PC HELP! Huge Dawnguard problem!

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TM888

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Cannot start quest "Bloodlines" - Serana won't follow me and quest won't start, "Awakening" is completed



I completed Awakening. Serana stepped out of her coffin and all that. I'm at the point where I can talk to Serana and my dialog does NOT say where do you need to go. I can ask her about her house and all but not that line, instead it says 'Come with me' after that her only dialog option is basically "come with me". She gives her sassy response "let's go" or whatever, and nothing happens. She does not follow. Her only dialog option is still "come with me" and she is not registered as my follower. The quest "Bloodlines" does not start.
I have tried:
Dismissing all followers.
Resetting quest "Awakening" from the console and attempting to set it to various stages. No change results.
Attempts to set the quest "Bloodline" to anything with console commands do nothing, the quest remains not running. No console commands seem to affect it at all.
I can complete the Bloodlines quest through console commands, but it doesn't do anything either. Nobody in the world notices that it's complete. (i.e. using completequest)
coc command to get into Castle Volkihar. Nobody responds to me inside.
Force Serana to be my follower via console commands. She'll follow me and battle, but it doesn't progress any quests.
Help? I just need the game to activate the Bloodlines quest and hopefully move on.
I also just tried resetting the dimhollow crypt cells to see if I can get some scripts to run, but it just put the vampires back in there, it didn't reset the whole "get Serana out of her tomb" thing.... so no change there. Even tried with 2 new characters, 1 couldn't even get the Awakening Quest' another ran into the same problem above.

Oh andI got the Legendary Edition

So, no idea what else to do.
 
Seems like you have tried everything and no success? Resetting the dimhollow crypt cells to get scripts to run is a sound idea and I'll tell you why I think that.
I had aspired to join the bards college out of Solitude and after completing the initiation quests I hit a glitch. Additionally the game would freeze at least twice every four hours. And sprinting with my horse that I bought in Riften was a guaranteed freeze.
So finally I had sold the game and then bought a new copy for whatever reason. And the result was a completely new experience. The first thing I noticed was I was 99% free of freezes. And most notably something I enjoyed, were the order in which I played through quests changed. So many of the problems I encountered as you described had become non-existent.
Now I realize that simply getting a new copy or downloading a new copy to eliminate the issues you are facing may seem foolish but it worked for me and at least maybe something you would consider.
 
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TM888

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Seems like you have tried everything and no success? Resetting the dimhollow crypt cells to get scripts to run is a sound idea and I'll tell you why I think that.
I had aspired to join the bards college out of Solitude and after completing the initiation quests I hit a glitch. Additionally the game would freeze at least twice every four hours. And sprinting with my horse that I bought in Riften was a guaranteed freeze.
So finally I had sold the game and then bought a new copy for whatever reason. And the result was a completely new experience. The first thing I noticed was I was 99% free of freezes. And most notably something I enjoyed, were the the order in which I played through quests changed. So many of the problems I encountered as you described had become non-existent.
Now I realize that simply getting a new copy or downloading a new copy to eliminate the issues you are facing may seem fooling but it worked for me and at least maybe something you would consider.
So you think I just got a bum game then?
 

TM888

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Worth a try! I remember I had a console game once that was like that. I got a bad one that didn't go on near the end. Got another and it worked fine.

I have legendary edition, since my problem is with dawnguard (so far as I know its only it) I wonder if it'd be possible simply to buy and install again dawnguard or if I have to the whole thing. Anybody know?
 

TM888

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I have legendary edition, since my problem is with dawnguard (so far as I know its only it) I wonder if it'd be possible simply to buy and install again dawnguard or if I have to the whole thing. Anybody know?
 

dragonsouls96

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Seems like you have tried everything and no success? Resetting the dimhollow crypt cells to get scripts to run is a sound idea and I'll tell you why I think that.
I had aspired to join the bards college out of Solitude and after completing the initiation quests I hit a glitch. Additionally the game would freeze at least twice every four hours. And sprinting with my horse that I bought in Riften was a guaranteed freeze.
So finally I had sold the game and then bought a new copy for whatever reason. And the result was a completely new experience. The first thing I noticed was I was 99% free of freezes. And most notably something I enjoyed, were the the order in which I played through quests changed. So many of the problems I encountered as you described had become non-existent.
Now I realize that simply getting a new copy or downloading a new copy to eliminate the issues you are facing may seem fooling but it worked for me and at least maybe something you would consider.
So you think I just got a bum game then?
And you're playing on a computer? the Bloodline quest is glitched for me and to others...keep your current save file, and start over with a new character and see on what happens then....If that problem does the same thing, exit out of the game,go to your NMM and click on "the updates and fix missing ID".....i'm just on guesses since i've never had that problem before
 

TM888

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Yup, on PC. I've done this with multiply
characters, like I said ' Even tried with 2 new characters, 1 couldn't even get the Awakening Quest' another ran into the same problem above.' since then tried it with another new character who also couldn't even get the Awakening quest. Where do I find "the updates and fix missing ID"? I didn't see anything like that so I must be overlooking it.
 

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