Manifest IDs for downgrading

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 22.1k views11 favorites2 min readby ZeroFusion28Updated 16 Feb, 2024View on Steam ↗

- - READ THIS FIRST - -

YOU MUST OWN THE GAME.
THESE TOOLS WILL NOT WORK OTHERWISE.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/454650/DRAGON_BALL_XENOVERSE_2/
This is not a piracy guide, and I will not be aiding piracy.

With that out of the way, we can now move onto how to download older versions.
There's two methods.
1. Through Steam itself.
2. Through DepotDownloader.

Steam Method

I don't feel like typing out this section, so read this guide by Aevoa and then return here.

DepotDownloader Method

This is the method I prefer.
DepotDownloader connects to Steam's API via your account and downloads games (that you own on your account) based on certain command line parameters.

The basic command line is as follows:

DepotDownloader.exe -app APP-ID -depot DEPOT-ID -manifest MANIFEST-ID -username ACCOUNTNAME

For Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, it'll look like this:

DepotDownloader.exe -app 454650 -depot 454651 -manifest MANIFEST-ID -username ACCOUNTNAME

Versions and Manifests

Despite the version number for multiple manifests being the same, each manifest IS different. Executable file-size changes despite the same version being listed, meaning game files were also probably changed. It's probably best to use the most recent manifest for each numbered game version.

Game Version

Manifest ID

1.21.2.0

2095958944427690042

1.21.1.0

1784750431379628381

1.21.0.0

1268039301670284179

1.21.0.0

5536446614027988721

1.20.1.0

6515942529072239753

1.20.0.0

6099451522219616194

1.19.1.0

1187541358151095093

1.19.0.0

6647209413337367078

1.18.1.0

3639472160657652123

1.18.0.0

4684708141099351223

1.17.2.0

1434546612693790835

1.17.1.0

6995084136917285795

1.17.0.0

6079544081802474121

1.16.1.0

1892689739910861020

1.16.0.0

1778347931148684772

1.15.0.0

1927767291873299028

1.15.0.0

6485183205206993945

1.14.0.0

8804310811919528573

1.14.0.0

2160341546847685387

1.14.0.0

8054638433613201118

1.10.0.0

7762111092763857007

1.10.0.0

1088926131568374667

1.10.0.0

1580963209003248449

1.10.0.0

8876721515142404407

1.10.0.0

1825750157775092327

1.10.0.0

388097004349659459

1.10.0.0

4393150183883146360

1.10.0.0

3943548381364530420

1.10.0.0

4634057086994511147

1.9.1.0

144971219714116280

1.9.0.0

1086578134005202456

1.8.0.0

3474136278128355786

1.7.2.0

267311934730179149

1.7.2.0

3604019851801707242

1.7.1.0

8380179503670720944

1.7.0.0

6083214136487989540

1.6.1.0

88250429013783738

1.6.0.0

7323718972237449369

1.5.0.0

3523062292043221040

1.4.1.0

4214689094972294478

1.4.1.0

8997118706958563094

1.3.0.0

8256181703257878305

1.0.0.0

631135294371954874

"How did you do this?"

Batch script, of course. Example:

xenoverse.bat:

@echo OFF DepotDownloader.exe -app 454650 -depot 454651 -username REDACTED -remember-password -manifest 2095958944427690042 -filelist xenofile.txt -validate -dir 01_2095958944427690042 timeout /t 120 /nobreak DepotDownloader.exe -app 454650 -depot 454651 -username REDACTED -remember-password -manifest 1784750431379628381 -filelist xenofile.txt -validate -dir 02_1784750431379628381 timeout /t 120 /nobreak DepotDownloader.exe -app 454650 -depot 454651 -username REDACTED -remember-password -manifest 1268039301670284179 -filelist xenofile.txt -validate -dir 03_1268039301670284179 timeout /t 120 /nobreak etc...

Downloads each manifest, with a delay between each to avoid getting rate limited by Steam's servers.
-remember-password ensures that I don't need to be present, allowing me to leave the room or do something else while the script runs minimized.

xenofile.txt:

bin/DBXV2.exe

Specifies to only download the game's exe, saving time. This is all that is needed to determine the game version.