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[yadffej]

For some reason all of the DLC I've been able to download will not install.  The installer just gets stuck on the message "Preparing to extract [DLCName].rar", and I have to ctrl+alt+delete to exit it.

Does anyone know how to install the DLC by hand?  The rar file expands into a hierarchy like this:

Biogame
Biogame/DLC
Biogame/DLC/[DLCName]
Biogame/DLC/[DLCName]/Movies
Biogame/DLC/[DLCName]/CookedPC

My naive assumption is that I can just copy this into the BioGame directory into the Mass Effect 2 folder, but before I try that it'd be nice to know if anyone else has done this successfully...

[yadffej]

Okay, this totally works.



In the Mass Effect 2 Folder, there's a directory called BioGame. Create a new directory in that called DLC, then just expand the .rar files and drag each [DLCName] directory into the DLC folder. When you next start the game you should get a bunch of messages in your inbox about each DLC.

[borge1006]

I have a similar problem, however, my installer doesn't get as far as yours. How are you able to get the rar out of the installer?

Modifié par borge1006, 01 février 2010 - 01:15 .

[Stewartoo]

What rar file? I just have one exe file to install the DLC. Where did you get rar files??

[terrydomingue]

i DL'd the first "Zaeed" DLC.... nothing happened. it wasn't until after the "Normandy Crash site" DLC was finished downloading before it installed

[hangmans tree]

Stewartoo wrote...

What rar file? I just have one exe file to install the DLC. Where did you get rar files??

guess

[yadffej]

Stewartoo wrote...

What rar file? I just have one exe file to install the DLC. Where did you get rar files??

here's a screenshot of where my installer dies.  the rar file i've crudely pointed out in the image is what gets left on my desktop after i ctrl+alt+delete.

www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jday/images/me2dleinstall.PNG

[3rdtwin]

ok. i'm assuming that when you click on the .exe file it starts extracting .rar's? right?



**anyone have any link to some directions of how bioware intended us to install this stuff. I can only find directions for dragon age : (



Oh, and where are you suppose to be able to download this stuff 'in game'? I had to manually download all of it.



3rd

[Recnamoken]

DLC downloads are here:

http://social.biowar...ntitlements.php

[3rdtwin]

thx

[Neonir]

Hmm...i have NO idea how to Download any of them, I know your meant to save them, but where?

also, once you save them what do you do to make them work?



...I seriously have no idea, I would Really appreciate some help. I haven't been able to find ANY instructions for the ME2 DLC only Dragon Age or very brief over looks that do not give enough information.

[xbeton0L]

heh... I can't even get past the error message that says "Mass Effect 2 does not appear to be installed. Please install the game and try again."... I even edited the registry to indicate ME2 is in fact installed, but now the installers just crash. No RAR files for me.



Also I used Steam to buy and install the game, which would explain why no registries were found for the game when I opened it.



DLC + me = i dont know what the hell is going on...!

[Tequila_Sunrise]

@Xbenton0l I'm having the EXACT same problem, did you ever figure it out?

[CrossRage]

im having the problem with everytime i dl a dlc it just disappears from the folder i selected it to when it's done. Then i did a search on my computer for the file and it's like it never existed

[Bravenu3]

That seems to be a problem with your PC. Maybe an over-eager anti-virus program thinks the install files are infected and deletes them? Or your download manager is configured to move completed download somewhere? Try downloading them from a file sharing network. As long as not crack is applied, the game will recognize a legit install of any DLC that is also linked to your BioWare account.

[Savormix]

xbeton0L wrote...

Also I used Steam to buy and install the game, which would explain why no registries were found for the game when I opened it.

Nope, that doesn't explain it. I have Steam's ME2 DD and I had no problems whatsoever.

Here are the steps I have done... naturally:
1. Start ME2 download
2. Register a BW social account
3. Open CD-Key information in steam
4. Register ME2.
5. Register DD Promo key.
6. Register CN key.
7. Launch ME2. (first time run launches bundled redistributables!)
8. Sign in when prompted.

There have been no prompts to enter any key(s) in-game. There have been no auth problems.

And when I bought Kasumi, Overlord and Shadow Broker, I simply downloaded the files and installed them. There were no problems locating ME2 nor authorizing.

Modifié par Savormix, 05 janvier 2011 - 09:29 .

[Bogsnot1]

CrossRage wrote...

im having the problem with everytime i dl a dlc it just disappears from the folder i selected it to when it's done. Then i did a search on my computer for the file and it's like it never existed

You dont seem to have registered your copy of ME2 on these forums. As such, we can only assume you are running a pirated copy of the game, and thus we cant do anything to support it.
If it is legit, please register it so we know we arent dealing with something full of various crapware or other dodgy files. See this post for details of what you need to provide us to help you.
http://social.biowar...6/index/4795299

If youve downloaded it illegally, then feel free to go away and solve the problem yourself.

Modifié par Bogsnot1, 05 janvier 2011 - 10:38 .

