DLC disappeared in 2.7.0.2 on GNU/Linux, workaround

[Saraphim]

After updating, all my DLC disappeared and the DLC tab became greyed out, so I couldn't reenable them in the launcher. I ran it under strace and discovered that it was trying to find files in
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Crusader Kings II/dlc but the directory was called DLC with all capital letters. I changed the directory to the lowercase version, and all works again. Regression from some non-sensitive filesystem perhaps?

 

[fyrkrans]

You aren't the first one to run into this, but when I tried to reproduce that problem I wasn't able to:

Hm, I don't have that problem on my computer (with Ubuntu 16.04). I only have ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Crusader\ Kings\ II/dlc. I also tried a clean reinstallation to reproduce the problem, but everything worked as it should.

Since then I also installed CK2 on Debian sid and there it worked as it should as well. So as far as I understand that's not a general problem.

Are you able to reproduce the problem on your system?

 

[Saraphim]

> Are you able to reproduce the problem on your system?

I believe it will happen if I move the DLC folder to its lowercase version, as it was created by CK2 or Steam initially, but I haven't tried since I fixed it manually.

 

[fyrkrans]

> Are you able to reproduce the problem on your system?

I believe it will happen if I move the DLC folder to its lowercase version, as it was created by CK2 or Steam initially, but I haven't tried since I fixed it manually.

Consider giving it a try, since Paradox hasn't been able to reproduce this:

I checked it out on my Linux, and it seems to be working correctly as I get the properly named "dlc" folder.

Therefore I assume this won't get any attention unless someone is able to reproduce it.

 

[Saraphim]

I've confirmed that:

1. Removing all dlcs
2. Removing the dlc (lowercase) folder
3. Adding a DLC (uppercase) folder
4. Installing all dlcs again

will indeed show them in Steam but not in the launcher, and they will not work in-game. I assume this is caused by some Steam/Windows interoperability where Steam will readily accept two files of different casing to be the same, regardless of whether this is actually correct on the filesystem. CK2 then drops down to some API that *is* case sensitive, and then the problem arises.

I couldn't reproduce ending up with a DLC (uppercase) instead of dlc (lowercase) in the first place though. I tried removing all dlcs, installing them again, removing CK2 entirely, installing it again, and in all cases it was (correctly) recreated as dlc (lowercase.)

Since it's been seen before (and I haven't messed with this manually before) I assume there is or has been some edge case in which it is wrongly created as DLC (uppercase,) but I sadly can't reproduce that. At any rate, this information will probably be enough for people to fix the issue, if it gets indexed correctly by Google and friends.

 

[Saraphim]

Scratch that, I know exactly what's happening. Each dlc contains its own subpath within ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Crusader Kings II

The first time a dlc is installed, the directory is created *according to the DLC definition* (perhaps as simple as a tarballed tree or something, I haven't checked.)

At least one of the dlcs has got a wrong path prefix DLC (uppercase) -- namely the ruler designer. If this, or any other dlc with the same error is installed *as the very first dlc*, the directory will be wrong forevermore (because of Steam seemingly ignoring case afterwards and just installing into the now-existing DLC (uppercase) folder.)

 

[fyrkrans]

Scratch that, I know exactly what's happening. Each dlc contains its own subpath within ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Crusader Kings II

The first time a dlc is installed, the directory is created *according to the DLC definition* (perhaps as simple as a tarballed tree or something, I haven't checked.)

At least one of the dlcs has got a wrong path prefix DLC (uppercase) -- namely the ruler designer. If this, or any other dlc with the same error is installed *as the very first dlc*, the directory will be wrong forevermore (because of Steam seemingly ignoring case afterwards and just installing into the now-existing DLC (uppercase) folder.)

Interesting...

@Servancour: Please take a look at the quoted post.