I'm PISSED at OBLIVION PS3 GOTY version
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Vampire cure quest and work arounds for the bug on PS3. Also when it comes to werewolves buy Morrowind GOTY. It may be added in DLC for Skyrim.
Vampire cure quest and work arounds for the bug on PS3. Also when it comes to werewolves buy Morrowind GOTY. It may be added in DLC for Skyrim.
That sucks...Me and my brother spent so much time on that game..
Actually funny story about vampirism. On my brothers first game he got bit and couldn't figure out how cure it...he also had not yet figured out how to wait...he literally just had to sit there, in a cave, until it got dark...it was hilarious..
Actually funny story about vampirism. On my brothers first game he got bit and couldn't figure out how cure it...he also had not yet figured out how to wait...he literally just had to sit there, in a cave, until it got dark...it was hilarious..
PS3 GotY Vampirism Cure Notes
PlayStation Note PS3 players using the English-language GotY edition of the game currently have no way of curing their vampirism due to the above bug as the Vile Lair and other official plug-ins are not available on PSN. The Bloodgrass topic will be absent or greyed-out and Melisande will not accept the Bloodgrass even if the main quest is not completed, unlike what occurs on unpatched PC and XBox360 non-GotY Oblivion. This problem also affects PS3 players who have installed Shivering Isles as an expansion; if you are considering adding the expansion, it would be wise to complete the Vampire Cure quest before installing Shivering Isles. There are only two known workarounds:
Play using an original disc: Obtain (e.g., through rental), an original Oblivion disc ? the disc must not be the GOTY edition, or any other newer edition, such as the 5th anniversary edition. Use that disc to play through the completion of the quest. (If you have downloaded SI as an expansion from the Playstation Network, you can delete the Oblivion game data to "reset" your game to the pre-SI version; after completing these steps you can re-download the expansion from PSN at no cost). The Bloodgrass topic can then be chosen and the player's vampirism can be cured. Steps:
Because the player's current save must be saved under a version of Oblivion without the Shivering Isles present, items specific to Shivering Isles may be lost. To prevent the loss of items if the Isles have already been entered, first place all Shivering Isles items into a safe container in Cyrodiil, not in the Isles. However, some key items such as the Key to Mania and the Key to Dimentia cannot be removed from your inventory and you will lose them.
Travel to Drakelowe with the required two shoots of Bloodgrass, enter and save. It would be advisable to note which save slot it is, as it may be required to revert to it should something go wrong.
Completely exit Oblivion, remove the GotY disc from the PS3, and insert an original Oblivion disc.
Launch Oblivion and load your current save in Drakelowe.
Speak to Melisande and choose the Bloodgrass topic. She should now accept it.
Save the game into a new save slot so that if something has gone wrong your previous save is still accessible.
Completely exit Oblivion, remove the non-GotY disc from the PS3, and re-insert the GotY disc.
Launch Oblivion, load your new save and continue. Retrieving any Shivering Isles items from their safe container at this point to ensure that they are still there would be advisable.
If your game freezes at step #4 (when you try to load the GotY save using the non-GotY/5th anniversary disc), it may help to put all items (not just SI items) from your inventory into a container. If your game still freezes on the load screen, then you will essentially be unable to cure your vampirism with this character.
Known side effects on Shivering Isles:
There will be little or no impact if this is performed before the player has entered the Isles at all so it is preferable to get rid of vampirism as soon as possible if the Isles have not been entered yet.
If Shivering Isles quests are active, they may disappear or bugs may occur. Keep your pre-workaround savegame just in case.
Although Shivering Isles items may be kept with the workaround of storing them in Cyrodiil, spells, powers and abilities will almost certainly disappear. You will have to purchase any missing spells again. If the Main Quest has been completed, speak with Haskill and the two Greater Powers obtained at quest end should be restored.
Shivering Isles items kept in player inventory may not disappear if they have been enchanted by the player.
Golden Saint and Dark Seducer guards may lose all of their conversation topics. Their arrest behaviour will still occur normally. If the Main Quest has been completed, the Escorts should still have all of their dialog topics.
If the Main Quest has been completed, the ownership of the Duke's/Duchess' Quarters may revert and the player may be trespassing in them. Any items stored in them that were previously player-owned will similarly revert and will be considered stolen.
