Revert back to older version...

[CrazyFinger]

Is it possible for CO to offer a version that was running before SH release... All my mods are updated for it, but my games still don't open. I made no changes to anything so I know my mods were working before the update... This happens on all my saves. Also, if anyone could help me that would be great.

[Verullus Forgefire]

You can't and it won't ever be possible for this game.

[wake me up before you doto]

i would also be interested

[sparkyga]

Even if it was possible to run older version of core game, now mods themselves have started updating. So the mods would have issues running against older game. (not the same issues as old mods running on new game, would be different issues)

One of the reasons old versions arent maintained, it would make mods lives that much harder, as mods would then need to maintain forward /and/ backward compatibility as well. Either though versioning, or complicated internal logic to deal with multiple versions.

[leftbehind]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2034713132

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2037862156

[Master Exploder #fixtf2]

why not, the new update broke the game for me

[Ravenous]

Originally posted by J. Koppány (hun):

why not, the new update broke the game for me

same here ... ever since 17.1 i basically have stopped playing cause it sucks now

[A JANITOR]

there are 2 ways to revert back to old version
1 backups
2 steamdb but backup appdata local game folder


once the games current bugs are fixed and all ya mods are updated..
simply backup the steam workshop downloads folder somewhere with the cs1 zip files in it
backup the game folder
backup the paradox/co appdata local folder=after each time ya play to keep saves current
now unsub from everything on the workshop (this will prevent mod updates being updated in older version of game)

when game gets updated n everything is borked as per usual
permanently disable this unwanted game breaking garbage=
steam cloud sync(now it cant reinstall corrupt saves or screw up everything in ya library)
open game folder=delete everything
open appdata local paradox/co game folder n delete everything in that too (new game update corrupted the old update data)

place backup appata local game folder in appdata local folder

google cities skylines steamdb
login to steamdb (make sure your steam client is still running)
select a previous game version of cs1 aka the update before the latest update=
press the install button
steam will proceed to install the previous game update (now that it is linked to steam and it now knows you own the game)
right click game in library=properties
updates=choose never
get rid of paradox launcher if it hounds ya to update game esp if it won't let ya play old version


google how to install steam workshop mods in the epic store version of cs1
copy zip files from backed up steam workshop downloads folder and manually install mods in appdata local game folder (same way ya install mods in epic store version)

start game=
play old game update with old version mods

one can indeed revert to any version of any game you purchased on steam via steamdb
if steam still tries to update game=
open game folder=search steam
backup all files with steam in its name
usually these 3=
steamappi.dll
steamappi64.dll
steamworks.txt
delete said files from game directory (all steam next fest demo's run without steam running too years after next fest ended esp if it runs on unity years after dev deleted or removed sdaid demo etc=works on refunds and playtest private beta test you name it as long as said game has no drm or multiplayer server)
start game from exe file=game runs without steam running just like pretty much everything that runs on unity runs without steam running if said files are missing
now steam will never be able to update the game or install mods now that ya broke the play button and the update button in ya steam library for cs1
add exe file as non steam game make custom artwork=bye bye cash grab updates lets build a city for 6 years with no worries at all now that nothing will break ya city ever again now that you have successfully prevented this from happening ever again=
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2974705111


refrain from installing updated mods from steam workshop downloader dot io n ya wont corrupt ya backwards old version game update
doesn't take an idiot to figure that out=GOOGLE IT

happy trails now that steam can no longer update the game or its mods esp since ya can't disable updates in the epic store version that was free on the epic store=
muhwahahaha

steam db also good if ya just wanna play good old vanilla with no mods no bugs or game breaking airport crashes or borked trucks stuck in warehouses either now that ya reverted to a game update that is not broken as balls=LOL too easy n you can also revert dlc updates from steam db too...
login to steam db with ya steam username n password n verify ya steam guard to get in=common sense is rare these days but steam db wont work if ya didn't buy the game

steam cloud sux
usb stics are wonderful things but sadly most people forgot to backup the games files along with its mods before the game got updated then ya wouldn't need to revert with steam db then would ya

lots of stupidity vs wanna play latest update n it crashes=
stupid cloud brick game or broken mods etc
how fix dat=
disable steam cloud in steam global settings permanently=yay now cloud wont screw up every game in ya library over n over again cuz thats been broken since 2013 n cloud corrupts ya games after game updates
unsub from all mods
open game folder=delete everything
open the games appdata local folder=delete everything in that too
now verify the game cache=
to get a clean install n start a new game with no crashes after paradox fix the bugs in cs1 15 years after cs2 was released:)

[A JANITOR]

