The New Method for Downpatching
4 years ago
United States

(if you run into any problems with this please join the discord and ask https:/​/​discord.​gg/​JKjt9a4 )

The old way of down patching has been removed. depot_download in the steam console no longer works.

There are open source tools that get around this new change in order to download the data. https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases It's slightly more complicated because you have to download the script and run it through the command line but ill go through it step by step.

you will need .net core download it here: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/current/runtime

(assuming windows don't have a mac to test please go to discord and im sure we can figure something out if you can't)

1.you go to the github page link click releases and then download depotdownloader-2.3.3.zip (or the latest version if 2.3.3 is no longer the latest update later commands accordingly)

2. exctract the file and put it in your desktop so you should have an extracted "depotdownloader-2.3.3" file on your desktop.

3. then you have to navigate a command terminal to the file you extracted.

You can open a command window by hitting the windows key or hitting the windows button in the bottom left and typing "cmd" this should open a command prompt in C:\Users<your username> then to go to desktop you do "cd Desktop" then "cd depotdownloader-2.3.3" to enter the depot downloader file you extracted to your desktop

4. now you can run the "dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app <app id>(219990) -depot <depot id> -manifest <manifest id> -username <your username> -password <your password>"

if you don't want to give it your steam username/password you can create a new account with nothing just to download the stuff

now i will re-put the old manifests and depots into the new command:

Currently used manifests and commands:

Grim Dawn 1.1.3.1 <-- Used for current (as of 01-Oct-19) Normal and Ultimate FG and Normal Vanilla runs (NMG) (changelog for the main patch: patch notes ). Datetime for these varies, I presume there were no changes for AoM content in hf1, so there's no manifest present in SteamDB

[quote] -Main game- July 3, 2019 – 01:28:12 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 219991 -manifest 7604955354214690977 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] [quote] -Ashes of Malmouth- June 20, 2019 – 16:44:23 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 642280 -manifest 8744166860860677344 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] [quote] -Forgotten Gods- July 3, 2019 – 01:28:12 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 897670 -manifest 3239358297670288221 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] Grim Dawn 1.0.0.5 Hotfix 2 <-- Used for Normal Any% MG (all of the major glitches working; XP rewards in crucible buffed compared to earlier versions, allowing for faster leveling in cruci [quote] -Main game- August 24, 2016 – 16:57:04 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 219991 -manifest 7220805061128482291 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] [quote] -Crucible- August 24, 2016 – 16:57:04 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 483840 -manifest 6332495537995932686 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote]

Grim Dawn 1.0.5.1 <-- Used for Normal AoM Any% NMG (the latest version to have charge attack cancelling working [quote] -Main game- March 1, 2018 – 19:10:47 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 219991 -manifest 7158761182572802388 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] [quote] -Ashes of Malmouth- March 1, 2018 – 19:10:47 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 642280 -manifest 7444582062876989926 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] The following manifests weren't tested (my route for AoM doesn't make use of Crucible). In case of any problems please leave a comment. [quote] -Crucible- March 1, 2018 – 19:10:47 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 483840-manifest 8883781784202531121 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote] [quote] -AoM Crucible- March 1, 2018 – 19:10:47 UTC

dotnet depotdownloader.dll -app 219990 -depot 642281 -manifest 7634561267123704271 -username <your username> -password <your password> [/quote]

General instructions for downpatching are here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/611h5e/guide_how_to_download_older_versions_of_a_game_on/ how to find depots and manifest ect.

Quick note: If you're downpatching the game on Steam I would HIGHLY recommend setting the game to update only when launched. (Right click on game name in library, Properties, Updates tab, select "Only update this game when I launch it" in the topmost box) If you see that a patch is required, switch out the downpatched version for the current patch version you've surely saved as a backup before launching the game, otherwise you'll have to do this all over again.

Edited by the author 4 years ago
gribboro likes this