How to start DLC

[Unbustable Nut]

I finished the game but never got any DLC missions. How can I start them?

[BuzzardBee]

Those missions should be incorporated into your game. It's not like other games where the extra content is accessible through special means. In this game, the DLC is just some additional cases and they pop up while you are playing the game.

There are 5 cases:

-- The Naked City (Vice) was an EB Games/GameStop exclusive. It follows The Set UP.
-- A Slip of the Tongue (Traffic) was a Wal-Mart exclusive that followed A Marriage Made in Heaven.
-- Nicholson Electroplating (Arson) was a Best Buy exclusive that follows A Polite Invitation.
-- Reefer Madness (Vice) was originally a DLC but later made a story case in the Complete Edition of the game.
-- The Consul's Car (Traffic) was exclusive to the PS3 and North America versions of the game. It can follow either The Driver's Seat or Buyer Beware.

Check your Cases to see if you've already completed them.

[Unbustable Nut]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Those missions should be incorporated into your game. It's not like other games where the extra content is accessible through special means. In this game, the DLC is just some additional cases and they pop up while you are playing the game.

There are 5 cases:

-- The Naked City (Vice) was an EB Games/GameStop exclusive. It follows The Set UP.
-- A Slip of the Tongue (Traffic) was a Wal-Mart exclusive that followed A Marriage Made in Heaven.
-- Nicholson Electroplating (Arson) was a Best Buy exclusive that follows A Polite Invitation.
-- Reefer Madness (Vice) was originally a DLC but later made a story case in the Complete Edition of the game.
-- The Consul's Car (Traffic) was exclusive to the PS3 and North America versions of the game. It can follow either The Driver's Seat or Buyer Beware.

Check your Cases to see if you've already completed them.

They're not there, not even listed like I completed them. I only noticed this because I checked what achievements I got after I beat the game and noticed there were some missions I apparently never completed, I was so confused. Seems like the DLC wasnt added or there something isnt working right. Still glad I got to play the game eventually after all these years.

[BuzzardBee]

Do this, please. Right click on the game title in your library. Select Manage and then DLC. Do you see a DLC Bundle listed there and ticked?

[Unbustable Nut]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Do this, please. Right click on the game title in your library. Select Manage and then DLC. Do you see a DLC Bundle listed there and ticked?

I don't have any option to view any DLC

[BuzzardBee]

Maybe you only have the base game edition and not the Complete Edition which includes the DLCs.

[BuzzardBee]

Playing through the game myself and I've noticed that The Set Up, a Vice case, seems to be missing. It's supposed to be after Reefer Madness and before The Naked City and it's just not there. It's odd because that case is part of the base game set while The Naked City was a pre-order DLC that was included in the Complete Edition, which is what I have.

*sigh*

[BuzzardBee]

Originally posted by big swangin:

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Do this, please. Right click on the game title in your library. Select Manage and then DLC. Do you see a DLC Bundle listed there and ticked?

I don't have any option to view any DLC

My apologies. Please click on Properties and not Manage and then you should see a DLC option on the right. But, as I've written above, I too seem to be missing a couple of cases and now I can't proceed further in the game. I'm thinking of uninstalling the DLC and trying it that way, to see if they turn up on the Vice desk. Jesus, this is a mess.

[Unbustable Nut]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by big swangin:

I don't have any option to view any DLC

My apologies. Please click on Properties and not Manage and then you should see a DLC option on the right. But, as I've written above, I too seem to be missing a couple of cases and now I can't proceed further in the game. I'm thinking of uninstalling the DLC and trying it that way, to see if they turn up on the Vice desk. Jesus, this is a mess.

Yeah something is wrong.. I have no DLC listed. I don't even have a tab for it. It's all supposed to have come free with the latest update, so no need to get the DLC any more according to everything I've read... maybe it's just in the game now... yet I have none of it available.

