Disabling DLC doesn't work?

[Denej]

I finally wanted to try the game after getting the Ultimate edition a while back on sale... But once I realized what Courrier's Stash did, I went and disabled it in the game properties on Steam. But it did nothing, whenever I launch a new game I still have all the items. Why is that? Is there a way to really disable this DLC? I don't want to mess with mods because I'll also play on SteamDeck through SteamOS.

EDIT: all the items that spawn are bugged and unusable, the DLC isn't installed but somehow it still load. I tried completely uninstalling the game and redownloading it (after making sure the DLC was disabled) and it still does the same thing.

[Ladez]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/3973925132933390551/#c3973925132934119352

[Tribe Reimanen]

Disabling DLC should do enough. You could also just drop all of the items tbh.

[Denej]

Originally posted by Ladez:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/3973925132933390551/#c3973925132934119352

Okay so deleting the .nam files should work... I'll try that out.

[Denej]

Originally posted by ✪Reimanen:

Disabling DLC should do enough. You could also just drop all of the items tbh.

Well I just tested it and weirdly, it adds all the items, but the items are bugged in game since there are no files. And yeah, I could drop them but I was wondering why such a basic feature (disabling DLC) actually didn't work as intended. Also I didn't want to have to check the full item list do know what to drop. I'd rather not have the item spawn.

[TimTheEvoker]

You should probably just start a new game. Disabling mods mid-playthrough can do funny things.

[Ladez]

Originally posted by Denej:

Originally posted by ✪Reimanen:

Disabling DLC should do enough. You could also just drop all of the items tbh.

Well I just tested it and weirdly, it adds all the items, but the items are bugged in game since there are no files. And yeah, I could drop them but I was wondering why such a basic feature (disabling DLC) actually didn't work as intended.

You should not uninstall any DLC (or mod) on a save that had that content loaded if you want to be sure to avoid issues. The game is simply not designed for that.

[Denej]

Originally posted by TimTheEvoker:

You should probably just start a new game. Disabling mods mid-playthrough can do funny things.

Have you read my post? I clearly said "whenever I launch a new game".

[Denej]

Originally posted by Ladez:

Originally posted by Denej:

Well I just tested it and weirdly, it adds all the items, but the items are bugged in game since there are no files. And yeah, I could drop them but I was wondering why such a basic feature (disabling DLC) actually didn't work as intended.

You should not uninstall any DLC (or mod) on a save that had that content loaded if you want to be sure to avoid issues. The game is simply not designed for that.

Like the one above... I clearly mentionned I started a new game after disabling DLCs.

[Denej]

Originally posted by Ladez:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/3973925132933390551/#c3973925132934119352

This worked, thanks. I still have to find how to delete those on SteamDeck but I'll figure this out.

[Johnny Casey]

Looking at the game's data, it seems that the contents for all four pre-order packs have been merged into the base game. All the scripts and quests that adds those items into player's inventory when they start a new game are not only present in each plugin files for pre-order packs, but on base FalloutNV.esm as well.

I have no idea why they did this, but oh well, it's Obsidian...

[Denej]

Originally posted by Johnny Casey:

Looking at the game's data, it seems that the contents for all four pre-order packs have been merged into the base game. All the scripts and quests that adds those items into player's inventory when they start a new game are not only present in each plugin files for pre-order packs, but on base FalloutNV.esm as well.

I have no idea why they did this, but oh well, it's Obsidian...

Yeah, feels like it. Deleting the .nam files for all packs worked though so at least, there's a way to bypass it.

[Ladez]

Originally posted by Johnny Casey:

Looking at the game's data, it seems that the contents for all four pre-order packs have been merged into the base game. All the scripts and quests that adds those items into player's inventory when they start a new game are not only present in each plugin files for pre-order packs, but on base FalloutNV.esm as well.

I have no idea why they did this, but oh well, it's Obsidian...

They are not present in FalloutNV.esm. The records are injected, which is a technique that involves changing the form ID to appear as though it originates in a different master, but it doesn't change where the data is stored. It might have some funny side effects if you uninstall the plugins on a save in progress, though, which is a bad idea anyways.

I don't think this has anything to with that. It's exactly the same issue as reported by the person who wanted to uninstall GRA in the thread I linked, and GRA doesn't use this technique.