Having installed 2 versions of the game

[Rap Buddha]

Hello, is there a way to have installed an old and a new version of the game? I want to try promods, but I must use an older version of the game, because I only own 3 DLCs. However, I'd also like to play TruckersMP sometimes or just my regular save on the newest version. That needs me to switch the game versions and download them every time tho. So, can I have somehow have both versions at the same time?
Thanks for any help.

[xFetusx Block11Radio.ca]

No

[✪Happy Dude✪]

nope all games are uptodate and can never be old installs would make pc crash

[HunterKiller]

You could try by creating a new PC account since, they handle more than on user. Once done, create a game file for it under that user and the game will be installed there. Although, you'll need to have a separate Steam account and log in and purchase the game again. Then, you'll have to separate installs under two different accounts.

I play an old space game and have 5 user accounts and with that, have 25 ships to play in game, instead of, 5 and can have 5 at a time in game when running all 5 accounts at once. By using the 'Switch User' command and if I'm fast enough, I can hunt down people better.

[Underscore_101_3]

Originally posted by 🔥⚡️ The Gamer Guy ⚡🔥:

nope all games are uptodate and can never be old installs would make pc crash

You know you can use older versions of the game, right, just not 2 different versions on the same account.

[Rap Buddha]

Thanks for help guys :)

[Rap Buddha]

Originally posted by Typo Kid:

You could try by creating a new PC account since, they handle more than on user. Once done, create a game file for it under that user and the game will be installed there. Although, you'll need to have a separate Steam account and log in and purchase the game again. Then, you'll have to separate installs under two different accounts.

I play an old space game and have 5 user accounts and with that, have 25 ships to play in game, instead of, 5 and can have 5 at a time in game when running all 5 accounts at once. By using the 'Switch User' command and if I'm fast enough, I can hunt down people better. :B1:

Oh that's interesting! I'm not going to do that, because I won't play the game much, but still, cool!

[morgoth13]

Just install steam twice? Well, I suppose savegames and other data in the documents folder could be an issue, but you should be able to copy the folders around to keep the right one active for whichever version you're playing(possibly pretty important to be accurate about that).

[JR Ridderbeks]

Ever tried 2 profiles? I have one without mods for MP and challenges. The other profile is with mods like promod and many others.

[metpei]

Only way is to have 2 profiles (Promods and MP), then you go properties - beta tab - select game version you want to use and wait to steam "updates" your game. Then when you want to use MP profile, go back properties - beta tab and select current version, wait steam updates game again.
This means a lots of data transfers and waiting, but it's possible.

Edit: steam is stupid with this, it always downloads whole game, doesn't matter if you manually backup game and change right game files before steam starts.

[Madkine]

If you create a second steam account, you can family share with that account so you don't need to buy the game again.

Then for each account you'll need the game installed to a different location so that the two don't over-ride each other.

[metpei]

Originally posted by Madkine:

If you create a second steam account, you can family share with that account so you don't need to buy the game again.

Then for each account you'll need the game installed to a different location so that the two don't over-ride each other.

Not working...

[Rap Buddha]

You missed the point guys. I already have 2 accounts, 1 for promods and 1 for vanilla game/truckersmp. The problem is, that I míst use older version of promods which means using older version of the game. So I have to swap between the current and old version od ETS, that means lots of downloads :/. So far, it looks like it ain't possible

[morgoth13]

You don't need 2 steam accounts(unless you meant you had two game profiles), just 2 clients in different folders. I just installed 1.31 in my alternate client to test it and it worked fine for the few minutes I played. I didn't even replace the Documents ETS2 folder with my backup after I switched back to the current version but that appeared to be working fine too.

If one of them was modded I'd assume it would be best(and maybe required) to copy that folder back and forth depending on which version you are playing just to be safe, but I don't know how any mods affect what gets saved since I haven't got around to trying to set up a modded installation myself. I keep saying I will one day but so it goes.



***Please note that I'm obviously not an authority on what the game might install/access where so anyone who knows for sure please do correct any wrong assumptions on my part. It's also possible that there is a problem that ruins this approach but I've not heard of it yet. I just know it seems to work with a quick test. ETS2 doesn't do cloud saves so that's one less thing to worry about(you have to disable them in at least one version if it does).

As far as I know Steam likes to keep all the important installed files within the Steam directories except a few things that usually go to Documents or AppData. From what I've looked up it's just the Euro Truck Folder in Documents for this game. It'd be nice if you could tell it to save somewhere else so each install could have its own folder without having to copy and replace, but I don't know of a way to do that.

[Rap Buddha]

Originally posted by morgoth13:

You don't need 2 steam accounts(unless you meant you had two game profiles), just 2 clients in different folders. I just installed 1.31 in my alternate client to test it and it worked fine for the few minutes I played. I didn't even replace the Documents ETS2 folder with my backup after I switched back to the current version but that appeared to be working fine too.

If one of them was modded I'd assume it would be best(and maybe required) to copy that folder back and forth depending on which version you are playing just to be safe, but I don't know how any mods affect what gets saved since I haven't got around to trying to set up a modded installation myself. I keep saying I will one day but so it goes.



***Please note that I'm obviously not an authority on what the game might install/access where so anyone who knows for sure please do correct any wrong assumptions on my part. It's also possible that there is a problem that ruins this approach but I've not heard of it yet. I just know it seems to work with a quick test. ETS2 doesn't do cloud saves so that's one less thing to worry about(you have to disable them in at least one version if it does).

As far as I know Steam likes to keep all the important installed files within the Steam directories except a few things that usually go to Documents or AppData. From what I've looked up it's just the Euro Truck Folder in Documents for this game. It'd be nice if you could tell it to save somewhere else so each install could have its own folder without having to copy and replace, but I don't know of a way to do that.

I'll try that, thanks!

[BaldyWookie]

In your library, right click on ETS2 > Options/Preferences > Tab: Beta > select your preferred version ("temporary ...")