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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope all the newbies already learned to turn off auto updates

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can't you revert to different versions on Steam?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

only if the dev/publisher/whoever-responsible offers the different versions as available branches in the game's properties. Some do, most don't.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

To be more specific, you can, it's just an esoteric piece of shit mechanism that's way more complicated than it needs to be.

https://framedsc.com/GeneralGuides/steam_update_guide.htm

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3232095313

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)