European Players: If you are playing on a European console using a European copy of the GotY edition, then the glitch can be cured without a copy of the non-GotY disc. The steps are:
Upon reaching Melisande's house with the Bloodgrass, save and exit the game.
Change the PS3 system settings to make the default language German (other languages may work).
Reload the game. The game will now be in German, but the following steps are possible even if you do not understand German.
Talk to Melisande and select the "Blutgras" topic ("Blutgras" is German for "Bloodgrass").
After she has accepted the Bloodgrass, save and exit.
Set the PS3 default language back to English in the system settings.
Reload Oblivion and you can now finish the quest.
Known side effects on the Shivering Isles expansion:
As with the disk-swapping method there will be little or no impact if this is performed before the player has ever entered the Shivering Isles, so it is preferable to cure vampirism before starting the expansion.
You will lose all Powers, spells and journal entries from the expansion. However, you can still keep the items; they don't even need to be placed into safe storage or removed from your inventory. Note that until you put the game back into its original language they will be listed as '' unless they have been enchanted.
Unlike the disk-swapping method, in this case the expansion seems to reset altogether. If you return to A Strange Door, the original events are replayed. The initial quests will also need to be repeated, although some bugs appear,
A Door in Niben Bay ? When you go through the Strange Door you are not taken to the butterfly room. Instead, you are overlooking the Fringe. Once Haskill leaves the walls reappear briefly before flying away.
Final Resting - Placing the Ring of Happiness in any container then taking it out will finish the quest. Hirrus Clutumnus will not ask you to kill him.
Through the Fringe of Madness ? Jayred Ice-Veins will not help you defeat the Gatekeeper a second time: he has kept the Bone Arrows from the first time, and therefore is not interested in getting more. However, the quest can still be completed without Jayred's help - either by killing the gatekeeper by yourself, or you can just run through a gate as you may already have the keys. The latter method may have consequences during Rebuilding the Gatekeeper.
A Better Mousetrap ? This is where things get really broken. If you have previously played through this quest then the Focus Crystals will already be placed on each Judgment Nexus; they cannot be removed and the quest will not update. This means that the gate which blocks the way to the Resonator of Judgement will never open leaving you unable to progress any further with this quest.
Any other unfinished quests involving quest items cannot be finished. For example in 'A Better Mousetrap' (if you haven't entered the dungeon yet), you will already have the Attenuator of Judgement when you re-enter the isles, but Sheogorath will give you another. However the game is programmed to remove 'the' Attenuator, not 'an' Attenuator. As you will have two you cannot activate the Resonator. To prevent this, finish all SI quests involving quest items before switching language.
There you go off of the Wiki.
PlayStation Note PS3 players using the English-language GotY edition of the game currently have no way of curing their vampirism due to the above bug as the Vile Lair and other official plug-ins are not available on PSN. The Bloodgrass topic will be absent or greyed-out and Melisande will not accept the Bloodgrass even if the main quest is not completed, unlike what occurs on unpatched PC and XBox360 non-GotY Oblivion. This problem also affects PS3 players who have installed Shivering Isles as an expansion; if you are considering adding the expansion, it would be wise to complete the Vampire Cure quest before installing Shivering Isles. There are only two known workarounds:
Play using an original disc: Obtain (e.g., through rental), an original Oblivion disc ? the disc must not be the GOTY edition, or any other newer edition, such as the 5th anniversary edition. Use that disc to play through the completion of the quest. (If you have downloaded SI as an expansion from the Playstation Network, you can delete the Oblivion game data to "reset" your game to the pre-SI version; after completing these steps you can re-download the expansion from PSN at no cost). The Bloodgrass topic can then be chosen and the player's vampirism can be cured. Steps:
Because the player's current save must be saved under a version of Oblivion without the Shivering Isles present, items specific to Shivering Isles may be lost. To prevent the loss of items if the Isles have already been entered, first place all Shivering Isles items into a safe container in Cyrodiil, not in the Isles. However, some key items such as the Key to Mania and the Key to Dimentia cannot be removed from your inventory and you will lose them.
Travel to Drakelowe with the required two shoots of Bloodgrass, enter and save. It would be advisable to note which save slot it is, as it may be required to revert to it should something go wrong.
Completely exit Oblivion, remove the GotY disc from the PS3, and insert an original Oblivion disc.
Launch Oblivion and load your current save in Drakelowe.
