Please first activate the base game (DLC's can not be activated)

[piickniick]

Hello,

I bought several DLC's for PLANET COASTER. I would like to activate it, but Steam gives me the message "Please activate the main game first". I bought 3 DLCs several months ago and successfully activated them.
I play the game using the family sharing function.
The Steam support can't help me because they say I can't activate DLCs that I play via the family sharing function. I would have to buy the main game first. Strangely, it worked for my 3 other DLC's. Can anybody help me?

Thanks

[HikariLight]

YOU must own the base game.
Family sharing the base game from another account, the DLC will not register the existence of the base game as the account with the DLC does not have a license for the base game.

[nullable]

Originally posted by piickniick:

The Steam support can't help me because they say I can't activate DLCs that I play via the family sharing function. I would have to buy the main game first.

It sounds like Steam support already told you the answer. Not everything is some kind of test or has a workaround because you imagine you can do it a certain way. If you're playing the game via family sharing it sounds like your solution is going to be to gift the DLC's to the game's owner. Or buy the game for yourself.

Originally posted by piickniick:

Strangely, it worked for my 3 other DLC's. Can anybody help me?

Thanks

Which three DLC's? Not all DLC's are equal, and that might explain something.

[piickniick]

So if the Base Games Owner activates the DLC‘s i can play it on my account as well?

[piickniick]

i purchased the Spooky DLC, the Magnificent Rides and the Adventure Pack

[Iceira]

Stop view family content, its that simple, its logic for tech ppl , you cant have a spread out pieces all over who own what.

only work on the Original owner account, and its here its logic for experience gamers.
dlc is not a game its a piece of nothing already in main game that do more or change a area of Main game, you might not know this. ( dlc is sometime just a tiny change added though game patch so it hold both data as all-in-one. ) its not all game that do this, but several game just have small dlc's DL to open the content.

and in top of that Thirdpart app, do it on the fly DL on thirdpart app own client update, its complicate, and im not so sure all games can be family shared, i think i seen post with dlc issue like that or someone own main game and family shared have main + dlc's.
now you will get a game with no dlc.

as you see its complicated. ( i dont know what game will be start or has family view fixed this ask steam family share group own forum maybe. )

family sharing function.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/familysharing/discussions/

[piickniick]

these 3 has been successfully activated a few months ago

[Iceira]

Originally posted by piickniick:

these 3 has been successfully activated a few months ago

yeah on the right account that own original game. ( view own account in steam yop menu i think it was that problem last time a steam user show other family point of view, noone is doing remote help with view anymore ) thats how i know

any helper here, can tell you that, no dlc will run without Main game.

[piickniick]

Originally posted by piickniick:

So if the Base Games Owner activates the DLC‘s i can play it on my account as well?

[Iceira]

Originally posted by piickniick:

Originally posted by piickniick:

So if the Base Games Owner activates the DLC‘s i can play it on my account as well?

No bought on wrong account.

Please talk with own share family member, I dont think, you understand the split issue here.

[nullable]

https://store.steampowered.com/promotion/familysharing

Who owns and can access the DLC and in-game content associated with a shared title?

A guest will have access to the lender's DLC, but only if the guest doesn't also own the base game. Guests may not purchase DLC for a base game they don't own. Any player may purchase, trade, earn, or otherwise acquire in-game content while playing a game, but in-game items cannot be shared between accounts. These items remain the property of the account that purchased or acquired them, whether borrowing or lending the base game.

When in doubt read the FAQs, support.