For anyone wondering, A good version to switch to would be 1.27.
It has every ModAssistant feature, and it's not too old.
Thanks for a quick and easy tutorial video. I just got a new headset for PCVR and remembered the hassle of having to keep waiting for mod support with each new update, this helped a lot. Wish I knew this method existed before.
This video is by far the best tutorial ive found, thank you so much for making it, i havent been able to find any other tutorials that show you this method, which is so much simpler that beat saber legacy, i cannot thank you enough :)
Straight to the point and very easy to follow. Thank you, bro
Jeeesus thank you! That was quick and very simple thanks to your explanation. Beat Saber is the first game that made me *hate* updates (since 2/10 times my game just refuses to launch until a year later)
Thanks man. You better know the community appreciates you like crazy.
this is great! super and easy to follow! thank you so much!
Very easy to follow along. Good video! Subbed 👀
OMG I would never have imagined it was that simple. Thanks a lot!
idk how you only have 343 subs!!! this is super helpful!!! im downgrading so i can get custom sabers and change the way my FOV is with cameraplus so my videos are better!
You are a genius.
It solved everything I had to worry about.
Thank you so much :)
WOW WOW WOW!! What a great video. Thank you so much for this. The other tutorials I looked at were all too much. This was very easy to do even for me. I bought beat saber after the most recent update so I have never played with mods. Very excited to check them out!!
Thanks dude, saved me a ton of frustration with this, now I can play beat saber without having to worry about meta updating it once a month with their OMG!! 3 new songs!!!!!
thank you so much for the tutorial!! it helped alot!
This actually worked! Tysm!
Thank you! This is so easy now 😄
Thank you
Thanks!
I got so confused when the game was still on its most recent update, I didn't realize it created a whole new beat saber game file lol
🤟Thank you !!
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really helpful
Спасибо огромное! без воды, кратко
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Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏❤️😁
PS I have never used steam before, I'm on my husband's account for beat saber, so I had NO IDEA it would auto update, and you CAN'T disable this in settings 😲 ...I was so confused why my mods broke until I opened mod assist and figured it out but it took another minute to realize it must have updated without my knowledge. Anyway, this was very straightforward, easy, and does not involve any 3rd party apps that require your password 😉 (which besides being a security risk, I don't KNOW haha)
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Nice😊
thank you
thanks
if you need further help, leave a comment!
@@my5t1c4l how is bro supposed to help you with your headphones broken 💀
Thank you, this video actually helped me downgrade a different game
as someone who is dense as heck and doesn't understand what i'm reading, thank you for this
I hate the game having to update like every other 3 weeks it seems because of a music pack lol
I wish there was a mod (or mod manager) that hijacked Beat saber's ability to auto update, and made it so the updates were voluntary, and that you could see if the mods you have installed are updated for the version you're considering updating to
Steam forces updates so there is no way around it, you can use beat saber legacy to manage updates easier,( bsl uses this method and is more user friendly id say with more configuration options)
Thanks! Does this work if you've already updated to the new version? From the way you describe it, it sounds like it has to be done during the updating process
You can download it whenever, but you have to update your game first when steam forces, as it won’t work correctly and will make you still update even after downgrade. So yes it does work :)
@@nerrdyt brilliant - thanks. The new version is running terribly for me. I wonder whether they make more people happy or frustrated when they update the game
@@doc-ad-hoc It's always a mixture of both because mods always break, but that isn't the devs fault lol, thats why we have guides to be able to still play :) usually I like playing a stable version until one of the newer versions supports mosts mods then ill update, right now i personally on 1.26.0
mods dont work for me in 1.28 or 1.27, especially the required one for mod assistant, BeatSaberMarkupLanguage. any help or is commenting on a youtube video a wrong place to ask?
im downgraded to 1.29.0 with this feature cuz thats where all mods are available, even customplatforms. and i also have up to the updated panic at the disco pack available for that version. Im having trouble loading the DLC though, because although steam auto downloads my dlc it wont load ingame
mine isnt working, ive done it all and its still not going back and the mod assistant mods arent working een when i go to the same game download version
ive been sitting here for 10 minutes waiting for it to install
It does take a while, I think that’s about it how long it took me but it all depends on internet speed and the servers speed
NERRD BASED
What version of Modassistant supports 1.24.0? I don't see it on the most recent version
i need help really bad, i tried doing this but my beat saber just crashed on start, and i just tried reverting it thinking nothing but now after i ununstalled it and reinstalled it multiple times it still keeps crashing on startup. PLEASE! i need help!
