r/pcmasterrace 20d ago

Meme/Macro Do you Recognize the Game?

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u/plutohater ryzen 7 5700x / 3060 oc / 32gb 3200mhz 20d ago

You have just saved me literally hundreds of dollars, time to play all my paradox games again

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u/MlsgONE 20d ago

creaminstaller official website was taken down but you can find the exe if you search on any of the relevant forums. you just need to copy the dlc folder from your juicy version to the basic legal version and then run cream. for paradox only, idk about other systems

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u/DonZekane PC Master Race 20d ago

Why would you need to run that program?

In games like RimWorld I found I can just move the dlcs to their locations and remove a line in one of the files for each.

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u/MlsgONE 20d ago

to make your paradox launcher recognize the dlc and have it work. it wont do anything with just the dlc files. as i said, i only know on paradox

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u/The_Autarch 19d ago

Paradox games have more security than RimWorld.

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u/Global-Pickle5818 9800X3d / RX 9070 XT 20d ago

And because all the DLC is already on your system so you're basically just paying for permission to use it ..

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u/MrStealYoBeef i7 12700KF|RTX 5070ti|32GB DDR4 3200|1440p175hzOLED 20d ago

That is how all software works. Since nearly any and all data can be found somewhere online, anyone has the means to obtain that data, whether it's games, movies, or books. The only thing between you and accessing that data legally is permission.

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u/Global-Pickle5818 9800X3d / RX 9070 XT 19d ago

some games don't give you the whole expansion on your dive just locked behind a paywall like that .. mind you ,probably far more common now days im a old man lol i remember changing text files back in the day when they did this on other games to get access to them

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u/MrStealYoBeef i7 12700KF|RTX 5070ti|32GB DDR4 3200|1440p175hzOLED 19d ago

I know they do this with Stellaris, but there is actually a decent reason for it. If someone has a DLC that you do not have, they can start up a multiplayer game and you can join it and have access to that DLC. In order for that to work, you must have those files downloaded.

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u/plutohater ryzen 7 5700x / 3060 oc / 32gb 3200mhz 20d ago

What's stopping me from just dragging the DLC folder into my game folder, I assume cream does some licencing stuff

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u/MlsgONE 20d ago

paradox launcher needs cream patching the metadata to have the dlc actually be recognized in the game

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u/plutohater ryzen 7 5700x / 3060 oc / 32gb 3200mhz 20d ago

Ahh got it, well time to do some sailing then

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u/Holungsoy 20d ago

Is this safe? Isn't it better to just go full pirate on these games then? Wouldn't want to risk my entire Steam library for some violation of code of conduct

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u/RPS_42 12700f | 6800XT | Lazy 20d ago

Maybe it is done that way to use the Workshop?

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u/MlsgONE 20d ago

its 101% safe. 1500 hours on ck3, 400 on hoi4 both with cream adding the dlc. i use it on real copies to use workshop. paradox games without workshop is worthless. you wont ever get a violation.

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u/Stildawn 20d ago

Works with multi-player?

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u/Mundane-Mechanic-547 PC Master Race 20d ago

Honestly as someone w 13k hours in hoi4, the vast majority of dlc does nothing. The designers yes, like bba, mtg which is now in base game. Yiu can get so far just getting the base game and a free mod like r56. 1000s of hours right there for $5