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smn0477695
5 years ago
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Mass Effect 3 DLC EA Play

The DLC for ME3 is only available on Origin, but the game is only available on EA Desktop. If I go to the in-game dlc store, it says that it is being tinkered with and will be back shortly, but with ...
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    holger1405
    5 years ago

    @agam3mn0n 

    Thanks, but I understand the problem.

    I don't think that someone that can access the game throughout a existing charged subscription (Xbox game pass) want to buy the game on a different platform. 😉

    There are also some workarounds for the Game pass issue that seem to work,  as setting the Windows UAC to max for example.

    Four your problem the only solution will be the full implementation of  ME3 into EA Desktop. That probably will take some time, I doubt that games as old as ME have priority.

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agam3mn0n
5 years ago

Holger1405

I don't think you understand whats going on here. So let me explain.

1. EA have a digital store on PC called EA Origin.
2. That store is primarily accessed on PC via the Origin Store application/client.
3. On PC a player can make their purchases/acquire EA games and DLC via the Origin Store application.
4. EA have now launched a replacement application for the EA Origin Store. This new application is called EA Desktop it is in Beta. This is what the user is referring to.
5. EA Desktop is not fully functional and it lacks much of the basic functionality of the EA Origin Store application, but Game Pass is ONLY linked to EA Desktop.
6. The user in question is trying to point out this functionality difference and they need a workaround presently they cannot purchase/acquire ME3 via the Origin Store, only through EA Desktop.
7. But if they purchase/acquire ME3 via EA Desktop they can not get it with any of the DLC.

For me, the issue is a little different. I already own ME3 and all of its DLC. However if I attempt to download ME3 via EA Desktop, it will successfully download and install the base game only without any of the DLC that I own. I can however download all the DLC I own via the EA Origin Store.

As a workaround for the person I'd suggest that they consider purchasing the game via Steam instead. I'm unaware of any content distribution problems via Steam when it comes to EA DLC at present but strongly advise the person to research this before making a decision. Alternatively he could attempt to purchase the game via EA Desktop, and then purchase the DLC via EA Origin. Alternatively they may be able to bypass this altogether by purchasing the products directly via EA's web store which still seems to be available via https://www.origin.com. Remember that no matter how the game is purchased he will not be able to download/acquire it's DLC via the EA Desktop Application at the time of writing. This is not the only EA game affected in this way when it comes to the EA Desktop application.

Interestingly DLC for games built on the Frostbite Engine seem to include their DLC, ME3 was built on Unreal. It looks like this client hooks more deeply into Frostbite based products that we purchase from EA and those hooks do not exist in Unreal Engine titles.

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holger1405
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5 years ago

@agam3mn0n 

Thanks, but I understand the problem.

I don't think that someone that can access the game throughout a existing charged subscription (Xbox game pass) want to buy the game on a different platform. 😉

There are also some workarounds for the Game pass issue that seem to work,  as setting the Windows UAC to max for example.

Four your problem the only solution will be the full implementation of  ME3 into EA Desktop. That probably will take some time, I doubt that games as old as ME have priority.

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