How to roll back to a previous build of Total War: WARHAMMER III

[CA_KingGobbo]

Greetings!

We hope you're enjoying the latest updates to Total War: WARHAMMER III!

We understand that changes implemented in patches and hotfixes can affect your current campaign playthroughs, and may not immediately function with your favourite mods until the mod creator has been able to update it accordingly. To ensure that our players have the best gaming experience possible, we'd like to make you aware that there is an option to rollback to a previous build of the game within Steam itself.

Here's how you can do it:

• Open your Steam client and go to your Library.
  
• Right-click on Total War: WARHAMMER III and select 'Properties'.
  
• Navigate to the 'Betas' tab.
  
• In the drop-down menu, you will find two rollback options: 'rollback_1' and 'rollback_2'. Each corresponds to a different previous build of the game. Select the one you prefer.
  
• Steam will then download the necessary files to revert to the selected build.

(You can redownload the latest version at any time by repeating the steps above and selecting 'None' in the Betas dropdown.)

There are some things to note when doing this:

• While in a rollback build, you may not have access to the most recent updates or multiplayer compatibility with the latest version. We recommend checking the specific changes within our release notes for each rollback option.
  
• Any mods that have already been updated to work with later builds may cause functionality issues with older builds. We recommend paying attention to which of your mods have already been updated to avoid any functionality issues.
  
• Saves created on a later version of the game should not be used on a rollback build as they may not be compatible. We always recommend creating a backup of any save files before trying them on a different build.

Thank you all for your continued support and feedback which is helping us make Total War: WARHAMMER III better with every release.

See you on the battlefield!

—The Total War Team

[kev53183]

i want to ask because im not sure if you guys realize this, but you guys are only leaving the previous 2 builds in the rollback feature. So l was on a build not even 5 months old but becasuse you guys keep hotfixing the game it automatically updated my game to the newest rollback 2 and removed my 4.0 build. i guess you guys only leave the previous 2 builds up? im not understanding this.....is there a reason why you guys cant leave all the previous builds up? instead of just 2? so now everytime you hotfix the game it shuffles the rollbacks.........please fix this. i just dont understand why you had to remove the 4.0.6 build and replace it with 4.1.1..........is the box to tiny to fit all the builds? you guys are gonna confuse people if you keep shuffling the builds in the rollback feature. at one time you guys would keep all the builds in the rollback feature. i actually played my game for almost a year on one build until the chaos dwarf update and you guys starting shuffling the rollbacks. i love this game and i dont know whats up with everyone elses game but mine doesnt crash i very rarely see major game breaking bugs so you dont have to ever update my game............im very pleased with mine. the only thing that makes me upset is when you remove rollback builds and ruins 8 of my saved games. There is a chance i could be missing something and you guys have hidden the 4.0 rollbacks build.......but then why did my game auto update to 4.1.1?

[firemind521]

i had the same problem. wanted to stay on
4.0.7 and got autoupdated. Would be very nice, if there were more old patches.

[Capitalismus]

Same problem here, save game with 4.0.7, but unable to continue with that version as it is not available. Any way to fix this?

[Cykelmyg]

Having the same problem, playing a multiplayer game with 2 friends using mods. We started it on 4.0.7, now we cant start the game... pretty sad to loose a game after many hours of gameplay...

[mihai]

The game-breaking battle deployment bugs introduced in 4.1.0 and still not fixed 2 hotfixes later make the game completely unlplayable to me. Now you also removed my option to roll back to 4.0.7.

If you're breaking the game and not allowing me to play a stable version could I just get a refund please? The product I paid for is no longer available.

[kev53183]

its funny they get on here to remind people and tell them how to rollback but the rollback feature is constantly changing. I couldnt even imagine how confusing that would be for a new person.....they start a campaign then the next day its corrupted lol.....then they start another campaign.....two days later new update corrupted again........fix this......this is more important than patches and hotfixes.......especially if you are going to update the game every two weeks. i just had to delete 22 campaigns that i was around 100 turns into.....lol.....i know a bit excessive but i shouldnt have to change the way i play because they wanta update every two weeks.........this has nothing to do with mods.......most of my mods are just quality of life mods that dont need updating.

[Atomsk]

What a super useful pin this topic has been

[GeekSmasher]

Please keep previous versions of roll backs up. They aren't too useful when they are removed and I have to update my game regardless.

[SidewalkOfPain]

Just got forced out of my 3.1 rollback.
Could you please just keep the old versions up for the people that have the game in a state they like and don't really care too much for the new updates?

[Skurio]

Originally posted by SidewalkOfPain:

Just got forced out of my 3.1 rollback.
Could you please just keep the old versions up for the people that have the game in a state they like and don't really care too much for the new updates?

Especially as mac and linux get shafted with automatic workshop update to versions they cant play.

[Minoan98]

since the 4.1.3 update I am getting the grey screen when I launch the game I have tried rollback to 4.1.2 and 4.1.2 and no difference. This has happened before and I fixed it but I cant remember what I did??

[mmmyestoast]

Wish there was rollback to 4.0. Ever since 4.1 game crashes within 5 mins of play. Could be campaign map,battle or end turn. 3000 hours over all 3 games,no issues. Since 4.1 its unplayable

[kohldkuttz]

This last update Deathmaster Snitch hit my Lokir 3 turns in a row with 4 armies on turn 27! Plague catapults and warpfire throwers on easy skirmish campaign, normal battles. Chatgpt turned up the heat!

[Björn]

previous build??? i do not even want this build...

[Peekaboo]

Volley of Kurnous on hawkriders with the Sisters of Twilight faction is now broken after 4.1
Please fix as they are my favorite faction to play.