[BuzzardBee]

Don't know what to tell you. I'm stuck in Replay hell right now. Seems I overwrote the last save for active progression and now I just can't move on with the damn game. Unfortunately, I just don't have the patience to start all over from scratch again. Just not worth it to me. I'll come back to the game at some point in the future.

I had hoped that uninstalling the DLC would work. It seemed to have done the trick for someone else I'd found referenced on Google but I think I screwed myself by overwriting that save file. Oh well...

Sign of a very poorly designed game that it could be tripped up this way thanks to DLC content but that's all that unusual when you consider how poorly games are being made nowadays. They just keep getting worse and worse all the time.

I'm really sorry for you, man. Are you absolutely positive you have the Complete Edition and not just the regular one? Did you buy the DLC bundle or did you get it with a free update? I know I bought the Complete Edition. I had the game on my PS3 but I hardly touch it anymore. Don't even have it hooked up anymore. I bought this on Steam when it was on sale for $8.

[BuzzardBee]

Update: I managed to find a save game on Reddit for the last Homicide case. So far, so good. I have to redo that one and then start the Vice desk. With any luck, without the DLCs loaded, maybe I can kickstart my two missing cases.

Further update: It worked. I got to play both missing cases, The Set-Up and Manifest Destiny, in their entirety, once I uninstalled the DLCs and used that save game. I'm going to try reinstalling the DLCs again to see what happens next.

Wish you luck with your problem.

[Unbustable Nut]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Don't know what to tell you. I'm stuck in Replay hell right now. Seems I overwrote the last save for active progression and now I just can't move on with the damn game. Unfortunately, I just don't have the patience to start all over from scratch again. Just not worth it to me. I'll come back to the game at some point in the future.

I had hoped that uninstalling the DLC would work. It seemed to have done the trick for someone else I'd found referenced on Google but I think I screwed myself by overwriting that save file. Oh well...

Sign of a very poorly designed game that it could be tripped up this way thanks to DLC content but that's all that unusual when you consider how poorly games are being made nowadays. They just keep getting worse and worse all the time.

I'm really sorry for you, man. Are you absolutely positive you have the Complete Edition and not just the regular one? Did you buy the DLC bundle or did you get it with a free update? I know I bought the Complete Edition. I had the game on my PS3 but I hardly touch it anymore. Don't even have it hooked up anymore. I bought this on Steam when it was on sale for $8.

It's an 11 year old game? Like I said they updated it not too long ago and added the DLC for free along with Max Payne 3. You don't need anything other than the base game to access it. I will give what you did a shot, but I've mostly lost interest at this point and moved on to other games.

[Sexy_Tanjiro]

Originally posted by big swangin:

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Don't know what to tell you. I'm stuck in Replay hell right now. Seems I overwrote the last save for active progression and now I just can't move on with the damn game. Unfortunately, I just don't have the patience to start all over from scratch again. Just not worth it to me. I'll come back to the game at some point in the future.

I had hoped that uninstalling the DLC would work. It seemed to have done the trick for someone else I'd found referenced on Google but I think I screwed myself by overwriting that save file. Oh well...

Sign of a very poorly designed game that it could be tripped up this way thanks to DLC content but that's all that unusual when you consider how poorly games are being made nowadays. They just keep getting worse and worse all the time.

I'm really sorry for you, man. Are you absolutely positive you have the Complete Edition and not just the regular one? Did you buy the DLC bundle or did you get it with a free update? I know I bought the Complete Edition. I had the game on my PS3 but I hardly touch it anymore. Don't even have it hooked up anymore. I bought this on Steam when it was on sale for $8.

It's an 11 year old game? Like I said they updated it not too long ago and added the DLC for free along with Max Payne 3. You don't need anything other than the base game to access it. I will give what you did a shot, but I've mostly lost interest at this point and moved on to other games.

Thanks for the information. I was wondering where the DLC for Max Payne and this game went.

[PITBULL]

same too me got the game and no DLCs but they should be free now
dont know what to try