So i recently bought the eu4 dlc sub, but i cant seem to find an option to disable certain dlcs, really only wanna get rid of some of the music packs. 
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Hey there!
At the moment there's no easy way to disable specific DLC as the subscription service is built by Steam. It's something we've requested though and will hopefully be possible in the future. However you can do this with some manual work by following these instructions:
1. Find the file "dlc_load.json", usually located in "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV"
2. Right click it and select Edit (this can be done in any text editor)
3. To disable DLCs, add them to the "disabled_dlcs" list
For example if you want to disable Fredmans Midsummer Epistles and the Sabaton soundtrack, this is what your file should look like:
At the moment there's no easy way to disable specific DLC as the subscription service is built by Steam. It's something we've requested though and will hopefully be possible in the future. However you can do this with some manual work by following these instructions:
1. Find the file "dlc_load.json", usually located in "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV"
2. Right click it and select Edit (this can be done in any text editor)
3. To disable DLCs, add them to the "disabled_dlcs" list
For example if you want to disable Fredmans Midsummer Epistles and the Sabaton soundtrack, this is what your file should look like:
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This method don't work for now, the "dlc_load.json" does not even exist, manually creating it doesn't work either.
The dlcs are now in "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\cache\dlc".
Correct and thank you for pointing out that location. The best method of disabling an unwanted dlc is to delete the folder of that dlc located in the above destination pointed out by ibicdlcod.
Edit: Doing what I did unfortunately disables all of the subscription packs. I will be unsubscribing from this until paradox can figure out how to give us the ability to toggle a simple music pack on or off. I really like the model but the delivery of the service seems to fall short of delivering an experience akin to that of buying the dlcs that a user wants and avoiding that which a user does not.
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Are you sure about that? I have it, and if I delete it, it comes back.
I tried the fix but it didn't work. You guys need to fix this lol. Sabaton has its time and place and for me that's not in Venice 1444
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Now this file seems to be there, and it appears to be read by the game (notepad++ notifies this file have been changed, and this file would be cleared to empty list if you have the incorrect format), but currently it have NO effect, the DLCs are STILL ALL enabled, this file notwithstanding.
Now there are new instructions for this under the subscription model!
1. Find the file "dlc_load.json", usually located in "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV"
2. Right click it and select Edit (this can be done in any text editor)
3. To disable DLCs, add them to the "disabled_dlcs" list
Below is an example with the DLC Conquest of Paradise disabled, note the added prefix “subscription_dlc/”:
{
"enabled_mods":[],
"disabled_dlcs":["subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc010_conquest_of_paradise/dlc010.dlc"]
}
1. Find the file "dlc_load.json", usually located in "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV"
2. Right click it and select Edit (this can be done in any text editor)
3. To disable DLCs, add them to the "disabled_dlcs" list
Below is an example with the DLC Conquest of Paradise disabled, note the added prefix “subscription_dlc/”:
{
"enabled_mods":[],
"disabled_dlcs":["subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc010_conquest_of_paradise/dlc010.dlc"]
}
If you go to that folder you'll see all the dlc folder names with that number in them.
Hey, this does not work for me. I tried to put both subscription_dlc and just dlc at the start, and I still get the Sabaton soundtrack in the game. The button at the subscription dialog in the main menu does not stop it either. The only thing that worked was deleting the dlc folder, but when I do that, I can't use the subscription at all.
What exactly did you put there? AFAIK you need both "subscription_dlc/dlc" at the start and not just one or the other. For the sabaton DLC it would look like:
Code:
]{
"enabled_mods":[],
"disabled_dlcs":["subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc052_sabaton_soundtrack/dlc052.dlc"]
}- A Lifetime of War
- Carolus Rex
- The Art of War
- The Carolean's Prayer
- The Lion From the North
Disclaimer: I'm not working for Paradox. I'm just trying to help people.
Okay! I'm an idiot and didn't know about Guns, Drums, and Steel. Turns out the "disable Sabaton" button works perfectly fine!
Unfortunately, I'd still like to disable Guns, Drums, and Steel. And I think I'm inputting something wrong into the dlc_load file.
This is my dlc_load file before I run the game:
And this is my dlc_load after I quit the game:
Something is wrong. Is my syntax bad?
Yes, you have too many square brackets. You need:
Code:
{"enabled_mods":["mod/ugc_1867433999.mod","mod/ugc_2127152376.mod"],
"disabled_dlcs":["subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc052_sabaton_soundtrack/dlc052.dlc","subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc031_guns_drums_and_steel/dlc031.dlc","subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc037_guns_drums_and_steel_volume_2/dlc037.dlc"]}
What folder do you mean? I want to disable The Cossacks but I can't figure out what to fill in
I think the folder is "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\cache\dlc". Are the DLCs there in your case?
To disable the cossacks you could use:
Code:
{"enabled_mods":[],"disabled_dlcs":["subscription_dlc/dlc/dlc046_the_cossacks/dlc046.dlc"]}