DepotDownloader VS modorganizer

There's also DepotDownloader that lets you download anything, including past version, from Steam https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader

I use this to download historical versions of a game to help with reverse engineering to archive dialogue trees from a game https://dialogue.destiny.report

I'm not sure how you could just download the launcher. You want the Launcher.exe from this version. A quick google brought up this downloader: https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader

Steam Depot Downloader (requires DotNet)

Continuing to add to the confusion on the topic by trying to argue that Steam is DRM because you have to buy the game through Steam is counter-productive. (And apparently Steam's client isn't the only browser available.)

Not by Steam means. I don't know if it's still functional (update on last year) but https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader is what you're looking for and you need to learn the DLCs depot number from SteamDB to feed that information into this program.

use this https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader

If you are looking for a specific version of the game and you own it on steam you could download it using something like DepotDownloader. An example of this would be downloading the first pubic version of the game

You can still rollback with the help of the DepotDownloader: https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader

Use a mod manager – pick either Vortex : https://www.nexusmods.com/about/vortex/ Or MO2 : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6194

I'd grab the one from gog-games.to, I can't link directly as that's against the rules. It's compatible with MO2 (Mod Organizer 2) as well as having a version of skse64 (Skyrim Script Extender x64 available for it.

I highly recommend Mod Organizer 2, but Vortex is an acceptable alternative. As a rule of thumb, the more advanced you want to get with your modding, the more strenuously I recommend MO2 as there are some differences in its technical approach that make a bigger and bigger difference as the complexity of your build increases.

Nexus GitHub Discord

I’m not running OBSE by itself. I’m running it alongside Mod Organizer 2. This script will setup MO2 for you and set it so that Steam launches it automatically when you press play. Then, you’ll need to follow this doc to install OBSE alongside MO2. Hopefully that would setup all of your pathing correctly.

MO2 is Mod Organizer 2.