Cannot Go to Riften Glitch
Solution 1:
How to fix it?
Based on the information below, the question is less a matter of "how to fix it" and more a matter of "if it can be fixed (right now)."
You currently have a few of options, and a couple aren't ideal but may be the only recourse:
- Disable the mod until your console receives the 1.3 update to the game and then enable the unofficial patch again.
- Some issues like this may ruin a save file, and you'll have to start over or at least rollback to an earlier save.
- Check your mod load order and ensure that the Unoffical Patch is loaded first before mods but after any official DLC (official patch addresses some of the DLC loading).
- If you have other mods loaded, read the mod requirements and make sure they're loaded in order as instructed or not paired with a conflicting mod.
While a few users have fixed some of their issues by ensuring load order has placed the Unofficial Patch first (top), many others report CDT (crash to desktop) when getting near a populated area (Riften is one of the common cities CDT is reported to happen while using the Unofficial Patch).
Why this is happening
On January 9, 2017, Bethesda released an official patch for Skyrim SE and the game version is now 1.3 (1.05 on PS4, and I believe same versioning structure for XBox One). However, PC and PS4 were the only systems to get this update.
From the Bethesda site, the latest devnotes state:
The 1.3 Update for Skyrim Special Edition is available on PC and PS4. Xbox One update coming later.
UESSP shows the latest version of the patch is 1.3 to match what's available on PC and because the mods available to consoles are PC ports. UESSP states two clauses regarding the Unofficial Patch:
Note that this patch is unofficial. The official (Bethesda-released) patches are documented at Patch and Special Edition Patch; the official patches include some fixes that for technical reasons (e.g., altering the game's executable) cannot be incorporated into the unofficial patches. Therefore, installing the official patches is still recommended. Also, the unofficial patch is only available to PC players and Xbox One players on the Special Edition of Skyrim; - Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Please note that having a designated patch installed will not guarantee that the issue it was supposed to fix will be fixed upon entering game. In some cases after a patch has been installed players have noted that their previous save files have become unplayable, glitchy and other issues. As such it may be necessary to start a new game file to have all issues resolved. Skyrim: Unofficial Patch
From this, it seems part of why you're having this issue is because the Unofficial Patch addresses lingering issues of the official patch you do not have access to - meaning the unofficial patch has altered code that could cause bugs with official version 1.2 on your X BOX but not cause a problem with official 1.3 on PC.
Of note, many forums have flooded with XBox One mod and patch problems over both PC and PS4 in the past month (around the time the Unofficial Patch 1.3 was released). I can only speculate correlation, however.
This makes me angry.
A post on GameFAQs pointed out the Unofficial Patch has seen a growing number of problems, but that it isn't really a single party fault as much as it is a circumstantial one:
Right now there are issues with any mod that accesses the dlc.
Once bethesda has finished borking things up with patches and actually fixes the dlc file order issue then the patch will be fantastic. Even required by many mods.
That's an "if" though.
Right now it has its issues that Arthmoor can't really do anything about since they are on bethesda to fix.
Great...what else can go wrong?
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