RIP Skyrim

[Leo]

1/31/2024 The day my Skyrim died.
- Can't play this game without mods. SkyUI made the god awful outdated UI bearable enough to play. Sad... RIP Skyrim.

[Alex]

Just reroll back to 1.6.640 and lock the updates.

Originally posted by MasterAub:

Hi guys and gals

VERY Important update On How To Revert Skyrim Update

Intended for those who accidentally updated their game.

Reverting to Skyrim Version 1.6.640 / Old CK versions.

Press Windows + R and type steam://open/console, this will open steam console, then you'll have to type in the following commands (proceed by typing one by one):

download_depot 489830 489831 3660787314279169352 <- Game Files Part 1
download_depot 489830 489832 2756691988703496654 <- Game Files Part 2
download_depot 489830 489833 5291801952219815735 <- Game Files Part 3 (SkyrimSE.exe)

download_depot 1946180 1946182 5099162879680505807 <- CreationKit.exe
download_depot 1946180 1946183 1633303557398589581 <- CreationKit Files

Note that the download time will vary per person, but once it's done, you'll have to locate your steam folder, generally at C:\ProgramFiles\Steam\Steamapps\Content, and inside there will be two folders, one will be named app_489830 and the other app_1946180.
The first one is your Skyrim game, the second one is the Creation Kit.

For the Game and the CK:
Now open your Skyrim installation folder and delete everything inside of it, and go to the app_489830 folder previously mentioned; there will be 3 folders inside (depot_489831, depot_489832, and depot_489833), and inside each folder there will be game files. Copy each of the contents to where your Skyrim folder is at (it should be empty before you do this).
Do the same with CK if you're interested in having it. Now go to C:\ProgramFiles\Steam\Steamapps\ and find the appmanifest_489830.acf file, right click on it and click on priorities and set it to read only.
Done.

For the CK ONLY: if you like me manage not to update your Game but forgot about the CK.
Open your Skyrim installation folder and go to the app_1946180 folder previously mentioned; there will be 2 folders inside (depot_1946182, depot_1946183). If you like me only need to revert to the old CK just copy what is in the depots folders to you Skyrim installation folder and press yes when prompted. Upon opening your CK you may or may not get a message saying the CK need to unpack the script files, answer Yes.
If it's not yet done go to C:\ProgramFiles\Steam\Steamapps\ and find the appmanifest_489830.acf file, right click on it and click on priorities and set it to read only.

You're now in 1.6.640 and the game will never update.

I tested this method with the CK and it's working like a charm

Enjoy your gaming time

Good day mate :lunar2019wavingpig::lunar2019coolpig:

[Leo]

Sux that steam doesn't more easily support rolling back. I'm switching my instillation to GOG. GOG has a roll back option.

[theo]

Every time people say SkyUI makes things better I'm genuinely curious what do they mean.
Because it's the same clunky crap console UI but smaller.

[ĿIFE oƒ ƤIE]

Originally posted by theo:

Every time people say SkyUI makes things better I'm genuinely curious what do they mean.
Because it's the same clunky crap console UI but smaller.

Using M&K the UI has been moved to make things far easier to access, with changes to the Favirates Menu and searching items etc. And you can make the.... font... smaller or bigger.

Its just the same with controller though.

[Leo]

Sky UI, It has icons, It sorts everything better, It's not just one long list, it color codes. You can sort by, you can search for items, spells, & it supports some of the older mods with settings, bit outdated though. Pitty it doesn't get updates. It's just such a useful UI.
ht tps://ww w.nexusmods.co m/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12604
- Anywho, the rollback version with Gog works great. got everything ported. & no connection to Bathesda's shop because it's an older build. Pity I wont be tempted to buy mods from Bathesda. Getting my old saves working again is worth rolling back.
- Skyrim on GoG is alive!

[theo]

Dunno, my idea of a PC oriented UI is a freeform window based UI. Not lists with endless amounts of tabs and submenus that serve no purpose other than convenient scrolling with a controller

[MaximumEffort]

Originally posted by theo:

Every time people say SkyUI makes things better I'm genuinely curious what do they mean.
Because it's the same clunky crap console UI but smaller.

Better sorting.
Better visuals.
Search option.
Faster navigation.
Everything you need from a UI.

[Madao]

damn, I can't believe Skyrim is dead

[Mitre]

Not dead... just took an arrow to the knee

[SpeedFreak1972]

Originally posted by Madao:

damn, I can't believe Skyrim is dead

Skyrim is never dead I mean lots of people still play the 2011 version

[John]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Originally posted by Madao:

damn, I can't believe Skyrim is dead

Skyrim is never dead I mean lots of people still play the 2011 version

I might actually go back to that one.

[Leo]

Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Skyrim is never dead I mean lots of people still play the 2011 version

I might actually go back to that one.

I considered it, But there's no DLC. And the GoG version lets you roll back. I took all the mods I purchased from Skyrims mod store and copied them over to the GoG versions mod directory.
- Steam needs to have a roll back option. So many games patch, then you are left with game breaking bugs, and regret that you let the game download the latest patch. I might just be buying my games from GoG for awhile. More stable that way. Don't have to worry about game breaking patches.

[Ilja]

Originally posted by Leo:

Originally posted by John:

I might actually go back to that one.

I considered it, But there's no DLC. And the GoG version lets you roll back. I took all the mods I purchased from Skyrims mod store and copied them over to the GoG versions mod directory.
- Steam needs to have a roll back option. So many games patch, then you are left with game breaking bugs, and regret that you let the game download the latest patch. I might just be buying my games from GoG for awhile. More stable that way. Don't have to worry about game breaking patches.

LE has all the DLCs SE has. They are all hidden, but still in the store. SMR has listed store links for them.

Steam has option to allow players select updates. It does not force updates to games as people think it does. Setting is managed by developer account and Bethesda has decided not to allow it. Difference in GOG is that they seem to have that active as global setting, where Steam grants full control for the relevant developer account.

[UsernameTaken666]

Originally posted by Leo:

1/31/2024 The day my Skyrim died.
- Can't play this game without mods. SkyUI made the god awful outdated UI bearable enough to play. Sad... RIP Skyrim.

RIP Leo. Take care and see you on the other side.

[TwoArmedMan15]

Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Skyrim is never dead I mean lots of people still play the 2011 version

I might actually go back to that one.

That's what I've done. I'm done with having to constantly worry about Bethesda randomly breaking my game and the need for constant mod updates and/or rollbacks. Skyrim Legendary Edition works just fine. New mods are still being released for it too.

"Blah. Blah. Blah. Just set appmanifest to read-only. Blah. Blah." I shouldn't need to do this. Bethesda needs to design a better system for their BethesdaNet that doesn't update the core game every time they release new paid mods that I have no interest in using. They've basically turned Skyrim SE into another "live service" disaster.