For whatever reason mods wont load on 1.29.0 when doing this.
It did work for 1.27.0
it doesnt let me open beat saber at all unless im not connected to my vr. Is there any fix or did I do something wrong?
Failed to load PlayerSettings (internal index #0).
Most likely data file is corrupted, or built with mismatching
editor and platform support versions.
@@CloakMePls
Sorta kinda
My goal was to just be able to most my game again and I wasn't able to get a specific fix to get a specific version but of you just wanted to mod,
I uninstalled my game to get all my files back, went to settings in beat saber on steam, properties, betas, legacy1.29.1_unity_ver2019.4-pre unity upgrade build.
It didn't exactly downgrade my game the way I wanted but it made my game work with mods which was my main goal
We need old ver for Forza horizon 5
background song?
i open beatsaber but it it loads and has unity and some x on it and doesent load up
when i try to get in the game i get stuck with the blue screen and with the feet mark help me :(
No matter what I do it just wont work with BSmanager.
The game just show the first screen then closes.
I tried a clean re install of everything but it just doesnt care.
1.29.1 is just dead for me and I cant use custom platform or saber anymore.
1.34 is a curse
I'm unsure what could be causing this as this video doesn't use BSmanager. All I can think is deleting a file called "newtonsoft" in the BS data or trying to run IPAexe!
Will i have both versions?
What happens after I do this, and beat saber releases a new update? Will it force me to update again? Or will I never have the choice to update beat saber again? Would I have to reinstall the game?
this guide didnt work for me it doesnt open the steam console just opens my library
Yeah but after you paste the files, is it going to auto update the next time and change them again or can you tell it never to update again?!
Late reply, but there is not way to stop updates on steam from what i understand. so when beat sabers updates youll have to downgrade again!
i keep switching the version to 1.28, ive used multiple methods (including this one) and none have worked, any1 have ideas?
it was all working great until i went to launch the game and got an error prompt saying "Failed to initialize player"
details: Failed to load PlayerSettings (internal index #0).
Most likely data file is corrupted, or built with mismatching
editor and platform support versions.
Looks like you beat me to a google search, I believe the fix would just be do a clean install then downgrade, then reinstall mods!
I did everything correctly and follows the steps, and everything worked out fine. But when I download the custom songs, I go to try to click play but the play button is the only button I can’t click…. Anything you can think of?
hello! usually this is an incompatible mod, if you have heck installed uninstall that. I had this same issue for a while lol. If it isnt heck, remove cosmetic mods and other non core mods one by one until you can play.
how do i keep my game from updating every time i open it
is that rouri404
Thank you i'd rather use steam stuff and only steam stuff than download something shady that then asks for my steam access info
Assuming you’re talking about BSL but BSL does the same thing as this (from my understanding) it just makes the process dummy proof if that makes sense
@@nerrdyt no idea just watched a video about downloading something then putting your password in and i've already been hacked by stuff like that so i'd rather not install anything im not sure about, and even less put in my steam info
Me it didn't work because Steam VR i dont know why don't open the downgrade version so i block steam VR ans steam (control alt supp it) and open with the librairie's meta quest and now it is work xD Only me have this bug on the new maj ?
