How to Roll Back The Fallout 4 Next Gen Update and FIX YOUR MODS!! (READ DESCRIPTION) Steam ONLY
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Published 2024-04-25
The reason you might want to do this is because a lot of Mods need Fallout 4 Script Extender to function, and Fallout 4 Script Extender needs to be updated to work with the current version of Fallout 4. As of right now, the update has broken a lot of F4SE's current functions and a lot of native coding used by other mods. This isn't an issue if you roll back to Fallout 4 1.10.163, as that version has been out for years at this point. Finally, something that JUST WORKS.
There are thousands of mods that rely on this as prerequisite to work properly, everything from Extended Dialogue interface to mods like Fallout London or Fallout: Cascadia need Fallout 4 Script Extender to work properly. Fallout 4 Next Gen Update completely destroys this plugin, and will not work with your Fallout 4 install until F4SE is updated. According to the F4SE team, they're unsure of how long this will take since the Fallout 4 Next Gen Update breaks a lot of things in it
This tutorial will show you not only how to Roll back the Fallout 4 Next Gen Update, but how to use Steam Console to download depots, and apply those in order to play an older version of any game on steam's platform.
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I can no longer provide troubleshooting in the comments, but check this link if the FAQ doesn't help:
www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/42147?tab=posts
from @mfvicli
- If you receive a license error, it is because you do not own the season pass. Steam will not allow you to download something you do not own, though they could certainly do better with the explanation in this case.
- Some people reported crashing. The best solution we could come up with was because in those cases, the users had been playing Fallout 4 on a language other than English. The depots mentioned here, and in my video, are all for English. You need to find separate depots for other languages, most of which have been posted to the F4SE Nexus page.
- One user adamantly proclaimed that removing the creation club items was the cause of a series of crashes, and placing them back fixed the issue. I troubleshooted this and could not replicate the issue. 1.10.163 did not come with any creations enabled out of the box, only a few archives. I can only assume this was an unrelated issue.
- Occasionally, the download will fail. I recommended that the users change their Steam server for downloading, then fully close Steam and delete the partial download in the 'content' folder, and lastly restart their computer, and try again.
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"Missing License error"
- This is for the last 3 depots most likely. If so, that's DLC; just proceed as normal and you'll be fine. If you decide to buy the DLC then you'll have to download the appropriate depots.
"I'm getting an entry point error for F4SE"
- Please verify your Fallout4.exe version (right click, Properties), it SHOULD be 1.10.163. If it is, reinstall F4SE. If it isn't, repeat the process, then reinstall F4SE if the issue persists.
"I have no sound/textures"
- Please verify you've merged the Data folders correctly. This is a very important step that cannot be missed (although really all the steps cannot be missed)
"How do I merge the Data folders?"
- Granted, I sort of glossed over this because it's second nature to me as a modder, but just drag and drop the "Data" folder in ALL the depots onto the "Data" folder in the Fallout 4 directory. If asked to replace anything, replace it.
"I did everything but my game just crashes"
- Did you remember to cut (not copy, not drag, group select and right click for "cut") and paste all the files in the "Data" folder that start with "cc"? These are Creation Club files and cannot co-exist with your downgrade version. They'll just crash your game every time.
►►Many thanks to Playzftw7876!!!
How to open the Steam Console:
1. Navigate to your browser's address bar or Steam's address bar and enter this: "steam://nav/console"
2. Enter these depots, download each single one:
download_depot 377160 377162 5847529232406005096
download_depot 377160 377161 7497069378349273908
download_depot 377160 377163 5819088023757897745
download_depot 377160 377164 2178106366609958945
download_depot 377160 435870 1691678129192680960
download_depot 377160 435871 5106118861901111234
download_depot 377160 435880 1255562923187931216
Chapters:
0:00 - Fallout 4 Next Gen Update destroyed everyone's mods
1:47 - How to open the Steam Console
2:08 - How to download Fallout 4 depots from the Steam Console
3:31 - IMPORTANT NEXT STEPS
5:04 - Testing the downgraded Fallout 4 version!
All Comments (21)
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PLEASE READ IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS: Please see this very helpful thread on nexus for any troubleshooting issues you may have www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/42147?tab=posts I'll need to begin working on the next video soon and that will take up the lion's share of my time. I'm sorry I can't help everyone on an individual basis but I'm only one guy doing my own scripting, recording, editing, thumbnails, etc. my plate is already incredibly full without Youtube THE ENTIRE VIDEO IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE WATCH IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ALL TEXT LINES AND IMPORTANT THINGS ARE IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO!! Please try to follow the instructions as closely as possible, you can't deviate or it won't work If you know someone who needs this, send this to them!
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Of course I downloaded fallout 4 for the first time in like 2 years the day this update came out
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I have a burning hatred for Bethesda at this point.
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What a day-saving video. I spent the last few hours looking through other tutorials regarding the same issues and everything else led to crashes. Luckily this worked wonderfully. Thanks for the great tutorial!
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Thank you so much. I accidentally left my PC to wait for my other steam games to update with fallout 4 being the last to be updated, so went in watch a movie in another room to come back to my fallout 4 had Auto updated before I could stop it. This video was a huge help, much appreciated.
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Didn't update, but bigger problem is why in the world can't you just choose between versions of the game like you can with Bannerlord?
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You’re a hero. I wish I would have found you sooner. Wouldn’t have had to go trough this headache. Great video and straight to the point!
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If anyone is having trouble downloading the depots, you may have made the mistake that I did. Be sure to drag each depot out of the original download folder and into the depot folder that you create before you proceed to downloading the next depot. If you don't download and drag them out one at a time, there are a variety of errors that you may see. Also if you start getting any error message when downloading and you're doing them one at a time, be sure to completely close and reopen steam and then open the console again. I found that once an error occurred on download that steam seems to get into a bad state and can't proceed downloading depots until a restart.
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Thanks for getting this up so quick! I'm currently in the process of downloading the depots, because for some reason Steam reverted my update settings back 'always update.'
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I have 8 full days of gameplay on a save with mods that I was playing in and out for a few years and Todd tried to pull a fast one on me but this video saved it. So thank you so much!
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Thanks a million man, at first i thought it didn't work for me but played around with my files and found some files in the wrong place and duplicate files where they shouldn't have been. Everything is working 100%. Why Bethesda insists on breaking their own game and the mods people have worked on for years i will never understand.
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Life saving content. Thank you!!! I almost cried when I saw it finally work and became able to resume my campaign.
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I had to log in to like and say thanks for this video. I thought I had turned off auto-updates but I had not. You and your community totally saved my ass, thank y'all so much!
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Honestly though, this is so good. Easy to follow instructions, and it worked like a charm. Thank you so much!!
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Just followed the tutorial and it's working perfectly! Thank you for that, really useful to watch someone go through the steps!
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As someone who barely understands how to mod, this really helped. Downloaded FO4 for the first time in years deciding to play it for roommates due to the recent show release and this update kinda threw a wrench in our fun. So thank you for the tutorial, was very informative and easy to follow.
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Legendary man. Downloading the 4th depot as we speak. Thanks for the quick turnaround on this.
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This is Fallout community at its best!
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Thank you so much for this video. It actually gave me enough confidence to follow the same guide that was posted in the F4SE nexusmod page haha I was afraid I could've made a mistake
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This is awesome! I just starting replaying Fallout 4 last week and modded for the first time… I saw this fix but I’m new to this and love this video
