Hello everyone! I'm a new member of this community, i've loved and played Hollow Knight for a lot and wanted to start speedrunning it, but to do this i have to downpatch my game down to version 1.2.2.1

I have read the thread on downpatching and i've done every step until the part where i have to insert "download_depot 367520 367521 648876203478229944" in the steam console. I did, but a message pops up saying: "Depot download failed : Manifest not available"

I tried searching online for some clues, and i tried everything that the blogs i read told me to do, but the problem still occurs. If anyone knows a way i can fix this/other ways to downpatch that don't require the steam console i would be glad to listen.

Thanks in advance to everyone, i hope i can get to love this community as much as i love this game :D

The latest steam client update removed the ability to download older patches of games through the steam console directly. This means we have to now resort to a much more complicated alternative for now. Please read every step of this guide carefully.

1. You need to aquire .NET Core from microsoft's website (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core), make sure to download the correct version for your operating system (Windows x64 for most users, but please check this).

2. Download the DepotDownloader tool from github (https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases) and extract it somewhere you'll remember.

3. Open the folder containing "DepotDownloader.dll", type "cmd.exe" into the address bar and press enter to launch command line from that location.

4. Now you can enter the commands to download the downpatched files for whichever Hollow Knight version you need. Check this guide (https://www.speedrun.com/hollowknight/guide/yl0m6) to find the steam console command for the patch you want. Each one is "download_depot 367520 367521" with a 3rd number on the end which is the manifest ID. Take this number and replace <manifest> in the following command as well as replacing <username> and <password> with your steam account's details. If you have Steam Guard active you will be prompted for the code like usual.

dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 367520 -depot 367521 -manifest <manifest> -username <username> -password <password>

For example someone trying to download patch 1.2.2.1 with steam name "hunter2" and password "12345" would enter the command dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 367520 -depot 367521 -manifest 648876203478229944 -username hunter2 -password 12345

5. Now with the correct files you can continue with the downpatch process like normal.

From Xero

Thanks a lot! I'm going to try this right away

:D