Which DLC are required for which mods?

[DarkSandX]

Is it necessary to possess all of the different DLC to play any mod, or only the DLC from which the mods use content? Is there any way to tell short of asking the scenario creators?

Thanks1

[Skylar27]

It's my experience that you do not have to have a DLC for a scenario or a campaign to work

[bru888]

Is it necessary to possess all of the different DLC to play any mod, or only the DLC from which the mods use content? Is there any way to tell short of asking the scenario creators?

Thanks1

I'm torn between politeness and duty! I don't want to deny what 53rdVaInf says but I don't think he is correct.

The reason I say so is because I just ran an experiment at work, using this pig of a computer that is good for nothing else (certainly not for playing OOB, but installing the program and viewing files, etc.), by installing raw OOB and I was not able to see my two custom scenarios until I had entered the serial key for at least one DLC.

Which makes sense, when you think about it. If the developers allowed free custom scenario and campaign play without at least one official purchase, then they would be not very astute in my opinion.

That said, I believe all you have to worry about, after purchasing and installing at least one DLC, is whether you are fully patched up to 5.2.3. That is a very important concept. Older custom scenarios and campaigns will play in 5.2.3 (in general; some tweaking may be necessary if the custom designers are still around to do so), but stuff that is being designed at this time in 5.2.3 will probably not play well in older versions of OOB, if at all.

[Skylar27]

Thanks bru888,

I should have been more complete in my reply ... ( embarrassed )

[bru888]

( embarrassed )

Not at all, don't be. Thanks.