Why aren't the console commands "moveto" and "placeatme" working?
I'm not sure when did this happen, but all of sudden I cannot use the console command moveto
and placeatme
.
I realized this when I'm trying to summon a dragon with player.placeatme EAFB4
, it's just not appearing. The same happens when I'm trying to move myself to Lydia using prid A2C94
then moveto player
.
I have tried summoning/moving to other NPCs but it's still doesn't work.
But oddly when I tried it on another save file (different character) it's working perfectly.
Any help here? :/
After several tries, I have found something.
They are still spawning. But instead spawning next to me, they are spawning to somewhere below the Riften Thieves Guild (The Ragged Flagon).
I don't know why is it happening. I discovered it when I clicked my character (0000014) and then typed moveto player
in the console command. It teleported me to the below Riften Thieves Guild. Here are some screenshots to illustrate what I mean:
The Riften Guard and Whiterun Guard I've summoned earlier also seem to appear on that place. I tried summoning other NPCs using the player.placeatme
again, and yup. They do appear on the Ragged Flagon.
Anyone knows why is it happening? :/
Solution 1:
PlaceAtMe
will create a copy of the NPC.
Instead:
- If you can see the NPC, select them with your mouse. This will show the
refId
just above the console. - If you don't know where they are, type
prid XXXXX
(whereXXXXX
is npcrefId
) - If you don't know the
refId
you can either:- save your game, load a previous save, select the NPC and write down the
refId
- locate it by searching one of the Skyrim wikis (like Wikia)
- type
help <npc name>
which gives you the base id and you need to convert that to therefId
.
- save your game, load a previous save, select the NPC and write down the
Then, type moveto player
. This will only work if npc is alive: if it isn't, first type disable
then enable
then resurrect 1
.
Alternatively, if you want to go to the NPC, type player.moveto XXXXX
, where XXXXX
is the NPC refId
.