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Installing Old Patches for MGSV:TPP
THIS IS NOT PIRACY! YOU NEED TO OWN METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN ON STEAM TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT!
Downloading the Necessary Tools
Download .NET SDK 6.0
Download DepotDownloader (depotdownloader-x.x.x.zip) and place it in a directory with enough space for the game (roughly ~29 GiB) cause the depot will be downloaded there.
Downloading the Depot
First things first you'll need TPPs' game ID (287700) and a Depot ID. Is this case we have two depots, one for the English version and one for the Japanese version. The depot versions in this case don't really matter, it just comes down to preference.
| Depot ID | Depot Name |
| 287701 | MGS V: THE PHANTOM PAIN [ENG] |
| 287702 | MGS V: THE PHANTOM PAIN [JPN] |
Then we have the game versions. We've selected four specific game versions that can, and are, used in speedruns, 1.01 and 1.02. Pay close attention to what version you want to download because there are specific manifest IDs for both the English and Japanese versions of the game.
| Manifest ID | Version |
| 1169535579591939527 | [ENG] Version 1.01 |
| 4417492996718580012 | [JPN] Version 1.01 |
| 4095171774592044207 | [ENG] Version 1.02 |
| 4847445065221007922 | [JPN] Version 1.02 |
With the game ID, depot ID and Manifest ID we can finally download the game trough DepotDownloader. Open PowerShell on DepotDownloaders' folder and type the following (replace the “[ ]” with the corresponding information):
dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app [game id] -depot [depot id] -manifest [manifest id] -username [your username]
After that it will ask for your password and it will download the depot. Example (this will download the English v1.01. Remember to replace “[your username]” with your actual username):
dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 287700 -depot 287701 -manifest 1169535579591939527 -username [your username]
Save Files
MAKE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR SAVE FILES!
MGS V: TPP Save files location:
...\Steam\userdata\[your user id]\
Copy both, 311340 and 287700 folders and place then somewhere safe (these are your current save files). Delete the saves from your userdata folder and then start the unpatched version of the game. After the warning screen, that says it's a work of fiction, close that game.
Download the community save files to setup your runs then, replace the TPP_GAME_DATA file, in the following directory, with the one you downloaded from the resources page:
...\Steam\userdata\[your user id]\311340\remote
Now you have a fresh save for your Any% runs. You can also switch to any 1.01 save file you have by replacing TPP_GAME_DATA.