Speak to Melisande and choose the Bloodgrass topic. She should now accept it.
Save the game into a new save slot so that if something has gone wrong your previous save is still accessible.
Completely exit Oblivion, remove the non-GotY disc from the PS3, and re-insert the GotY disc.
Launch Oblivion, load your new save and continue. Retrieving any Shivering Isles items from their safe container at this point to ensure that they are still there would be advisable.
If your game freezes at step #4 (when you try to load the GotY save using the non-GotY/5th anniversary disc), it may help to put all items (not just SI items) from your inventory into a container. If your game still freezes on the load screen, then you will essentially be unable to cure your vampirism with this character.
Known side effects on Shivering Isles:
There will be little or no impact if this is performed before the player has entered the Isles at all so it is preferable to get rid of vampirism as soon as possible if the Isles have not been entered yet.
If Shivering Isles quests are active, they may disappear or bugs may occur. Keep your pre-workaround savegame just in case.
Although Shivering Isles items may be kept with the workaround of storing them in Cyrodiil, spells, powers and abilities will almost certainly disappear. You will have to purchase any missing spells again. If the Main Quest has been completed, speak with Haskill and the two Greater Powers obtained at quest end should be restored.
Shivering Isles items kept in player inventory may not disappear if they have been enchanted by the player.
Golden Saint and Dark Seducer guards may lose all of their conversation topics. Their arrest behaviour will still occur normally. If the Main Quest has been completed, the Escorts should still have all of their dialog topics.
If the Main Quest has been completed, the ownership of the Duke's/Duchess' Quarters may revert and the player may be trespassing in them. Any items stored in them that were previously player-owned will similarly revert and will be considered stolen.
European Players: If you are playing on a European console using a European copy of the GotY edition, then the glitch can be cured without a copy of the non-GotY disc. The steps are:
Upon reaching Melisande's house with the Bloodgrass, save and exit the game.
Change the PS3 system settings to make the default language German (other languages may work).
Reload the game. The game will now be in German, but the following steps are possible even if you do not understand German.
Talk to Melisande and select the "Blutgras" topic ("Blutgras" is German for "Bloodgrass").
After she has accepted the Bloodgrass, save and exit.
Set the PS3 default language back to English in the system settings.
Reload Oblivion and you can now finish the quest.
Known side effects on the Shivering Isles expansion:
As with the disk-swapping method there will be little or no impact if this is performed before the player has ever entered the Shivering Isles, so it is preferable to cure vampirism before starting the expansion.
You will lose all Powers, spells and journal entries from the expansion. However, you can still keep the items; they don't even need to be placed into safe storage or removed from your inventory. Note that until you put the game back into its original language they will be listed as '' unless they have been enchanted.
Unlike the disk-swapping method, in this case the expansion seems to reset altogether. If you return to A Strange Door, the original events are replayed. The initial quests will also need to be repeated, although some bugs appear,
A Door in Niben Bay ? When you go through the Strange Door you are not taken to the butterfly room. Instead, you are overlooking the Fringe. Once Haskill leaves the walls reappear briefly before flying away.
Final Resting - Placing the Ring of Happiness in any container then taking it out will finish the quest. Hirrus Clutumnus will not ask you to kill him.
Through the Fringe of Madness ? Jayred Ice-Veins will not help you defeat the Gatekeeper a second time: he has kept the Bone Arrows from the first time, and therefore is not interested in getting more. However, the quest can still be completed without Jayred's help - either by killing the gatekeeper by yourself, or you can just run through a gate as you may already have the keys. The latter method may have consequences during Rebuilding the Gatekeeper.
A Better Mousetrap ? This is where things get really broken. If you have previously played through this quest then the Focus Crystals will already be placed on each Judgment Nexus; they cannot be removed and the quest will not update. This means that the gate which blocks the way to the Resonator of Judgement will never open leaving you unable to progress any further with this quest.
Any other unfinished quests involving quest items cannot be finished. For example in 'A Better Mousetrap' (if you haven't entered the dungeon yet), you will already have the Attenuator of Judgement when you re-enter the isles, but Sheogorath will give you another. However the game is programmed to remove 'the' Attenuator, not 'an' Attenuator. As you will have two you cannot activate the Resonator. To prevent this, finish all SI quests involving quest items before switching language.
There you go off of the Wiki.