How to play modded post update

the recent update has made it so that mods as they currently stand are unplayable. (this is to be expected when a game updates) This guide will explain how you can still enjoy the old mods post update.

Beta Branch

As of 2024/3/25 you can now access the old build of ROUNDS via a beta branch. To do so, right click on the game in steam. Select properties, then beta, and under Beta Participation set it to "old-rounds-for-mods"

this is all you need to do, steam will download the old version and you can continue playing mods as normal without worrying about updates. To get back to the current version simply revert the setting.


The rest of the guide will remain here for historical reasons, but is no longer needed.

Important

Please read the entire guide before continuing. Doing just step 1 will not be enough to get mods working.

Downloading the old version.

To start with, you will need to open the steam console. you can do so by pressing Win + R and typing

 steam://open/console 

into the run dialogue box. alternatively pasting this into the url bar of your web browser should work.

once you do that, you should see a CONSOLE tab at the top of steam. click it and enter the command

 download_depot 1557740 1557741 8703385561169526803 

This will tell steam to download the old build of rounds. it should print out

 Downloading depot 1557741 (325 MB) ...  

and then eventually (this may take a long time, and steam will provide no feedback till it is done) something similar to

 Depot download complete : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\content\app_1557740\depot_1557741" (300 files, manifest 8703385561169526803)  

Make note of the location, it will be needed for the final section of this guide.

Configuring the mod manager.

I was going to write here about how you can now change the rounds directory to the newly downloaded version inside of the mod manager by going to Settings > Locations > Change ROUNDS directory. But it turns out, that setting does seemingly nothing... not on R2 or on Thunderstore.

Downgrading

As of right now, you have to chose between being able to play modded and being able to play vanilla. To play modded you must overwrite the game's files with the ones you downloaded during part 1. Right click on ROUNDS in steam, go to manage > browse local files. delete everything in that folder, then copy the files over from the depot you downloaded. you will now have the old 2021 build of rounds. If you ever want to go back to playing vanilla, simply tell steam to uninstall then reinstall the game.

Video Version

A user by the name of Galllaxy made a video of the guide that you can follow along with if you need.

[TheNamelessThing]

My friend and I tried it. We succeeded and the mods work for me, but not for him. We can play together without mods (I don't think you can play together if they are not the same version of the game)

[wesleyinelsen]

i need help moding

[THLOD1Y]

It's not working. It's still launching vanilla

[Boiled one]

thunderstore

[Canonymous]

Amazing guide, thanks! But now I am facing the problem that my controller does not work, Keyboard and mouse work just fine, but maybe it just doesn't see my controller anymore?

[『 Root 』]

you can revert the downgrade by using the "Verify integrity of game files." option in steam

[24martiq]

This didn't work for me, and instead it will open the game and will just crash

[yuh uh]

is there any way to revert the changes?

[[Даня]]

Hi, FI AS KO is my second account. Yes, I saw that the translation had already been done, but I really didn't like the way it was written. For me, a Russian-speaking person, your guide was more understandable than what my compatriot did. So I literally did the same thing you did, keeping the formatting.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3180091227

[『 Root 』]

Hey FI AS KO, As far as i can tell, someone already did here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166272106
but also, feel free. anything to make this more accessible to more people the better