Where is my DLC?

[djwolf]

I've just installed a new Win 10 PC after My Win 7 machine died badly. What a nightmare. On Win 7 I owned the Deluxe edition of ME2 with Lair of the Shadow Broker, and all of the rest of the DLC. Well, I've reinstalled everything only to discover while modding that I have no DLC folder in ...\Mass Effect 2\Bioware. So I checked out my Steam install and none of the DLC is there.

Is it in my game now integrated or do I not have it? It appears from reading that I don't. But hang on, I paid for it. It's mine and and I want it. Now!

[AbedsBrother]

Originally posted by djwolf:

I've just installed a new Win 10 PC after My Win 7 machine died badly. What a nightmare. On Win 7 I owned the Deluxe edition of ME2 with Lair of the Shadow Broker, and all of the rest of the DLC.

All of the DLC are not included with any version of ME2 sold on PC. Did you purchase them from the old BioWare website? Or from EA? In either case, you'll have to download and install them yourself from here. The ME2 DLC have never downloaded through Steam.

If you install the DLC from the link I provided and the game gives you an activation error, you never actually owned the DLC. You'll have to purchase them from EA.

[djwolf]

Thank you for that. I am downloading them now. However, this is a disgusting situation. They should have been handed over to Steam. Frankly, I couldn't play Mass effect 2 without them now. Without Kasumi's quest, Liara's take down of the Shadow Broker and the ramifications for ME3, not to mention the bonding with her in ME2 if you are in a relationship with her, David at Grissom Academy, from Overlord, Which even comes up in Andromeda, the Arrival and the fate of Batarians, and so it goes on. It's a part of the Mass Effect story and for EA to hoard them and then discontinue is an outrage and one I thought would attract far more complaint.

Your post needs to be stickied. I love the ME universe and recently upgraded ME1 with 4K textures at 2560 x 1440 resolution and it looks as good as the rest of the trilogy. I want this trilogy to be upgraded by EA in preparation for the sale of film rights and I want the DLC for ME2 to be passed onto Steam and Origin OR incorporated into a new Deluxe type release. I'm just not sure about how to start a public appeal for this or whether Steam would support it.

[djwolf]

A problem has arisen and I need help. I downloaded the DLC .exe files as AbedsBrother suggested but when I click on them in administrator mode they can't find my Mass Effect installation. It's not hidden and where steam installed in on my C; drive. I don't get a browse option; It just tells me to install Mass Effect 2 first. Any help would be appreciated.

[djwolf]

To add, I have moved the Exe files to "Steam Apps", Mass Effect 2, and even created a DLC folder in "BioGames" and put them in there with no luck. I've tried administrator and open and I own the Deluxe Cerberus, Game, and Promo keys. I could really use some suggestions.

[Bird_Dog]

Re-install ME2. Don't move anthing around after that. Try again.
I just installed the DLCs downloaded from EA a short while ago, and the installer found the main game installation automaticaly with no problems.

Off course, for the DLCs to work, you need to activate your keys on Origin first. Have you done that?

[djwolf]

Re-install ME2? I have a slow connection and a monthly bandwidth limit. That would take me about 10 hours so I'd have to KNOW it would work first. Activate keys? My installation is on Steam. I have the "Mass Effect 2: Digital Deluxe Cerberus Key", the Game key and the Promo Key since 2013. They have been activated for years. Do I need to do anything else to them?

[Bird_Dog]

Re-install is the standard fix I'd try, but I understand if you are reluctant. I just don't know what else could be the issue.

As for the keys, have you activated them on EA/Origin? Not just on steam?
If not, go to the steam library page of ME2. On the laft side you got a list of links. open "CD keys".
Also open Origin and open the "Origin" drop-down menue. then select either "account and billing" and then in the new browser window "redeem product key" or "redeem product key" directly in the origin app.

Once you redeemed your keys, try downloading one DLC again and see if it works.

[djwolf]

Thanks Bird_Dog. I've solved the problem and I'm writing this in case anyone makes the same assumptions I did. You were partially right. The keys did require activation. However, in my own defence, what I did is usual for mod-users and users alike.

I've played this game over and over again. I know the DLC almost word for word. And, given this situation, what most of us do before a new play-through is to check out any new mods, or something to make it different. In my case, I upgraded to a 4K monitor, an i9 processor, a very fast motherboard, a top of the range graphics card, a new SSD and Win 10.

This required a brand new install from Steam. I checked my installation, I had the keys and downloaded the DLC. What I had completely forgotten was the EA account that you log onto when you launch the game. Who launches a game before it's all installed? Answer: someone dealing with EA. I launched the game, logged onto my EA account, as you do, (which I had forgotten about), hit "downloadable content" on the Cerberus menu which took me off to a dead link. I closed the game and the DLC files installed without issue.

Thank you

[Bird_Dog]

Right, I didn't think about that possibility. Steam only completes the installation on first launch.
So, untill you launch the game, some files are missing in the installation folder and thus the DLCs can't install themselfes.

[Voodoo]

Just for the notice, Mass Effect 2 DLC bundle is now available on sale for 10 EUR/USD and includes everything.

https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/mass-effect/mass-effect-2/addon/mass-effect-2-dlc-bundle

You can buy it on Origin web page (no need to install Origin client), and then login with EA account in-game to unlock all DLC in Steam version of the game.

[Grantorino]

I had this problem too. Since I have Origin, I installed the dlc through there and played thr game through Steam.

[Marek PL]

Przeinstalowanie tytółu daje szanse powodzenia poprawy i odnalezienia DLC . Apozatym mega gierka. Pozdrawiam