Can't use the dlcs that I purchased while offline, no skins for character, no in game textures

[gamerawesome]

I bought all the dlcs for this game and I can't use them offline. This is unacceptable. If you google, this issue existed since at least 2019 and the developers refused to fix it as the game still has this issue today.

How can you treat your paying customers so badly.

[PinchMedal5365]

go to the game page in your library click on the gear icon the go to proprtys then dlc make sure the dlcs have a tick next to them

[Dan2D3D]

Hi, only the DLC blocks stays in-game while Offline mode, the character skins and textures are bound to Steam Market so we must be connected to Steam to use those, sadly.

[Dan2D3D]

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I tested yesterday and all DLC blocks are available in Offline mode :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998253103

but not the DLC texture/colors :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998253781

[Dan2D3D]

And here is the most recent report to the SE Programmers, read the Dev comment in :

https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/topic/29123-unable-to-find-steam-offline-saved-game-missing-part-of-dlc-in-steam-offline-mode


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Note

In case you don't know me I must specify :

I am not a SE Dev but forum Moderator community helper/game tester and I help the SE community since 2013 because it's my Favorite Sandbox game on Steam.

-> I collect the most talked about every months to send to the SE team and they gave me the [Dev] Tag so I can be admin of the Workshop to help more.

[Dan2D3D]

Oh! and to specify about the character suits

-> Players can sell suit parts to make a bit of money $ and/or buy suits from the Steam Market and surely the reason why we must be connected to Steam to use those.

[Zellnagi]

Same thing for workshop mods and blueprints, cant use in offline mode.

If your new to the game then you dont need to switch to offline mode for single player, just set your world to single player and dont worry, or set a password in the event you want to invite a friend.

Sadly a lot of games are set up that you cant play single player modes offline or they are multiplayer only, a few others require you to set an account with the games main website just to play them.

[Dan2D3D]

Originally posted by Zellnagi:

Same thing for workshop mods and blueprints, cant use in offline mode.

If your new to the game then you dont need to switch to offline mode for single player, just set your world to single player and dont worry, or set a password in the event you want to invite a friend.

Sadly a lot of games are set up that you cant play single player modes offline or they are multiplayer only, a few others require you to set an account with the games main website just to play them.

There is a way to use Mods in Offline mode but they will not auto-update when online so we have to copy/paste the new Mod version, when it updates, to the appdata SE Mods folder to update those Offline Mods manually.

[gamerawesome]

This is not acceptable. Can you please fix this. I want to play offline with the content I bought. Most of the content is unusable offline. I can't set any skins, no textures on objects, nothing is available.

This is misleading and anti-consumer. I just bought the game and all dlcs to give it a shot but it looks like the game is unplayable offline. It's a waste of money to get the dlcs. This is a complex game, what's the point of playing it when the content you paid for doesn't even work. Who knows what else is broken after I invest hours into the game and find out. According to what I found online, this didn't used to be the case. Everything worked offline too but then at last as far back as 2019, the developers broke it and made online a requirement.

I really want to give this game a shot, that's why I bought all the DLCs too, to support the developers, but this is insane. Can't use the 12 dlc's I bought offline.

Horrible.

[Dan2D3D]

I can send a Email to the SE Team to help you on this, it's the best I can do.

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You should report on your side too so I will not be alone reporting, tha contact links are in that pinned green imprtant message :

https://steamcommunity.com/app/244850/discussions/0/4622335767039372629/

The imprtant report links :

Support Portal = https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc
(create "Bug report" or "Request help"(Private) or "Feedback"(Petition) on the Portal)

All may use the Support Email to report the bugs found if they prefer :
Email = [e-mail]

[gamerawesome]

I don't have a login on their site.

Can you please post the issue with them.

I really appreciate your help.

This implementation though is unacceptable. It's anti-consumer. I should be able to use all the DLCs I purchased offline. This is a feature of steam and yet half the game doesn't work offline. Let us use all the DLCs we purchased offline.

[Dan2D3D]

Yes I already added it to my monthly report that I will send at the end of this month, and just use the Email if you can't go on the Portal.

All may use the Support Email to report the bugs found if they prefer :
Email = [e-mail]

[Dan2D3D]

I will add :

Just telling players here on Steam is not enough, they must receive more than one report to think about doing the changes.

= Only one asking for it is not enough, so don't be shy to let them know by Email.

I use the Email, too.

[gamerawesome]

I took your advice and reported the issue to them.

Could you please try to escalate this issue. Whatever you can do. It's really important to me.

Thanks

[Katitoff]

Many games work that way.
Basically all of them that are connected to marketplace.

Don't starve together is another prominent example - no dlc or skin content while offline.

[gamerawesome]

Thanks for the information, but that's not an excuse for how it works now.

The game is supposed to work offline, the base game does, so the developers need to provide a solution for their dlcs too to work offline. They are just screwing their paying customers, so why would I ever buy anything from them. I bought the game and all dlcs to be able to play it offline. They can just load all the skins,textures and whatever else is using the marketplace if they can't connect to the internet.

From my research, all the dlc content is already on your hard drive locally, so just let us access all of it if it can't connect to the marketplace, or just put a checkbox in options to play offline and then load the textures from the game directory.

From what information I found online the textures work offline if they were set on an object while online, you just can't set new textures, pick different suits for your character etc. Given that everything is already local, it shows in game if set while online, it should be simple to just add a check that says if you can't connect, just load all the textures from all the dlcs anyway.