Q&A, July 25, 2012

[addman]

Originally Posted by Force10

I don't want the beta patches on steam. Once steam patches it, you can never roll back to an earlier patch. Right now I'm using the last retail patch and neither of the last 2 beta patches. That's one of my gripes with steam...not giving you any freedom to choose what version you want to use.

Please read the link before commenting.

"To partake in the Beta, follow these instructions:

Log into Steam
Click on Steam in the upper menu
Select Settings
Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
Select OK.
Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available."

As you can see, it's optional but more convenient than with "external" beta patches. Less confusing for the lesser tech adept if you will.

[Force10]

Originally Posted by addman

Please read the link before commenting.

"To partake in the Beta, follow these instructions:

Log into Steam
Click on Steam in the upper menu
Select Settings
Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
Select OK.
Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available."

As you can see, it's optional but more convenient than with "external" beta patches. Less confusing for the lesser tech adept if you will.

Am I missing something? I didn't see anywhere that says if the beta patch doesn't work for you, steam will allow you to roll back to the previous version.

Maybe you could read my post before making snarky comments. You would see my issue is about not being able to roll back to earlier versions. Show me in the link you posted where it says that smart guy.

[6BL Bird-Dog]

To roll back firstly backup all the personal stuff in your programme ,ie stick controls,missions,skins etc ,(I always keep a backup on my system since one patch update deleted the lot). Log into Steam
Click on Steam in the upper menu
Select Settings
Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
A drop down menu will appear. Select None-opt out of all beta programmes.
Select OK.
Steam will now restart and should update you files.If not right click the steam icon on your taskbar and select libary.Right click on the programme and select properties from the menue.
Open the local files tab .Verify the integrity of the game files,steam will check the files then download to the last alpha patch.Close the programme then re-launch to check for the correct version.
This is all at your own risk but has not let me down , at worse I re-enstaled the whole thing then placed my backups back in the relevant places.

[Force10]

Originally Posted by 6BL Bird-Dog

To roll back firstly backup all the personal stuff in your programme ,ie stick controls,missions,skins etc ,(I always keep a backup on my system since one patch update deleted the lot). Log into Steam
Click on Steam in the upper menu
Select Settings
Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
A drop down menu will appear. Select None-opt out of all beta programmes.
Select OK.
Steam will now restart and should update you files.If not right click the steam icon on your taskbar and select libary.Right click on the programme and select properties from the menue.
Open the local files tab .Verify the integrity of the game files,steam will check the files then download to the last alpha patch.Close the programme then re-launch to check for the correct version.
This is all at your own risk but has not let me down , at worse I re-enstaled the whole thing then placed my backups back in the relevant places.

And addman thinks this is easier than unzipping the patch and if you don't like it just verifying the game cache to roll back?

[SiThSpAwN]

Thanks for the Q&A!!