How to download older versions of Scrap Mechanic

[gamelux]

Hi, I would like to play older versions of Scrap Mechanic, so I have a question - how can I download an older version of the game and is it possible at all?

Pz. Thomas

[AlexTECPlayz]

Officially, you can only download versions 0.5.1 and 0.3.5 by right clicking on Scrap Mechanic in your Steam Library > Properties > Beta > choose either 0.5.1 (Previous version) or 0.3.5 (Last version before survival release). No other versions can be downloaded.

[Kajetan1209Yt]

do like Alex did

[gamelux]

AlexTEC Playz,
I found exactly what you described.
Great, thank you very much for your help.
Kajetan1209Yt,
Thank you very much.

[gamelux]

Request for information, what to do to access Beta 0.4.0?
In Steam Library > Properties > Beta > there is an option to enter a private beta code, unfortunately I haven't seen anyone sharing such codes anywhere.
There is also steamdb.info but I don't know if it is possible to download an older version from here.

[AlexTECPlayz]

Originally posted by gamelux:

Request for information, what to do to access Beta 0.4.0?
In Steam Library > Properties > Beta > there is an option to enter a private beta code, unfortunately I haven't seen anyone sharing such codes anywhere.
There is also steamdb.info but I don't know if it is possible to download an older version from here.

You can't. There's no private beta codes published by Axolot, and judging by SteamDB's information, there are no branches with other versions outside 0.3.5 and 0.5.1. SteamDB doesn't offer any ways to download files from there, it's just a database showing information.

[Deniel_Ro13]

Originally posted by AlexTECPlayz:

Originally posted by gamelux:

Request for information, what to do to access Beta 0.4.0?
In Steam Library > Properties > Beta > there is an option to enter a private beta code, unfortunately I haven't seen anyone sharing such codes anywhere.
There is also steamdb.info but I don't know if it is possible to download an older version from here.

You can't. There's no private beta codes published by Axolot, and judging by SteamDB's information, there are no branches with other versions outside 0.3.5 and 0.5.1. SteamDB doesn't offer any ways to download files from there, it's just a database showing information.

Umm but there is no 0.5.1 there is only 0.3.5, 0.6.6 and the newest one are you sure that there is no other versions?

[Khaylain]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/611h5e/guide_how_to_download_older_versions_of_a_game_on/

First, this is all made possible because SteamDB keeps track of updates to all games, so as long as the version you want was available after the game has been publicly released, this should work.

Visuals: https://imgur.com/a/gBLJO

1. Go to SteamDB[steamdb.info], and search up your game.
   
2. Click on the app ID of the game you're looking for to go to its details page.
   
   
3. Take a look at the depots, and click on the depot ID of the one that looks like the one you want to download.
   
   
4. Click on the Manifests tab. Look at the list and find the version that you want to download. Record its manifest ID.
   
   
5. Open the [url]Steam console
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6. The syntax to the "download_depot" command is as follows:
   
   

   download_depot <appid> <depotid> [<target manifestid>] [<delta manifestid>] [<depot flags filter>] : download a single depot

   
   You only need to worry about the first three arguments to it. Type the command, then the app ID, depot ID, and the manifest ID of the depot version you want. Finding the right IDs can be difficult to begin with.
   
   
7. Wait for Steam to download the depot. You won't see any indication of progress, but you can tell it's downloading by looking at the network usage on your downloads page. The download can pause/resume if your connection goes out, but won't if you restart the client.
   
   
8. After the download is done, Steam will show you where the files were downloaded to.
   
   
9. Go to the game's installation directory, and move the files somewhere else. Then go to where the depot files were downloaded to, and move everything over to the game folder.
   
   
10. You may have to rename the game's EXE file if the dev changed the launch options recently. You can find the current EXE name by going to the game's SteamDB page and clicking on the Configuration tab.
    
    
11. You should now be able to launch the old version through Steam.

Note that game updates will make a mess of things, so if you want to stay on the same version, you should make a copy of the files so you don't have to download them again after Steam's done trying to update.