Can't download Hi-Res Texture DLC

[General Tso]

I can't download the Hi-Res Texture DLC.

When I use my browser - I click on the Download button on the Steam page and the blue Got Steam? window opens and there is no option for downloading anything. I tried clicking on the play now button to see what would happen but it doesn't do anything. Steam is already installed on my computer and currently running and I have over 100 games and everything else works as expected including Fallout 4. But Steam won't let me download the Hi-Res texture pack.

When I use Steam - I click on the download button for the Hi-Res Texture DLC and it just opens the game's splash screen.

I tried right clicking on steam Fallout 4 icon so that I could view downloadable content but there is no option for that under Fallout 4.

Does anybody have any ideas what's wrong?

[MBinMD]

The pack should start pre allocating after the launcher opens. It takes a while but it will start downloading after some time.

[General Tso]

Thanks. I tried closing my Steam client then opening it again. Now the texture pack is downloading.

That's a really really really bad setup by Steam and Bethesda. The only feedback supplied to the user is totally misleading. I click on the download button and instead it tries to open the game and there is no indication that anything is trying to download (until I restart Steam, which is never mentioned).

[General Tso]

I spoke to soon. The DLC download never actually started and now it just disappeared from the download queue.

[LeadStarDude]

Verify the cache for the game and the download will start if you have the High Res Texture Pack in your DLC list.

[General Tso]

Thanks. Now it's downloading.

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by General Tso:

Thanks. Now it's downloading.

No problem. I hope your internet speed is faster than mine. 22 hour download for me. :(

[RoyOP]

how did you get it to work,i cant for the life of me get it to work i click on download the game launcher opens and thats it it never starts the download in the background,and it never shows the pre-allocating prompt either and ive verified my game cache many times already but it just will not download

[꧁ logAnmalONE ꧂]

Same here. Looks like a failure on Bethesda part.

[RoyOP]

Originally posted by LoganMalone:

Same here. Looks like a failure on Bethesda part.

goog ole bethesda they really know how to make games

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by FaZe_Popcorn:

Originally posted by LoganMalone:

Same here. Looks like a failure on Bethesda part.

goog ole bethesda they really know how to make games

How is it Bethesda's fault that Steam's store page for Fallout 4's texture pack has a broken download button? Please explain why you think that Bethesda has any control over Steam's service?

[RoyOP]

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

Originally posted by FaZe_Popcorn:

goog ole bethesda they really know how to make games

How is it Bethesda's fault that Steam's store page for Fallout 4's texture pack has a broken download button? Please explain why you think that Bethesda has any control over Steam's service?

i never said that but im just saying they could have made this available through their game launcher or something

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by FaZe_Popcorn:

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

How is it Bethesda's fault that Steam's store page for Fallout 4's texture pack has a broken download button? Please explain why you think that Bethesda has any control over Steam's service?

i never said that but im just saying they could have made this availabe through their game launcher or something

Not really... This is not being treated as a mod. It is a DLC and Steam is responsible for distributing Bethesda's DLCs because Steam is contracted to handle all of Bethesda's AAA game titles on PC. This agreement started with the original version of Skyrim. It is not something new

[RoyOP]

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

Originally posted by FaZe_Popcorn:

i never said that but im just saying they could have made this availabe through their game launcher or something

Not really... This is not being treated as a mod. It is a DLC and Steam is responsible for distributing Bethesda's DLCs because Steam is contracted to handle all of Bethesda's AAA game titles on PC. This agreement started with the original version of Skyrim. It is not something new

well ♥♥♥♥ steam services could be a little bit better

[LeadStarDude]

Originally posted by FaZe_Popcorn:

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

Not really... This is not being treated as a mod. It is a DLC and Steam is responsible for distributing Bethesda's DLCs because Steam is contracted to handle all of Bethesda's AAA game titles on PC. This agreement started with the original version of Skyrim. It is not something new

well ♥♥♥♥ steam services could be a little bit better

Everything can be better, but who offers a better service than Steam currently does? Nothing is ever perfect. ;)

[RoyOP]

Originally posted by LeadStarDude:

Originally posted by FaZe_Popcorn:

well ♥♥♥♥ steam services could be a little bit better

Everything can be better, but who offers a better service than Steam currently does? Nothing is ever perfect. ;)

ig your right lol still mad that i cant get the texture pack tho but oh well ♥♥♥♥ happens ig