Vale of Shadows-problem with 3rd floor dungeon Options

[Vardaman]

I'm stuck on the third floor of the Vale dungeon. I've talked to Kresselak and gotten the quest to kill the follower of Auril but whenever I go to the exit, it Autosaves, dumps me on 2nd floor, autosaves, dumps me back on 3rd floor, autosaves, autosaves, autosaves and doesn't stop. Has anyone had this problem before? I tried deleting my Autosave and trying again but it didn't help.

I haven't killed the lich on the 1st floor yet. Is that a problem? I wanted to keep exploring before I went back to fight him. Is there some other element to the story I have to do first? I think I have all the keys so far since I've cleared all the caves up to this one.

[Baronius]

I cannot answer your question (someone will probably do so), but one advice, for all players:

Sometimes even "tested" mods can be incompatible (even) in a (slightly) changed environment. Especially if the statement "I didn't encounter any bugs while playing the two mods together" is considered to be a successful test. (In other words, the results of a test greatly depend on the parametres of the testing environment -- e.g. other installed mods.) So tests must be defined and performed very carefully, and even in such a case, modders/testers often don't have enough time to make the necessary tests. (This is why most bugs should be avoided in the design/implementation phase of development.)