Steam open console doesnt work anymore. at least for me it doesn't open :(
is it working now bc I've tried to downgrade beat saber and it didn't work
With the new steam overlay update i dont get the Download Complete, from where i should copy the Data
Go to your program files x86 then go to steam then follow - Steam\steamapps\content\app_620980\depot_620981 - then copy the depot files and paste that into your beat saber folder!
when i open steam console it just opens steam
its weird because i know it worked in the past but now it just tells me "missing license for depots 620981"
I would say try it again and make sure the Depot numbers are in the right stop, usually that is the issue with it! (as long as you legally own the game lmfao) Let me know if there is any other issues or if you fixed it!
steam keeps upgrading my version.. did this just yesterday, switched it from 1,34,5 to 1.29.1 and now it was back to 1.34.6 pfff is there any way to prevent that?
When beat saber releases an update, steam forces the update, there is nothing you can do but just degrade again, as long as there isnt any updates there wont be an issue
i want to do this but i’m scared mods will update for 1.28 and then i’ve wasted my time
This is a tutorial to downgrade your game on steam, you can wait for the mods to update or you can downgrade for better performance as well. Takes all but 5 minutes to down grade and 5 minutes to force update it. (Verify game cache or reinstall bs)
Help the game opens but I get a black screen on vr and my monitor what should I do.
How do you fix it when you accidentally download the step 3 code before you paste in the version code? Because I accidentally did that and idk how to fix it or go back 😢
start from the steam console again and then just put in the correct manifest ID you want, itll just replace the depot in the files. tldr: just redo the video lol
soo i kinda have a new problem. whenever i open beat saber it just crashes, i downgraded to 1.30 but no mods were avalible therefor i did the same thing but instead i choose 1.29 and i was unsure if i had to delete the 1.30 files and so i didnt do that and now im here@@nerrdyt
how long can it take to download? I have been waiting
It can take some time, ofc i cut it out in the video, i believe it was about 10 minutes for me. But there is tons of external factors such as steam servers and your internet speed. I can say it is slow because I have great internet and it should have took not even a minute but ended up taking 10.
Hi, I followed all the steps and in game I see I have the 1.28 installed, but I can't see the mods. I set ModAssistant to 1.28 patch, installed the mods, launched the game but they don't show up. I ran the IPA file in the game directory but nothing changed. Do you have any idea on how to fix this? Thank you very much.
hey! make sure the mods are in the right folder! lmk if you tried anything else...
@@nerrdyt Hi, thank you for the quick response! I actually fixed the problem renaming the folder "Old plugins..." (this folder created itself when I started Beat Saber with the mods from the patch 1.28 installed from ModAssistant) "Plugins". Hope this can help more people with the problem I had ^^
I'm having the same issue. I renamed the "old plugins folder" to just "Plugins" and I still can't see the mods. How do I run the IPA file?@@Syphiria
I have the IPA.exe file in my Beat Saber folder, I just double click on it and make it run@@Puftendo
Is there a way for me to stop steam from updating it? So I don't have to repeat this after each update?
@@nerrdyt the only thing that Might work around this if I blocked steam using firewall and then launched BS…
@@SporkekwThat is possible, but I've never tested it, but if you already downgraded once, you just have to go to that file location again and repaste the files, after you downgrade once the process is pretty much just copy and paste lol
My beat saber won't open with steam it opens with oculus and my launch settings don't work
when I try doing this method it only says Beat saber_Data instead of all the other things why do you think its doing this
why cant i install mods? no new plugins folder and i cant install mods anymore
Interesting, is there any error msg when you try to install mods? If the folder doesnt show up try creating a plugins folder. You can also try running IPA.exe. Otherwise I would just verify the integrity of the game files to force the game to update, then try it again (or reinstall)
when i downgrade to 1.28.0 and try to get mods none of them work? pls help
interesting, there isnt much detail to go of off, is there an error? Are the mods going to the correct location? Is beat saber actually downgraded? Sometimes you just got uninstall beat saber then reinstall it, then downgrade again and try mods again.
how long does it take to download the depot? I've been trying for an hour and it still shows as downloading
what is the song in the background ?
@@nerrdyt Np better late then never! have been waiting for this banger thanks!
Me reading in 2024 but the video was from 2023
works still in 2024 so i changed the title, no need to change what still works! When this no longer works I will update it!
