TUTORIAL: how to downgrade to update 8 (assuming you want to still do mods) WORKS FOR STEAM ONLY.
WRITTEN FOR WINDOWS 10/11.
So, you still want to play your massive satisfactory plus save game? I got you covered
(also server mods ur welcome to pin this if you think thats useful)
To downgrade your normal steam install to update 8:
1: Open steam console by pressing win+R and entering steam://open/console
2: Paste "download_depot 526870 526871 3783838377491884235" (without the quotation marks) into the steam console and hit enter. This is going to take ages and will NOT show any indicator that it is downloading. (if you want to double check, go to https://steamdb.info/depot/526871/manifests/ and copy the comand for the manifest from 12 December 2023. it should match, but if it doesnt, the one from there is the correct one)
3: When the download is finished, it's going to output a message to the console window that says the file path that it downloaded to. By default it should go to /steamapps/temp in your steam library (if you have more than one steam library, it may go to one of them rather than the normal steam folder)
4: Open that file location in file explorer (or just make a note of it). You need it for step 6
5: Go into your steam library, navigate to Satisfactory and click on the gear icon. Select "Manage", then "Browse local files".
6: Delete everything except the three text files in the main satisfactory folder (pictured in attachment). Copy the files from the folder you opened in step 4 into it
7: At this point, you have successfully downgraded. you may need to rename FactoryGame.exe to FactoryGameSteam.exe or vice versa but you should be able to use SMM to install mods and run the game as normal. I believe SMM checks the game version and installs compatible mods, but as mods update you may need to manually select versions.
if you want to have both update 8 and the 1.0 version at the same time, see the message I sent under this (curse you character limit):
So, you still want to play your massive satisfactory plus save game? I got you covered
(also server mods ur welcome to pin this if you think thats useful)
To downgrade your normal steam install to update 8:
1: Open steam console by pressing win+R and entering steam://open/console
2: Paste "download_depot 526870 526871 3783838377491884235" (without the quotation marks) into the steam console and hit enter. This is going to take ages and will NOT show any indicator that it is downloading. (if you want to double check, go to https://steamdb.info/depot/526871/manifests/ and copy the comand for the manifest from 12 December 2023. it should match, but if it doesnt, the one from there is the correct one)
3: When the download is finished, it's going to output a message to the console window that says the file path that it downloaded to. By default it should go to /steamapps/temp in your steam library (if you have more than one steam library, it may go to one of them rather than the normal steam folder)
4: Open that file location in file explorer (or just make a note of it). You need it for step 6
5: Go into your steam library, navigate to Satisfactory and click on the gear icon. Select "Manage", then "Browse local files".
6: Delete everything except the three text files in the main satisfactory folder (pictured in attachment). Copy the files from the folder you opened in step 4 into it
7: At this point, you have successfully downgraded. you may need to rename FactoryGame.exe to FactoryGameSteam.exe or vice versa but you should be able to use SMM to install mods and run the game as normal. I believe SMM checks the game version and installs compatible mods, but as mods update you may need to manually select versions.
if you want to have both update 8 and the 1.0 version at the same time, see the message I sent under this (curse you character limit):
SteamDB
SteamDB record for Depot 526871 (ApatoaCorp Content). There are 10 manifests recorded.
