How to keep a playable copy of 1.0.4 (steam)??

[Dafni]

Okay gang, I have seen this mentioned before, people keep old copies of the game, and sometimes still play the older versions.

Is this also possible through steam?? And if yes, how do I do this? How to keep multiple installs alive??

Is copying the KSP.exe file into another folder already good enough?? Or better yet the whole Kerbal Space Program folder, including CKAN and everything??

Many thanks in advance

-Daf

[Superfluous J]

0) You have to do this before Steam updates.

1) Find your KSP directory. I have no idea where Steam puts it, but if you mod you should know where it is.

2) Right click and copy it in Explorer

3) Navigate somewhere else. I suggest either d:\ if you have it or c:\ksp (create the directory).

4) Right click in that directory and paste. This will copy the ENTIRE KSP install to the new place. It may take quite some time.

5) Never ever run KSP from Steam ever again. Run the version in that folder.

You'll lose Steam tracking of hours and stuff like that but you'll have to decide what's more important, playing older versions or the benefits of Steam.

[Dafni]

Okay, thank you. And what if I want the new version too? You say never ever run from Steam again, this has me confused. How about doing what you said, ie keeping a copy save in another folder, and THEN run it from steam, get the updated and save THAT file again in yet another folder. Would this give me both versions, independent from each other and independent from steam.

In other words, I guess: will steam check my whole computer or just that directory it's allocated to in the first place?

Thanks again

[Streetwind]

Steam only checks the directory it originally installed in.

The way I do it, I have a dedicated KSP folder which includes fresh instances of every single version since I started playing that survived longer than a few weeks... I have 0.23, 0.23.5, 0.24.2, 0.25, 0.90, 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.4 and now 1.0.5.

Whenever KSP updates, I go to Steam, let it install to the Steam library, then navigate there, copy&paste the new fresh install over to my KSP folder, and then tell Steam to uninstall again.

When I want to start a new save, I go to my KSP folder, make a copy of whichever version I want, add desired mods and/or CKAN to that copy, and play with that.

Edited November 10, 2015 by Streetwind

[cantab]

You can make Steam install the previous vesion, it's done through steam's "Beta" system. That won't let you play both though.

[Streetwind]

Nope, cantab: Steam only allows you get get one specific past version. Namely, the last major release in its final form. For 1.0.5, the last major release is... 0.90.

You cannot get 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1 or even 1.0 itself, because those were all minor version steps of the current major release, as is 1.0.5. You also cannot get 0.25, 0.24 and so on, because they are major versions older than 0.90.

Once KSP updates to 1.1, you will no longer be able to get 0.90. Instead you will get 1.0.5 (assuming there are no more hotfixes).

Edited November 10, 2015 by Streetwind

[Alshain]

Nope, cantab: Steam only allows you get get one specific past version. Namely, the last major release in its final form. For 1.0.5, the last major release is... 0.90.

You cannot get 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1 or even 1.0 itself, because those were all minor version steps of the current major release, as is 1.0.5. You also cannot get 0.25, 0.24 and so on, because they are major versions older than 0.90.

Once KSP updates to 1.1, you will no longer be able to get 0.90. Instead you will get 1.0.5 (assuming there are no more hotfixes).

Actually, I think it has more to do with the fact the 0.90 was the last beta. It will likely forever be 0.90.

[cantab]

Nope, cantab: Steam only allows you get get one specific past version. Namely, the last major release in its final form. For 1.0.5, the last major release is... 0.90.

I just checked, and "Previous Stable Release" is now 1.0.4. Basically don't trust the version numbering; look at how Squad have handled it. 1.0.5 is a major release just like 0.23.5 was.

[Streetwind]

I just checked, and "Previous Stable Release" is now 1.0.4. Basically don't trust the version numbering; look at how Squad have handled it. 1.0.5 is a major release just like 0.23.5 was.

Is it now? How unusual, that's the first time I've seen Squad deviate from their usual modus operandi. But I suppose it's a good thing for Dafni

[Batmanpuncher]

1) Open steam

2) Right click on Kerbal Space Program in your games library

3)Go to the Betas

4)Click on the drop down menu and select "use previous stable build"

I think that this will cause it to download 1.0.4 so you can play it.

[Hodo]

Nope, cantab: Steam only allows you get get one specific past version. Namely, the last major release in its final form. For 1.0.5, the last major release is... 0.90.

You cannot get 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1 or even 1.0 itself, because those were all minor version steps of the current major release, as is 1.0.5. You also cannot get 0.25, 0.24 and so on, because they are major versions older than 0.90.

Once KSP updates to 1.1, you will no longer be able to get 0.90. Instead you will get 1.0.5 (assuming there are no more hotfixes).

You can roll back to the last stable release. I did that after the 1.0.5 patch. I still run 1.0.4 and I run steam.