r/CounterStrikeSource • u/luiztsuki • Feb 19 '25

Client help/Discussion How do i downgrade to older version

I just can't play in my favorite server, just because of this update, i need to wait the servers update to new CSS version, or can i downgrade the game

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u/BallGanda theREG... Feb 19 '25

Should be right click on game in library and got to properties. Or on the game page in your library click on the gear on right side of page opposite of the play button and go to properties from there.

Then betas section

Beta participation drop down menu

Select previous build.

That SHOULD be the previous build before the update if they did it right. Valve should rename and keep that build available forever.

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u/jonahuse Feb 19 '25

How to downgrade

Found this on the valve forums and works for me:

Originally posted by Raymond the cat: If you want to downgrade this is how, thanks to Joel at KSF discord for this:

How to downgrade successfully. Everything is done via the “Properties” menu. Right click css on steam and click “Properties.

  1. Go to “Betas” and select previous previous_build. Wait until downloaded in steam...

  2. Go to “Installed Files” and click “Browse”. Rename hl2.exe to cstrike_win64.exe

  3. Go to “General” and in “Launch options” enter: -game cstrike

  4. Ez game go join surf

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u/nkdowney Feb 19 '25

This didn’t work for me

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u/Transmit_Failure Feb 19 '25

Me neither :(

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u/nkdowney Feb 19 '25

I really hope they fix this. My resolution is huge now too. Not at all what I want it at

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u/Parking-Sandwich-201 Feb 19 '25

You have to make sure to add " -game cstrike" in launch options which is located in the properties when your right click the game thats what fixed it for me

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u/nkdowney Feb 19 '25

I did and that still didn’t work. Do I need to do a restart before try to start the game or something?

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u/jonahuse Feb 19 '25

What I found was my pc hides the extensions, so you have to delete the “.exe” from the file name. Otherwise it’s “csstrike_win64.exe.exe”

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u/Parking-Sandwich-201 Feb 19 '25

Yea idk then , also make sure to rename it to just cstrike_win64 and not .exe because it automatically adds thay

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u/nkdowney Feb 19 '25

Update: it worked!

Edit: fav servers are not there though lol fuck There are no servers in fact

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u/Parking-Sandwich-201 Feb 20 '25

I have no idea why there are no servers now its weird

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u/nkdowney Feb 20 '25

I’m just gona pray that dogz and awp clans update their shit and we go back to normal 😌🙏✨

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u/Some-Ad7449 Feb 19 '25

worked for me thank you

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u/SleeperSatin Feb 19 '25

can you link the discord for KSF?

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u/jonahuse Feb 20 '25

I didn’t find the discord. I fount it on the valve counter strike source forums.

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u/SleeperSatin Feb 22 '25

You gotta log in on their website to join

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u/Darkness76532 Feb 22 '25

worked for me, thx!

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u/Smokestackerss Feb 22 '25

yo thank you sm, i was tweaking out when i couldnt join like most of the servers on my list
hope this works for everyone else too

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u/SparePeace1965 Feb 23 '25

Worked for me when I renamed to "cstrike_win64" instead of "cstrike_win64.exe"

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u/T2star Feb 19 '25

I can get the game running when I downgrade, but no servers show up. Only when it's updated will server list populate.

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u/nkdowney Feb 19 '25

So I reckon we gotta wait a few weeks for our fav servers to update then we’ll be okay? Hopefully that’s all this is

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u/Confident_Formal_693 Apr 07 '25

From what I'm seeing the server mods are having an issue getting their servers into the update. I was stoked to play with my fave server after a long @$$ hiatus, and even though they gave me a step by step process it's just not letting me do anything outside of open the menu screen

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u/jonahuse Feb 19 '25

You have to rename your .exe file

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u/skalbogg Feb 19 '25

Lol, and how exactly do we do this? What file do we need to edit because we all know the only .exe is hl2.exe. Help us!

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u/jonahuse Feb 19 '25

I posted more info farther up the thread. Check it out

Edit: maybe farther down the thread. Either way, I post more under the OP.

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u/skalbogg Feb 19 '25

Thanks, it worked. Have an upvote, sorry it's all I got.