how to download free dlc with out launching the game?

[darkdrow12]

good evening,

problem is name of title, love that we get some nice addables from the devs(thank you!)

but how do we get to them? i go to the store page and try to download the free dlc but it only lauches the game. how can i work around this?

i think i ran into this same problem with POE2 but cant for the life of me remember what i did to get the free dlc. may any one help?

thank you for your time and have a good day.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by darkdrow12:

good evening,

problem is name of title, love that we get some nice addables from the devs(thank you!)

but how do we get to them? i go to the store page and try to download the free dlc but it only lauches the game. how can i work around this? :stress:

i think i ran into this same problem with POE2 but cant for the life of me remember what i did to get the free dlc. may any one help?

thank you for your time and have a good day.

Have you tried it with the Steam client off? In doubt... rename the .exe when adding the DLC to your account, and then have the game verify files to force download the DLCs...

[darkdrow12]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by darkdrow12:

good evening,

problem is name of title, love that we get some nice addables from the devs(thank you!)

but how do we get to them? i go to the store page and try to download the free dlc but it only lauches the game. how can i work around this?

i think i ran into this same problem with POE2 but cant for the life of me remember what i did to get the free dlc. may any one help?

thank you for your time and have a good day.

Have you tried it with the Steam client off? In doubt... rename the .exe when adding the DLC to your account, and then have the game verify files to force download the DLCs...

good evening and thank you for your quick reply! \o/

your suggestion, for me, didnt work. but i got it to work.

for any one else having this issue, another avenue to the solution:

i clicked the add all to cart option...which showed nothing in my cart, went back and then they were finally notified of being Downloaded...*shrugs* maybe it finally activated after i kept prompting it to lauch via the dlc, i can not tell :T

but still アンジェル thank you for reaching out to me i appreciate it, thank you for your time and have a good day!

[Don Quijote]

i found free dlc on the shop page in the additional content section and downloaded them manually and already started my new playthrough with new portrets

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by darkdrow12:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Have you tried it with the Steam client off? In doubt... rename the .exe when adding the DLC to your account, and then have the game verify files to force download the DLCs...

good evening and thank you for your quick reply! \o/

your suggestion, for me, didnt work. but i got it to work.

for any one else having this issue, another avenue to the solution:

i clicked the add all to cart option...which showed nothing in my cart, went back and then they were finally notified of being Downloaded...*shrugs* maybe it finally activated after i kept prompting it to lauch via the dlc, i can not tell :T

but still アンジェル thank you for reaching out to me i appreciate it, thank you for your time and have a good day!

Thank you too for sharing your experience!
That will be helpful for me and other players in the future. I am sure of it.

[uwfsam2000]

Originally posted by {ESP}Don Quijote:

i found free dlc on the shop page in the additional content section and downloaded them manually and already started my new playthrough with new portrets

Thank you, this worked for me

[psionyx]

Is there some reason to download the DLC without starting the game client? I'm confused why this is an issue? Is there some bug or something?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by psionyx:

Is there some reason to download the DLC without starting the game client? I'm confused why this is an issue? Is there some bug or something?

Without proper launcher options, the game would start before downloading the DLCs, resulting in... not what is intended.

[psionyx]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by psionyx:

Is there some reason to download the DLC without starting the game client? I'm confused why this is an issue? Is there some bug or something?

Without proper launcher options, the game would start before downloading the DLCs, resulting in... not what is intended.

Huh, yeah I think I see what you mean. I just tried to download the Faces of War thing, and when I clicked Download, it just loaded up the game without actually adding the DLC content.

Lovely.

[mosspit]

Yeah I was wondering about this too. I have the season pass so I should qualify for the dlcs either way. But the game doesn't have dlc content manager ingame as far as I can tell so I cant detect if the dlcs are downloaded or not. And clicking to dl via store page just launches the game.

Can anyone tell if the 3 portraits are already included in the below screenshot?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2663343828

[amills1]

You should be able to check on installed DLC from within Steam. Just right click on the game name and select properties then go to the DLC section.

[psionyx]

Originally posted by amills1:

You should be able to check on installed DLC from within Steam. Just right click on the game name and select properties then go to the DLC section.

that did indeed work. thanks. I can at least confirm the system shows them included. I'll run the game later and see if they are actually implemented or not

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by psionyx:

Originally posted by amills1:

You should be able to check on installed DLC from within Steam. Just right click on the game name and select properties then go to the DLC section.

that did indeed work. thanks. I can at least confirm the system shows them included. I'll run the game later and see if they are actually implemented or not

And in doubt: verifying your game files always force download any not downloaded yet activated DLC.

[mosspit]

Originally posted by amills1:

You should be able to check on installed DLC from within Steam. Just right click on the game name and select properties then go to the DLC section.

Yes I can see those now, thanks!

[Selvokaz]

im pretty sure i got them the minute i updated... didn't have to download anything seperately.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Selvokaz:

im pretty sure i got them the minute i updated... didn't have to download anything seperately.

Do you own the season pass per chance, which includes all DLCs in the first place?

Usually DLCs need to be at least linked to your Steam account first, before the Steam client of yours consider them as items you are eligable to download.

Once those are linked to your account, then yes: they get downloaded automatically on game updates - if they are activated.