

Some of the quest have many conditions. Need to npc, talk npc etc.

Even cell change can trigger it.