Steam download previous version

This topic has been locked. Vaccation View Profile View Posts. Showing 1 - 15 of 23 comments. Satoru View Profile View Posts. Ogami View Profile View Posts. Older versions would no longer work anyway. Steam only starts with the most current version. Well that's weird. Bc the newest version doesn't work on my PC.

But a backupped 'older' version that I still had on my flashdrive work perfectly. Ironic IMHO. Cathulhu View Profile View Posts. Steam always checks for an updated version on startup and downloads the latest when available. Originally posted by Cathulhu :.

Version numbers 1. Luckily, I have complemented the list with its corresponding version numbers below, so you don't have to guess. Refer to the tables below or alternatively, if there's a new version not listed there then check this list [steamdb.

Choose the version you want and memorize its corresponding Manifest ID - we will be using it next. You can click highlighted items to read patchnotes. Now that we are in the Steam Console, we can start the download of the version you have chosen.

Below is an example for version 1. Now that the download is complete, perform the following: Copy the resulting path you got in the console and paste it into the Windows Explorer's address bar example above.

Go up the directory tree, back to steamapps. Your mods will be removed and can be reinstalled later, but this should prevent obscure issues from occurring.

Now paste the downloaded files into the Beat Saber directory, accepting the overwrite prompt. You have now downgraded the game. If you had mods for older versions, and you have a renamed folder with them e. Alternatively, just open your mod manager and select the version you've downgraded to, downloading and installing your mods again.

Thanks to ioncodes and fifty-six for SteamManifestFixer, which provides a solution similar to the Cheat Engine solution I posted in comments, but all done automatically. The "Play" button does not work after downgrading. Note that the Group is not associated with this Steam Guide in any way. Be sure to read their rules very carefully! StepS [author] 7 Oct pm. The request key rotation system is real, it just hasn't been made mandatory yet. Once the update is pushed to live, they can pull the trigger on the legacy download system stopping working.

That said, they seem to have stated that blocking older downloads is not planned which contradicts what SteamDB has observed. The notice will be kept up for a while after the full update's release so that people can make a good decision if the worst case scenario happens. Peel 7 Oct am. Dear Sirs at Valve please not! Do the needful! Many thanks! StepS [author] 25 Sep am. According to latest information from the Beta client , server-side changes are being made to make downloading older versions of depots near impossible.

The syntax to use this tool is the following: dotnet DepotDownloader. As you can see the tool requires you to enter your steam credentials. Using this tool is up to your responsibility. Some game versions may have duplicate entries. This is not a bug, those versions did have multiple manifest ids. Distance Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Discussions Discord Workshop. Game updates.