Cannot download free updates in content manager....?

[Sticky Wicket]

Recently bought this on sale with a few DLC, enjoying it a lot so far.

So new to the game, but I went to the Content Manager and tried to update some of the free updates in the last tab (I wanted the Galactic Statecraft one in particular) but for some reason if I press on the update button nothing happens! Its not greyed out or anything just the button does not respond to clicking on it.

I then tried all of them and none of them worked, so what else do I need to do? Do I need speciffic DLC and/or expansions etc to access them?

[Sticky Wicket]

Edit: I just noticed going back to my Library that the upadte has been downloaded but I didn't get any kind of notice. To all intent and purposes it seemed as if nothing had happened!

Although Iv'e now sorted this, perhaps developers need to make it a bit clearer how this works, cause its a bit confusing.

[DjohDjeen]

This has been a known issue for a long while. It is annoying, but you do get all the the DLC even if it seems not..

Make sure to register at games2gether to get all the perks and be allowed to vote on next features and so forth. These DEVS really listen to their community, which is a rare thing.

[Sloan]

Originally posted by Sticky Wicket:

Edit: I just noticed going back to my Library that the upadte has been downloaded but I didn't get any kind of notice.

https://youtu.be/5w347aBwTsM

[Sticky Wicket]

Thanks for that Frazy76 but that's not really what I'm talking about.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1864287229

When you go to the updates screen in game (last tab content manager) the screen there is kind of dis-functional.

The updates buttons do not appear to work, and as you can see from the screenshot the APPLY button is greyed out and it says No changes have been made .

[Gryphonheart]

I'm wondering about this same thing. My library shows that all updates are activated, but not on the store page.

I'm pretty worried since apparently there was an event update for a limited time... I don't know how I can check if its active.

To be fair, in game menu for Updates and DLC is quite confusing.

[The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales]

The only special event content we have is for Endless Day, and that content comes back every January (or if you set your computer clock to the right date), so you don't need to worry about missing out on anything.

[uuRj]

Originally posted by The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales:

The only special event content we have is for Endless Day, and that content comes back every January (or if you set your computer clock to the right date), so you don't need to worry about missing out on anything.

Perhaps you guys could label this as "Special Events" because I too am a new player and have been spending the better part of an hour trying to figure out htf to activate these, and there is no help in your forums.

[Sticky Wicket]

Originally posted by The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales:

The only special event content we have is for Endless Day, and that content comes back every January (or if you set your computer clock to the right date), so you don't need to worry about missing out on anything.

This does not answer my OP.

I had hoped to get some feedback about it.

Whilst I might agree that this isn't a big deal, I reiterate that from the pov of a new player that the present update system is confusing. For the sake of clarity it would be good to at least aknowledge there is a problem....

[The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales]

Pardon if my response was unclear: I was specifically responding to Gryphonheart's concern about the "timed content," not to your OP.

We know that there's a problem with how the free DLC is set up (I myself have been on the receiving end of that problem for a long time), but as far as I can tell we can not easily change this for ES2 anymore. We will endavor to avoid issues like this with our future titles, though.

Also, the "updates" tab in the game is in no way intended to deliver updates, only to list which content has been added for free since release. The "Apply" button exists for changes to which DLC you have activated in the "Expansion Packs" and "Add-Ons" tabs. Which is another clarity issue we will take into account for the future.

[Sticky Wicket]

Originally posted by The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales:

Pardon if my response was unclear: I was specifically responding to Gryphonheart's concern about the "timed content," not to your OP.

We know that there's a problem with how the free DLC is set up (I myself have been on the receiving end of that problem for a long time), but as far as I can tell we can not easily change this for ES2 anymore. We will endavor to avoid issues like this with our future titles, though.

Also, the "updates" tab in the game is in no way intended to deliver updates, only to list which content has been added for free since release. The "Apply" button exists for changes to which DLC you have activated in the "Expansion Packs" and "Add-Ons" tabs. Which is another clarity issue we will take into account for the future.

Thank you for clearing that up.