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Oblivion Patch Causing Issues
The much anticipated patch for Oblivion is here, but it has come at a cost. 1up reports on complaints from users about lockups, lagging, and some curious technical problems. From the article: "Even though the patch cleans up a number of glitches quests, many are still upset because it doesn't solve their existing issues. If you've already run into and experienced a glitch quest, there's a good chance the patch will do nothing to fix it; the patch can't fix contaminated saves. Consequently, Bethesda employees have been recommending fans start new characters if they want to experience these quests."
If only I could have typed some heiroglyphs into the console to reinstate the now missing dead dude at the bottom of the Mage's Guild well ...
Haven't downloaded the patch yet - still holding out hope that he'll reappear.
Jony
I did the same thing, just keep playing and eventually the fish will respawn.
If you have a problem with something like killing a creature before you *find out* that the creature is quest related, go into console(~key) then type "help" and it will show you a list of commands. The command to use in this case would be "spawn(creature_id)" Problem solved, resume saving Tamriel, the end.
I made the same mistake on that quest. I killed one of the slaughter fish before taking the quest. However, i didnt know that was the cause of the glitch, i thought the quest from the start was buggy. I completed the quest by finding the fish without following the nav point (which fails to update). The fish appear one at a time after each kill. Took forever to do. Dispite some of the game's errors, the game is pretty amazing imo. Now u can go through what i went through haha jp
Detect Life helps tremendously if you're looking for fish without the help of a map marker.
Actually, if you go away for a while (may be sleep), eventually the new fish will respawn at the marker location. I also had trouble with this quest and gave up on it, but when I came back to it a few days and many other quests later, the new fish was there and I was able to successfully finish the quest.
This problem has been reported by many oblivion players. So while this quest is somewhat buggy in the way its designed, you can at least finish it.
TO ANYONE WITH PROBLEMS WITH BROKEN QUESTS:
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http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?show
This should help 80% of people.
The easiest one is the "player.placeatme ID#" command; use it in the console with the ID# being found in the location you're in inth e construction set.
-- Waht? Tehr's a preveiw buottn?