How can I rollback to the previous version?

[atalante]

Lately I have been playing Fallout4 with a bunch of mods, so I am using Vortex and F4SE.

Apparently there was an update on Fallout4 (after 10 years^^), which I guess is always a good thing, but I can't start a game now, the script extender for the mods is not compatible with this version.

I really am not interrested in playing the unmodded game, plus I already have clocked over 100 hours with those mods, I would hate to loose all the progress I have done.

I don't know how I can rollback my game, I went in the settings in steam, but there isn't any option to change the branch. Any idea?

[Sir Crashalot]

It isn't ideal but..

https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/4348864383403461684/

[Zuleica]

There is a way of doing it, it's complex and not totally reliable. Look at the Nexxus F4SE page under comments.

Hopefully some empathetic soul at Bethesda will read this and spend the 5-10 minutes to create a 'legacy' branch on Steam. It really is simple, I know from experience.

[Pocok]

Someone made a nextgen update rollback mod :D
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/81462

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by Pocok:

Someone made a nextgen update rollback mod :D
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/81462

Oh, freaking sweet!!!

So funny someone can do this faster than the 5-10 minutes it would take Bethesda to simply make a 'legacy' branch on Steam. LMAO

[バイキング]

If you installed the update, there is no way to rollback. Otherwise there is a way to disable the updates. If you go to the steam directory where the game installed, (steamgames>steamapps) search for appmanifest_377160, set it to read only. Of course turn off automatic updates on steam for this game to. If you start the update but you paused it, you have to get a clean exe and have to change it in the game directory. I think there is some fallout4 exe archives on nexusmods. So when you overwrite the exe to the older version and do all the appmanifest changes, you will be fine, just always launch the game through f4se from vortex. But as i said, if you already installed the update there is no way to rollback anymore.

[atalante]

Thank you guys for being construtive!!

I did manage to rollback on the previous version doing what Sir Crashalot proposed, essentially downloading the previous depots and ,qnuqlly installing them again, then I did what バイキング proposed and set my appmanifest as a readonly to prevent future issues.

I am back in my game and everything is going fine.

I had already done the depot downloading method when I saw the mod option, so I couldn't say anything about it.

Anyway, have an awesome day people, I am going back to the wasteland now :p

[MrCBlower]

Why did you not block the update, so easy and way less hassle.

At least you got it sorted.

[Lupesparza]

Originally posted by Pocok:

Someone made a nextgen update rollback mod :D
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/81462

It's gone, what happened?

[Pocok]

Originally posted by Lupesparza:

Originally posted by Pocok:

Someone made a nextgen update rollback mod :D
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/81462

It's gone, what happened?

Not sure.
There is another on Nexusmods tho.

[Zuleica]

I followed the directions in this post and it worked for me. Just be sure to delete all the creation club files that start with 'cc' or 'CC'.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/4348864563386187726/

[stretch]

Originally posted by MrCBlower:

Why did you not block the update, so easy and way less hassle.

At least you got it sorted.

How do you block updates?
My update settings in Steam give me choices of when to update but none that say 'do not update'.

[Chillin]

Originally posted by stretch:

Originally posted by MrCBlower:

Why did you not block the update, so easy and way less hassle.

At least you got it sorted.

How do you block updates?
My update settings in Steam give me choices of when to update but none that say 'do not update'.

with a game like this you dont run it from its exe. you run it from your mod manager using F4SE. as long as you dont run via the exe or steam. it wont update.

[mthao4]

somebody figured how to roll it back already. Here's the link on Youtube. Give him and the guy who figured it out your thanks. Fortunately my game didn't download so I lucked out. Doubt I would even bother updating mines as the reviews for PC user isn't great. Seems like only console benefited from this Next Gen update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDH0iLo6NyE

[LoafofLobster]

Originally posted by Pocok:

Originally posted by Lupesparza:

It's gone, what happened?

Not sure.
There is another on Nexusmods tho.

Where do I find it?

[Zekiran]

You go to nexusmods.

You select the Fallout 4 game.

You ... use their filters to search. You then READ what comes up for mods of the type or fixes that are hosted there, before installing them on your drive. Because what you find might be needing some specific existing mod, or may have negative reviews or issues even if it works correctly.

If what you want is to play a non Next Gen Updated game, go to GoG and buy the game there, being sure that it is the .163 version. That is the easiest and quickest way.