DLC Required bug (Solved although a little tedious)((Solved again, this time less tedious!)

[Karva Blad]

Edit2: Found a solution to make the change permanent. I am yet to find out if something bricks because of it but i am going to update this post if that happens as i am going to complete the game of course.

1. Follow the steps below 1-7.
2. In the same savefile (the directory where you found header.json) there is also i file called Player.json, open that like the other one with right click then edit.
3. Ctrl+F and then search for DLC, you should find a line called "ClaimedDlcRewards", again followed by brackets and a bunch of numbers.
4. Like before empty the brackets so it comes out like this: "ClaimedDlcRewards":[],"
5. New savefiles you make should now be loadable.

Im guessing that these are the dlc items we got for the preorder, if thats the case im guessing the risk of something bricking is pretty low.

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Edit: I found a solution although it needs to be done everytime you load, in any case im putting it down here if anyone needs it in the future, at least it doesnt mean i have to start over after 80 hours.
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I found this by looking at a working old save and comparing with the new non working one.

1. Go to C:/Users/X/AppData/LocalLow/Owlcat Games/Pathfinder wotr/Saved Games
2. Open the non working save in 7-zip, winrar etc. (Open archive)
3. On 7-zip i had to scroll all the way down to a file called "header.json"
4. Right click that and choose Edit or open in Notepad
5. Early on in the file there is a line word that says "DlcRewards" followed by brackets with a bunch of numbers in it.
6. Empty everything in the brackets so it comes out like this: "m_DlcRewards":[]"
7. You should be able to load the save although any new save you make will generate the dlc rewards so for a new load you would have to empty it again.

I tried messing around to see if i could make the change permanent like changing the gameid etc. also but couldnt find a way. In any case its better than nothing i guess, hope its some help for someone.
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Hey. I started the game up today after playing yesterday and my current savefile is unloadable as it says DLC Required. My old saves from launch which didnt have dlc still works. For this run i got the Sarkonians DLC and i have been playing up until act 4.

I do have mods installed. Anyone managed to fix something like this in the past?

What i have tried so far. which hasnt worked.
1. Uninstalling mods
2. Verifying files both with and without mods
3. Uninstalling and installing DLC

[TOLYAN JIGAN]

Don't skip intro after you launch the game

[Karva Blad]

Originally posted by TOLYAN JIGAN:

Don't skip intro after you launch the game

Thanks for the suggestion but this didnt work.

Since posting yesterday i tried reinstalling too, which didnt work either

[simion314]

Thanks. This helped me continue my save (not sure why even reinstalling does not make the game see the dlc)

[Aidrijah]

OMG!!! Youre a LIFE SAVER!!! i waited a long time because people says to wait the dlc to load but nothing!! I CANT IMAGINE playing again after 120hours in!!! This saves my progress thank you so much with the findings!!

Even did integrity checks and nothing!! Owlcat should fix this thing! I prolly got this because i download the morta dlc thinking its not included a couple of days back! THANK YOU!!

I hope you have a happy life here on earth!!
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