Whew!
lol

I'm sure :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2744950051

lol 1 thing with that demo=how did I upload a screenshot to that games forum months after the developer deleted the steam next fest demo and i still havn't bought that game yet????
any why can i play next fest demo's years after it got removed by dev?
more fun than staring at ya wishlist for 6 years while ya wait to buy the full version

sounds like some people esp those born after the year 2000 are too stupid to read more than 3 lines of txt these days xd as each day passes said people get dumber n dumber from staring at fakebook all day
lol does cs1 have an ability to read mod=LOL

[A JANITOR]

That's why you backup your files before you try anything=lol common sense died in the year 2000 esp after reading this forum=whaaa its broken=
who cares if its broken you google how to fix it don't ya
Then you have the option of switching between say 3 different versions of cs1 like I can but ya need 3 different appdata local game folders for each version n if you also have the epic store version it will share the current steam version of the appdata local folder along with the same save games and you can copy paste and unpack steam workshop mods in the epic store version too cuz I play both of em but ya can't reverse the epic version as epic store forces updates so ya gotta use a different appdata local game version folder for each different version of the game 🎯..
say your pc has 3 different windows users sharing the same steam account
now you have 3 different windows users and 3 different versions of the game to play now that you can play the current borked version the last buggy warehouse edition or the one before that as that one works properly..
But I am on the current updated versions on steam and epic n when the bugs get fixed I will be switching back to a backup version after disabling steam from updating the game or its mods so then the next update can't screw it up after it fails to install while I disabled steam from updating the game
Lol even steam has an option in steam settings that says
Backup game files and even blind Freddy knows how to use a USB stick if ya couldn't be bothered using the backup files button in steam
Bahahaha n whats even funnier is the game runs of said usb sticks too with 16 gb ram and no page file
no cloud no crashes and it still works even if the internet is disconnected even if steam is down and unreachable it still works
But yeah steam db will revert any game update especially if there is no options to do so and you only using steam to install it if you bought it on steam or got it for free on steam as for steam db to work it has to verify your steam id that you actually own the game to begin with but a handy tool especially if the developers broke da game in the latest update
99.9% of next fest demos along with this game run without steam running after ya nerf the steam files n if the launcher complain about it n won't let you play from the games exe file then that's when ya read the steam guide on this forum that says how to disable the launcher not that I have ever had to disable the launcher as you can still login to ya paradox account
As long as you got said game from the steam store then it will work
Nerfing the steam files just turns it into the gog version xd as long as said game has no DRM it will run without steam running letting you play your steam backups while it breaks the steam play button and disables steam from updating the game or its mods...
From memory I pretty sure ya gotta rename steam saves for the epic store version to load steam saves cuz that works too
Backup all ya mods then unsubscribe to all mods
Copy paste n manually unpack said mods in the games appdata local game folder in its mods folder 📁
This game can read mods from 2 locations as one is the steam workshop folder in steam n the other will only read it from appdata files now that ya backup is an offline version with the steamworks files missing...
Now steam workshop can't update the mods cuz ya subbed to nothing on da workshop and it can't update the game either
Way too easy then ya play the version that isn't broken 💔 for years instead of swearing at it after every single mod breaking airport screwing warehouse truck jamming cash grabbing DLC game update 😭

lol this game has been plagued with oh so many mod screwing game bricking updates over the years its pretty easy to google a solution xd n besides if game updates always screw it up as per usual its common sense to back it up before it gets screwed up in the 1st place...
then ya won't have to wait 3 years for it to get fixed

lol who needs a traffic mod when the game has default 1 way roads=
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2903605483
and no bus service let alone 1 single rounderbout or a single taxi and no fancy intersections when ya force all traffic to pay the toll twice vs say 20 toll booths on the way in and out of ya city vs 1 way roads n they still pay the toll after driving through the 1 way road troll toll 20 times on each side just to drive from 1 side of ya city to the other side so they can't turn around n drive the other way vs using nothing but default 1 way straight roads and train tracks on the entire map to direct all ya traffic so it flows like a river with no stopping when every single traffic light 🚦is permanently green even after I forced em all to drive around the rim of this games largest poo volcano 🌋 that flows out off the side of the map that is way bigger than the games deepest ocean with an unlimited supply of fresh water in a desert snow biome vs a gazillion water pumps..
great way to make ya city cash skyrocket without ever going broke cuz sims don't complain about toll booths while ya force all ya sims to drive everywhere driving up the demand while ya force em to pay the troll toll twice even if they don't leave your city now that game updates can't screw it up ever again..
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2744206480
It goes pretty good when you force 20 million cars to drive through said toll
If CS2 is missing all of the cs1 DLC in the base game then I sure as hell not going to buy CS2 when history repeats itself again vs paying for the DLC troll toll.

