DLC is saying it's in my library, but can't access it.

[HooklessLine]

Hello!
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, I don't visit the forums like, ever.

I have ARK downloaded onto an external drive because I just cannot have such a large game taking up 300+ gb of disk space on my computer, y'know? Regardless, I can access the base game off my drive perfectly fine, it's the fjord DLC I'm having problems with. If I'm remembering correctly, I had difficulties with the other DLCs for ARK as well, but I can't remember how I got them working. It's been a hot second since I played the game.

The DLC says it's in my library, and when I open up my "manage DLC" on ARK's page in my library, it shows up says "in my library" and the checkmark is checked off. However, when I boot up the game, it says it's not installed.

Any tips on how to fix this?

[Nx Machina]

Your library lists what content you have. In your case the checkbox for the Fjord dlc needs to be ticked to be installed and accessible and that is applicable to all dlc.

All games have a forum: Search here: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/#games

Ark Survival forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/

[HooklessLine]

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Your library lists what content you have. In your case the checkbox for the Fjord dlc needs to be ticked to be installed and accessible and that is applicable to all dlc.

All games have a forum: Search here: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/#games

Ark Survival forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/

Yes, that's the problem, the checkmark is ticked, but I am still unable to access it, so I figured this was more a steam issue than an ARK one.

[J4MESOX4D]

Is your DLC installed on the same drive as your base game?

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by HooklessLine:

Yes, that's the problem, the checkmark is ticked, but I am still unable to access it, so I figured this was more a steam issue than an ARK one.

I mis-read. I thought you had it unticked.

[HooklessLine]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Is your DLC installed on the same drive as your base game?

Weirdly enough, I can't find the folder for the dlc anywhere? I also don't even remember downloading it, since I think it came out while I was taking a bit of a break to focus on college. Searched my external drive and my entire computer for the DLC folder, found all the other ones on my external drive, but fjordur is just missing. I would attempt to uninstall and reinstall, but there's no option for me to uninstall just the DLC, and my internet is so poor I really don't want to spend a full 2 days re-installing ARK again.

[TimeZLineZ]

Hey guys i found a solution. Recently i had the same issue with Assetto Corsa all you have to do is go on the game in your library properties and then dlcs and uncheck/unselect all of the dlcs after that sync the game update it and what not and then go in properties again and recheck/reselect the dlcs and it should reinstall and be there.

[Steven]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.