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== Steam Build ID ==
== Steam Build ID ==
To palliate the long time missing version issue, it was noticed that Steam was giving unique IDs to each and every game release, either for Public and Experimental branches.<br>
To palliate the long time missing version issue, it was noticed that Steam was giving unique IDs to each and every game release.<br>
So this game version has for long been the only game version available.
So this game version has for long been the only game version available.
To know what's the Build ID of your game, right-click on the game name in Steam and choose '''Properties'''.
To know what's the Build ID of your game, right-click on the game name in Steam and choose '''Properties'''.

Revision as of 18:02, January 8, 2023

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NMS Versions

by: Lo2k

Introduction[edit | edit source]

Each mod was designed to work with the game version that was in place when it was released, but months if not years later, the game version is unlikely to be the same.
So the first thing to do is to check what is your current game version.

Ingame version[edit | edit source]

For a long time, NMS had no ingame version, but it's now the case and you can get your current game version by looking in the bottom right corner of the main menu screen :

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Steam Build ID[edit | edit source]

To palliate the long time missing version issue, it was noticed that Steam was giving unique IDs to each and every game release.
So this game version has for long been the only game version available. To know what's the Build ID of your game, right-click on the game name in Steam and choose Properties. The Build ID is written on the lower part of the Updates tab :

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Branches[edit | edit source]

NMS has two accessible development branches : a public and an experimental one.
They are separated games depots and each one can be updated independantly.
So some mods could work with the public branch and not at all with the experimental branch!

To know what branch you're in, it's simple : by default you are on Public branch.
To switch to the experimental branch, you need to right-click on NMS in Steam, choose the betas tab, select Experimental in the list of betas (if available) and enter the password : 3xperimental.
Doing so, Steam will load the files that are different between the Public and Experimental branches and will use these files from now on. Until you go back into the betas tab and choose : no beta. If so, it will switch back to Public.


The latest game version[edit | edit source]

The No Man's Sky Steam DB depots page is the key to find what are the current latest game versions, both for Public and Experimental branches (and even the internal branch but it is reserved for developpers).

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