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@Resztaczasu- no worries, thanks for trying to help! Mods do not have anything to do with my issue, but mods can confirm that the content is not there. That is the reason for mentioning mods - ME3 Mod Manager makes a backup of your vanilla game installation, so that if you screw something up you can just restore the backup copy and get back to playing again. When it does this backup, it scans your files and tells you what DLC you do not have, in case you forgot to download something you own. In this case, it told me that I do not have this DLC installed. Holger's post clarified this; the DLC are free, but should still appear as DLC and that these things have not been "incorporated" into the basegame. I needed this clarification; it could have been that ME3MM needed to be updated. This is not the case, ME3MM is under constant development and is a great tool for these games if you weren't aware. Lots of things that the Mod Maker can fix, including the dreaded ME3 Retaliation Glitch that can prevent players from joining the multiplayer. Anyways, mentioned you so that you would know that mods have nothing to do with my issue, I haven't installed any yet.
Permissions issue at what level, I am wondering? This is an internal EA database issue, how this isn't simple flags ON/OFF makes zero sense to me.
Is the game owned? Is all of the DLC now included? Yes, yes. Click, click.
Doesn't work that way ☹️
Specifically, the "for some users" part really eats me. Why some users? I run Windows 10 like the majority of the userbase, this is a freshly installed Windows. I move folders for some things to different drives, which is possibly involved here, but it has never bothered Origin or any competing product.
I wanted to reply to you to just say that indeed, I do not see the Groundside Resistance Pack DLC or the Genesis DLC when I click on the "Manage" button, but I do see everything else (because I bought it?). The permissions are there that they can see what I have purchased and make sure they are in my account (which is better for me than a lot of people, yikes), but there is not a permission for me to add new DLC that is free for everyone?
LOL
This is not laughing at you, I appreciate your response and think what you wrote is accurate - I just cannot fathom how or why, which has nothing to do with you!
Specifically, the "for some users" part really eats me. Why some users?
Look, I have no inside knowledge of EA's internal file system, so I can't say why some accounts have this problem and others don't, but these games (the original trilogy) are "ancient" considering how fast things move in that area.
So old games on old accounts, with permissions set in old file systems, made for different applications, different languages and game versions, all of which have to be implanted into EA app with a new file system.
That screams problems.
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