[A JANITOR]

This latest one is basically done, barring a few cargo and a few other issues being closed out.
even after that update happens when cs2 gets released to get rid of that cs2 countdown timer and the qr code bs treasure hunt cuz it not gonna be this games final update even after cs2 is released
It might work fine for me but I totally agree with the op n several other people here along with everyone else who is sick of fixing game crashes after they got scammed hundreds of dollars only to be left with a game that won't start anymore 😭

It's easy to fix this game yourself

lol we all know how many updates and unwanted dlc's its gonna take to fix that cuz every update always breaks something esp after it wasn't broken to begin with=nup they screw it up anyway as per usual n its just like groundhog day with this dev team and thats when mod creators just give up on fixing mods too esp since 99% of this games steam workshop is now broken outdated abandonware that works fine in old game updates reviving more than a half dead workshop of mods to choose from to match the game version one reverted to.
we wouldn't have borked airports if we didn't get a silly treasure hunt lol n that qr code bs and that countdown timer for cs2 will get patched out when that countdown timer reaches 0 n the game crashes then what will be broken next when that happens n half the industry dlc has yet to be fixed since that released let alone stuck trucks lol n that probly get fixed after cs2 comes out n how long are we gonna wait for cs1 to finally get fixed while devs only update cs2 with yet another way overpriced dlc farm that will cost over $600 just like cs1 has and cs2 a rip off at $89 aud with a fake CGI trailer on the steam store that was made in unreal engine when CS2 Unity actually looks the same as cs1 n that probly end up with $3000 in dlc (half of which will be copied n pasted workshop mods just like cs1) this time after they get a much bigger cash cow to milk to death..
no way will i buy cs2 when its easy to fix cs1 and i am not in the mood to get scammed twice esp if all the cs1 dlc is missing from the cs2 base game n ya have to pay for it all over again at 3 times the price=scam

whats next in app purchases or a monthly subscription with direct debits to aperay ya bank way below $0 till ya got nothing left not to mention having to buy it all just to get all the friggin steam achievements...thank Christ for SAM
broken blimps again or broken deathcare again after we cop another paid dlc and more useless radio stations that mysteriously bork something else that has nothing to do with music after devs still milk bone marrow out of whats left of the cash cow skeleton after saying 3 updates ago that it would be the last update n they should have saved that hotel dlc for cs2 along with the stupid treasure hunt that probably leads to a very insulting overpriced discount for SC2 instead of milking the cash cow skeleton into a pile of dust when that silly countdown timer could have been added to the CS2 steam store page instead of being injected into cs1 like malware that has now delayed cs1's final update until way after CS2 comes out while this greedy company continues to flog the dead horse using so called bugs as an excuse to continue flogging the dead horse with even more unwanted DLC updates...

keep dreaming while they milk the pile of dust n break it on purpose n when ya buy all the dlc it mysteriously fixes itself while everyone who didn't buy all the dlc complains that its still broken
kinda strange that my airports are working n so are my trains n trucks never got stuck in my cargo hubs=hmmmm but since i got milked dry i can't afford to buy cs2
lol what if cs2 gets delayed n ya gotta wait another year for that cs1 countdown to cs2 timer to get removed or updated causing something else to get broken for another year after we got a treasure hunt that makes ya scan qr codes that take you to a 404 not found broken website anyway cuz it doesn't work at all and a countdown timer nobody asked for while devs overload this games already overloaded game engine with so much none of us asked for to the point it runs at 4 fps instead of 60 fps on ones nasa pc when it used to take 30 seconds to load ya save on a potato from 1998 instead of half n hour on a glow in the dark spaceship hovering on ya desk while it cries for help while ya over sized page file is thrashing your ssd or hdd causing damage to ya storage hardware resulting in a very early death of said storage devices n that's after it cooks ya ram n makes ya new gpu cry while its fans sound like an amazon delivery drone while all ya ue5 games run with dead silent fans at 186 fps and no page file....

crazyfingers the op asked a question
Revert back to older version...????????????????????????????????????????
i posted the answser esp since it went strait through your ear n out the other peterslee9 or should I say Pete Repeat after ya quote every post like a deaf brain dead parrot cuz polly does not want a cracker let alone having to read ones bible twice while listening to a broken record


steam can't screw it up if steam can't update it can it without resorting to piracy cuz ya got it from the steam store weather its the latest update or the update from 6 years ago it still works
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wait for it wait for it=
another useless post that has nothing to do with the question the op asked an answer for
jesus wept there are way too many clowns on steam cuz peterslee9 you make a good jester and even after the latest game update that's full of even more bloatware has yet to chuck that null object reference error

Lol the older the cs1 version the more fun it is to play now that everything actually fits on the map minus a boatload of unwanted overpriced crap
while 9 out of 10 players update the positive review they wrote into a negative review after this game became an overpriced DLC farm with way too many DLC's along with every game breaking game update after everyone got sick to death of spending more time fixing the dam game than the hours playing it .

Reverting to an old version solves that problem=bonvoyage DLC cash grab
Hello playable game 🎮