[Ole Shepard]

I'm having similar issues myself.. As soon as I try to start a DLC installation it just dissappears when the verifying progress is complete.

Another issue I had, was that after I installed all the dlc's properly, they wouldn't appear in-game. Especially the big ones :/

[dabtech]

would the DLC effected if steam was installed on its own hard drive instead of the default location?? bought the game but the DLC says games not installed, ?? any ideas

[Rycr]

Did you just buy the game? If you got it through Steam, you need to run it once before any DLC will install. Games bought through Steam do some last-second installation stuff right before running the game for the first time, so the DLC won't install unless that's been done.

[DarkestPhoenix]

Okay, since everyone seems to love trolling and not answer questions, I will post screenshots of all possible things I can think of to tell you:
I have the DLC in my account:
http://i141.photobuc...LCavailable.png
I own the game (Originally though the EADM when I got my Dragon Age 2, I already owned Mass Effect 2, but a free copy for the PC isn't bad.)
http://i141.photobuc...on/Idoownit.png
I tend to install games before I ask for help:
http://i141.photobuc...easkinghelp.png
And download the DLC (to a different folder):
http://i141.photobuc...ydownloaded.png
But I don't know what's causing this:
http://i141.photobuc.../Idontgetit.png

EDIT: I also just figured out how to register my game on the forum, though I am too lazy to register the rest (aka most of the recent Bioware games back to KOTOR and NWN (though I never got the sequel).

Modifié par DarkestPhoenix, 09 juillet 2011 - 05:04 .

[Bogsnot1]

Me? Troll? Never!

My first question is, once you downloaded and installed the game, have you actually run it and gotten into it? I ask this because I know Steam doesnt actually finish the installation of the game until you try and run it, and its not until the game is run that the final registry entries are written that will get the DLC to recognise that ME2 is installed. Yes, i know you have yours through Origins, but Im not familiar with it, so can only go by what I know from other digital distributions.

Did you run the Origins installer, and DLC installers, as admin?

Also, there are a few other solutions to this problem in this thread. Have a look and give them a try if my suggestions dont work.
http://social.biowar.../index/834445/2

[newsletterdump]

A simple fact to report is that the downloader system is garbage, and BioWare compounds the problem for PC users by offering no in-game interface displaying which dlc is actually installed. If you downloaded the game from Steam, you get additional issues. In short, you may not be having a problem, but merely being tortured by the program's regular operation. You need patience and a lot of time to install major dlc.

I have high-speed cable Internet. I was able to download the game from Steam in under two hours. Downloading the dlc is taking me three hours and counting.

A few times, I thought the dl had frozen, when in fact it was just moving as slow as molasses. The "verifying" stage can take well over 15 minutes.. There can also be a long (over 10 minutes) lag between the download completing and the ME2 installation wizard opening up. Extraction is yet another lag feast.

Large addons (quests rather than weapon packs) tend to crash out or freeze up if two or more are downloaded at the same time. Try going one-by-one. Be prepared to sit there and wait for multiple prompts.

I have no technical insights, just the context that you are working on server-side junky bandwith and an unstable program that offers little to no user feedback. Some faith is required.

Modifié par newsletterdump, 18 juillet 2011 - 12:38 .

[Bogsnot1]

Steam create additional issues for installing DLC beacuse of the way that Steam works. When you install the game, it does not actually comlpate the instalation and create final regsitry entries until you actually run the game. This pervents DLC from being installed because it cannot find those regsitry entries. Steam problem, not DLC problem.
I too, have high speed cable internet access, and yet it takes me a matter of minutes to get most DLC, and again only minutes to run them.
You are supposed to download the installer and save it to your computer, instead of runnnig it from the website, which, by the sounds of it, is what you are trying to do.

All of your problems are being caused by your self-admitted lack of knowledge. It would be advisable for you to undergo a computer basics course so you dont experience these problems in future.

[newsletterdump]

Bogsnot1 wrote...

Steam create additional issues for installing DLC beacuse of the way that Steam works. When you install the game, it does not actually comlpate the instalation and create final regsitry entries until you actually run the game. This pervents DLC from being installed because it cannot find those regsitry entries. Steam problem, not DLC problem.
I too, have high speed cable internet access, and yet it takes me a matter of minutes to get most DLC, and again only minutes to run them.
You are supposed to download the installer and save it to your computer, instead of runnnig it from the website, which, by the sounds of it, is what you are trying to do.

All of your problems are being caused by your self-admitted lack of knowledge. It would be advisable for you to undergo a computer basics course so you dont experience these problems in future.

This is the best one yet! The dwarf admits that the software is so ridiculous, you need computer courses to run it!

I, of course, "self-admitted" (sic) nothing. This was not a Steam issue, as I opened the game and completed the installation first. And I was not running it from the website. So my lack of knowledge is in fact not very lacking.

Any other frustrated techies want to take a shot at being condescending just because I dared criticize the game company with which they over-identify? You should hurry up, because I'd better go get a master's in programming and computer repair so I'm ready for ME3.