Forced Updates

[AJRimmer Bsc Ssc]

when i tell steam NOT to update until I DECIDE to update i expect it to do as i said.

not start updating whenever i am not looking.
this is why i copy profile and game folders BEFORE starting steam and only play via the games exe, not the steam launcher.

[Señor Brown]

You can opt into Patch 7 through the Betas option in your BG3 game settings.

[AJRimmer Bsc Ssc]

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

You can opt into Patch 7 through the Betas option in your BG3 game settings.

i dont do betas and stick with stablility until the next patch is tested by the players.

players will find more bugs way faster than beta testers do.

[Raz]

Originally posted by AJRimmer Bsc Ssc:

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

You can opt into Patch 7 through the Betas option in your BG3 game settings.

i dont do betas and stick with stablility until the next patch is tested by the players.

players will find more bugs way faster than beta testers do.

Its not opting into a beta... its where you go to revert back to Patch 7 so things work as they did before.

[Mosey]

Last I saw Steam only gives you the option to put off updating until the game is next launched, and if you're launching through Steam it will update.

[Lord Farquad]

Originally posted by AJRimmer Bsc Ssc:

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

You can opt into Patch 7 through the Betas option in your BG3 game settings.

i dont do betas and stick with stablility until the next patch is tested by the players.

players will find more bugs way faster than beta testers do.

this has to be bait right?

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

you like that, i got one for you.
Different game, but this is a true story.
I had two installs, one that was steam, one that wasn't. My steam install was my clean install. My other one was for mods--It was extensively modded, including my own projects.

For years, I had no issues. Steam updated when I told it to. The steam version would update when I launched it, the other one would never update, ever, because when an update would run, it would only update the steam one. For years, I had two separate installs, with two different updates.

Until one day, I didn't. One day, steam somehow found my other install, not even on the same drive mind you, and overwrote it with the newest update *and* updated my steam one too /and i didnt launch either of then/

oh but it gets better. I had backups. Any modder would. All my backups were wiped, including WIP projects. And the ones that weren't were incompatible to the point there was no path forward. I got completely bricked.

I know this isn't a BG3 story. It's a steam updating when it shouldn't story, and the lengths at which its actually capable of updating without your consent.

Just to reiterate, I know what i'm doing, It worked perfect for years; until one day it didn't. The only, and I mean the only way to be 100% sure this never happens is to keep your install on a removable drive that Steam can't see or touch.

[Ares25D]

You actually can't tell steam to not update games. You can only say only update WHEN I launch the game so as soon as you launch the game it will download the update in the background.

If you want to stop updates find this file "appmanifest_1086940.acf" in your steam Directory Right click on it and click properties and check read-only. That will permanently stop updates. This works on any game for steam you just have to identify the right file for what ever game you don't want to update.

the default location for that file is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps

[BabyBold]

Relax and stop being edgy

[Hawke]

There is a guide on how to prevent the updates: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3077201809

Judging by the other forum posts, the update, as expected, has broken the mods and is not stable in general. I suppose, only the sheer number of players with diverse configurations can help to detect more defects, but being a paying tester for a AAA title is decidedly unpleasant.
Also GOG does not auto-update, which is one of its main advantages in comparison to Steam.

[BunnyMann]

The 'don't update until launch' works, assuming you never click the updated button that's now on steam.
I'm still running Cyberpunk 2.13 (because mods) and it's been that way for months.

But if it somehow does get updated, yeah you can always run the last Patch 7 Beta. Not a beta, but using Steams 'beta' function to play, well 'beta' versions in advance..., so I guess they call it 'beta'

[Semipalmated Plover]

Originally posted by AJRimmer Bsc Ssc:

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

You can opt into Patch 7 through the Betas option in your BG3 game settings.

i dont do betas and stick with stablility until the next patch is tested by the players.

players will find more bugs way faster than beta testers do.

Some developers use the Beta function of Steam to go back to a stable version. Read what people are saying to you before replying.