Spell tomes plugin

[Timmy the Tooth]

I read that the spell tomes plugin comes automatically with the GOTY/Deluxe edition. I've played about 15 hours, and have yet to see a spell tome.

[Bomb Bloke]

It doesn't come with the regular GotY edition - you specifically need Deluxe for that.

[Timmy the Tooth]

I have the goty/deluxe. The one that's 10 bucks, not 7 or 8. The one with 9 DLC. Does it automatically install that plugin? I'm not seeing the option to install any dlc.

[Bomb Bloke]

If you don't see any DLC in the game's Properties panel, then you don't own Deluxe. An "Oblivion Game of the Year DLC" entry will show up there if you do own it, in which case all you need to do to install it is tick the checkbox there.

Note that the store page doesn't differentiate between the GotY / Deluxe versions, as Deluxe is GotY bundled with that extra DLC. It'll hence tell you that you own both versions if you own either.

If you really want to be sure, go to Steam => Settings => Account => View Account Details => View licenses and product key activations.

You can then Ctrl+F and type "Oblivion" to jump to the purchase in concern. If it says Deluxe there, and yet you still can't find the DLC in Properties, then that's when you'd need to get in touch with Steam support to find out what's going on.

Assuming the DLCs are installed, the Data Files option in the game's launcher window is used to activate them (although if they're present then they're usually activated by default, mind you). The specific plugin file for the spell tomes addon is "DLCSpellTomes.esp".

If that's not present, the DLC in Properties is present and ticked, and you have no pending downloads (check the actual downloads page - don't rely on your games library view for this), then you may need to verify your game files:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

[Timmy the Tooth]

It's time to contact support. I know for a fact I clicked the 9.99 option because I was saying to myself "why the heck wouldn't I drop a couple extra bucks for more content". I went to my history, it gave me the 7.49 option. It tells me the 9.99 goty/deluxe version is in my library.. Something is fishy.

[Bomb Bloke]

Again, forget what the store is telling you about what's in your library. It thinks GotY and Deluxe are the same, and it shows up like that for all users.

Basically, don't try to tell the support team that Steam is telling you the Deluxe version is in your library. It'll only confuse the issue. Just tell 'em you attempted to purchase one and somehow got the other.

[Saelune]

Originally posted by Timmy the Tooth:

It's time to contact support. I know for a fact I clicked the 9.99 option because I was saying to myself "why the heck wouldn't I drop a couple extra bucks for more content". I went to my history, it gave me the 7.49 option. It tells me the 9.99 goty/deluxe version is in my library.. Something is fishy.

Start up Oblivion, and when that little menu appears, click 'Data Files'. Is 'DLCSpellTomes' in the list? If it is, is it active?

[Timmy the Tooth]

Yep, gotcha. I will just tell them the truth, I clicked the 9.99 one because I already own the disc copy of the GOTY (never linked it to steam so it wouldn't have caused this issue). I suppose I could have screwed up, but I was aware of the 2 different versions so it's doubtful. Hopefully they can just charge me the couple extra bucks and give me the deluxe edition, I've already played over the 2 hours to refund. This is the first issue I've ever had like this, so we'll see how valve customer service is.
EDIT* I went and checked what my card got charged, it was for the 7.50. NOT the 9.99 (which I clicked).

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Timmy the Tooth:

Hopefully they can just charge me the couple extra bucks and give me the deluxe edition, I've already played over the 2 hours to refund.

They might be able to do this, but I'm not sure if they can get the required payment authorisation outside of the regular store system.

It'd be a heck of a lot easier (not to mention less confusing) if Bethesda would just allow people to buy the DLC without forcing them to buy the bundle, but for whatever reason they've opted not to do that.

[Timmy the Tooth]

So what they did was offer to refund the GOTY edition. I went ahead and purchased the GOTY/Deluxe edition and installed that over the top so that I could keep my save. Now as long as they refund my goty edition as promised, I will say Steam/Valve is pretty on top of their game.