Why aren’t the console commands “moveto” and “placeatme” working

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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:

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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? :/

Best Answer

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 (where XXXXX is npc refId)
  • 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 the refId.

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.

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