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New packs not detected by game, have tried all standard fixes

EE contact page is just directing me to a bot that asks the same questions over and over and sends me to the same unhelpful article

I downloaded three new packs today, they downloaded in the background as usual, the game showed me welcome notifications when they were finished and i restarted the game to activate them but when i tried to play any of the new content none of it showed up other than the world ravenwood which was greyed out and showing as still downloading even though the download was showing as completed elsewhere

I have tried: moving the mods folder, deleting all mods, delete the thumbnail cache folder, repair the install. uninstall and reinstall all the packs. clear the EA app cache. multiple attempts to repair the install. all the packs are showing as installed in my EA app but now completely invisible in game, the game is not detecting them at all and EA's contact us for support chat page seems to be a mirage with only a useless bot that goes around in circles. 

19 Comments

  • 1piazzaman's avatar
    1piazzaman
    New Spectator
    20 days ago

    Also having this issue and was coming here to report!! I just want to play my game 

  • Otokogoroshi's avatar
    Otokogoroshi
    New Spectator
    20 days ago

    Don't uninstall/reinstall any other of your working DLC. It sounds like the same thing that happened to me is happening to you and if you do what I did (full reinstalled) NONE of your DLC will work. Don't have a solution yet but... just a warning so you don't lose everything but the base game like I did.

  • JHathaway's avatar
    JHathaway
    New Spectator
    20 days ago

    I'm also having the same issue with an expansion pack I bought today.  I also bought a game pack and stuff pack but haven't got far enough in to see if they are having the same issue as the expansion pack.  My download/add-on manager says they are downloaded, I've restarted the game but when I try to access the new world, it's faded out and says it will be available after it's fully downloaded and restarted.  I've uninstalled, re-installed, restarted and it's still doing the same.  If I access my content through the marketplace it actually shows "deactivated" over the newly purchased expansion pack.  Stupid!

  • Sl0thx16's avatar
    Sl0thx16
    Seasoned Newcomer
    20 days ago

    I'm having the exact same issue, none of my packs are showing up in game are are fully installed on EA. 

    I just want to playyyyy😢

  • Asm0ze's avatar
    Asm0ze
    Seasoned Newcomer
    20 days ago

    Did you tried to enable it from the marketplace ( apparently it can be hidden there) 

  • JHathaway's avatar
    JHathaway
    New Spectator
    20 days ago

    I figured out what I was doing wrong.  Apparently, you now need to go into Marketplace, look under the "My Collection" tab and choose to 'Manage' (I think that was the option) then it will allow you to select or deselect all of the content you own.  I realized that none of the new content I had just bought was selected or enabled.  I clicked on each one to make sure it had a green checkmark and okay'd the selections. I think I had to re-start? But this time the new DLC's were all there, available and active to use.

  • Zoggyz7's avatar
    Zoggyz7
    New Spectator
    20 days ago

    I have had the same issues too. I bought 2 expansion packs and neither of them worked. On the EA app it says they are downloaded but when I go into the game I also have the greyed out things and it says it hasn't downloaded. I also tried loads of different things and I even resorted to uninstalling it on steam and redownloading it, which also didn't work. I had a look on reddit and tried my best to follow peoples instructions but nothing they said to do helped. I just want to try out the expansion packs I bought. Any tips or information would be great. 

  • Coverten's avatar
    Coverten
    Seasoned Newcomer
    20 days ago

    Thank you. 5 hours of my very limited time waisted troubleshooting this issue. Your post here was the solution. I would not have found the answer on my own because I was looking at the back end or maybe something I have done, Thank you again for taking the time to put this information here.

  • a7688191a34dfea7's avatar
    a7688191a34dfea7
    New Spectator
    20 days ago

    I'm on a MacBook (hopped over here since I couldn't find any posts on the Mac forum) - but I want to confirm this solved the problem for me as well.

  • CharliDubs3's avatar
    CharliDubs3
    New Spectator
    19 days ago

    I also have this issue. I went to the Marketplace, but was only able to select and "install" the few kits that I own. I cannot select any of the expansion or game packs, even though clicking on them confirms that I own the items. The items also appear downloaded and installed in EA. I have repaired the game, cleared the cache, and verified the game files for the 4 items that I purchased through Steam.

  • ers0626's avatar
    ers0626
    New Spectator
    19 days ago

    Thank you so much for this!  I had no idea this was a thing now and would not have known without your post.

  • blu4hi's avatar
    blu4hi
    Seasoned Newcomer
    19 days ago

    I can't select any to activate them. This is very frustrating!!

  • DisneyFanJen's avatar
    DisneyFanJen
    New Spectator
    19 days ago

    Dang it!

    Found this thread about 30 seconds after I did a full uninstall as the 3 new expansion packs I bought weren't showing up.

    Well, at least I know what to do when the re-install completes.  Thanks everyone for finding the fix.

  • kamikita87's avatar
    kamikita87
    New Spectator
    19 days ago

    Thank you, that worked but now its back to failed to load crashes...why is it so hard to play

     

  • sinsoyy's avatar
    sinsoyy
    New Spectator
    5 days ago

    I'm having the same issue. its very frustrating

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