How to download new update

[User_1234]

Hi so KSP 1.11 just came out and I'm unsure how to download it. I downloaded the Upgrade patches and the Installer, but when I open the game it doesn't show that it is updated. My file with all my KSP stuff says that it was last updated today, meaning that I did download it. What am I doing wrong here? Oh and um I'm not using steam, I'm using the developers website.

Edit: I did run the patch file, and I can't run the installer. For the patch file, I chose to install the update on the file where my KSP originally is located.

 

Edited December 18, 2020 by User_1234

[OHara]

I understand you to mean 'KSPInstallerx64-1.11.0.exe' (or some similar name) when you say 'the installer'. 

You need to run (execute) that file in order to unpack all the files for KSP.   That installer program will then let you choose the directory where you want the new KSP to be installed. 

Many of us here choose a new directory when a new version is available.  Then we copy the old settings.cfg and copy our saved games into the new directory.  Sometimes the rules change or bugs appear, and we want to be able to go back to the old version of KSP.

The upgrade patches are a different way to get the new version.  You do not need to use the upgrade patch if you downloaded the Installer.  (Those of us on slow internet connections can save time by downloading relatively small patch, and then letting it change what it needs in the KSP installation we already have.)

[User_1234]

Thank you so much! It works now!

Edited December 18, 2020 by User_1234