Im in 1.27.0 does this work for me to downgrade to 1.26.0 because the version i have is giving me so much problems
Yes this tutorial allows you to downgrade to any version, just substitute the manifest ID I used with the one you want, the guide with all the manifest IDs is in the description
Thanks (i cant lunch beat saber)
no problem (this comment does nothing to allow me to help you fix the issue if you have an issue let me know what the actual issue is instead of leaving a comment like that)
I did this and installed my mods but when I went on to beat saber they didnt show up
Did you get it working now? All I can think is make sure your beat saber is in the same version as the mods your installing, otherwise run IPA in the beat saber folder and try again. Sometimes you might just have to reinstall, but that is last resort.
@@nerrdyt Instead I went to changing it to 1.29.1 Via steam and it worked thanks bro
Which order is it in? I'm doing it for a different game.
not sure what you mean by order? same steps should apply to any game as long as you have the correct app and manifest ID for the console
@@nerrdyt nevermind i already did it, what i meant by is what order is the download_depot was, for example manifest id depot id (i think) and the game id
So for me, Ill do all the steps right, then it immediately turns back into the newest release, anyone else having that issue?
@@nerrdyt I figured it out my man, total dumb move but I have 2 harddrives and the entire time I was looking at the wrong harddrive lmao
i did this but the BSIPA core mod refuses to update
What version are you trying to downgrade too? Could be a version no longer supported maybe
@@nerrdyt i got it figured out late last night. There was an option to uninstall bsipa completely then i reinstalled it
what to do if the console does not open in steam
It should still open! make sure you copy the string for the run command in my description!
how to upgrade
I tried this and my game acts like it's starting but then boots me back to the steam library 😥
hello! Try a fresh install then try to downgrade. If that does not work, go to your beat saber folder and follow - Beat Saber\Beat Saber_Data\Managed - then delete a file called "newtonsoft". If that does not work, go to beat saber files and launch IPA exe. Lmk if that helps!
steam console part wont work
Seems like steam changed something again I’ll have to look into it, sorry for the inconvenience
I get a unity error
what if it just doesn't install?
Can you elaborate more? Like is there an error msg? Do you have multiple drives (cld be on diff drive)? What does the steam console say
ERROR: "CAPIJobRequestUserStats - Server response failed 2"
From what I've garnished from online, its an error where you need to download ttf-liberation or steam-fonts from the AUR. Not sure if this applies to windows because it seems to be a linux issue. (Archlinux?) Do you happen to be on linux? (This seemed to work for some users but it is info i just copied and pasted, hope it helps).
@@nerrdyt I was already able to download the files and install the mods, but not all the songs I had already downloaded appear and I do not appear to choose songs. Do you recommend a clean installation? You have some video to do everything from 0. Do you recommend 1.24 better than other versions? There are many questions, forgive me.
@@J3xux the new video is the updated version on how to downgrade your game, my old tutorial is just outdated, sounds like the file location got lost somehow, not sure how to proceed with that, try reinstalling bs then follow tutorial
i cant play any song
Hello! Can you describe your issue with more detail I might be able to help better.
whenever I click "play" under a song it doesn't want to load me in the map@@nerrdyt
@@Kubuszpodlasia I had the issue myself about a year ago, I forget what I did to fix it. It was either of these two options - in the Beat saber folder go to "Beat Saber\Beat Saber_Data\Managed" then delete a file called Newtonsoft.json or try to run IPA and see if that fixes it!
@@Kubuszpodlasiathen I am unsure as this fix always worked for me :/ , if you got it working what was the fix you used? I apologize for the inconveniences though
For whoever looking for a solution for unity error screen; a clean install was the only working solution for me. After saving what you absolutely need (like custom songs, playlists), just delete the whole folder, uninstall the game with steam, and install it again. Then do the steps in the video.
thanks for this info 🙏
Needed that. thanks G.
Thanks man!
so delete the beatsaber file like ipa and beatsaber data?