Install TS2014 outside of Steam

[SammieDog]

Is there a method of installing TS2014 outside of Steam without Steam updating it to TS2015?

I am sure at one point I had TS2014 running on a seperate drive to my main TS2015 Steam installation but when I now launch TS2014 I find it has upgraded to TS2015

Any help appreciated

Robert

[gptech]

Is there a method of installing TS2014 outside of Steam without Steam updating it to TS2015?

No, as part of the install process is upgrading to the latest version. You can however replace a TS2015 installation with a TS2014 one once the install is complete. This does mean that you need a backup copy of TS2014, do you have one?

[SammieDog]

Many thanks for reply.

Yes I do have a TS2014 backup. If I use this to restore the updated version of TS on the seperate drive will it remain as TS2014 or will it keep getting updated to TS2015?

Thanks again

Robert

[choccy]

Assuming you have TS2015 already installed within steam it's quite easy to run TS2014 without it being updated by Steam. In fact I have many copies of past versions of RW still on my PC though rarely run them. Just place the Railworks folder for TS2014 in a place of your choosing so long as it is outside of Steam. Provided Steam is running you will be able to run TS2104 by clicking on railworks.exe or by clicking a shortcut to it you have already created. It will happily be left untouched by Steam. I still have a version of Railworks2 somewhere!

Mark

[gptech]

Perfectly true Mark, but the important part (underlined by myself for emphasis) of the opening question is:

Is there a method of installing TS2014 outside of Steam without Steam updating it to TS2015?

Assuming you have TS2015 already installed........Just place the Railworks folder for TS2014

answers another question, one that can only be asked if he has a copy of TS2014 available; something that seems unlikely from the opening post.

[choccy]

I expect that the OP has only used 'installing' in a loose sense and simply wants to run TS2014 in an unamended form.

Mark

[gptech]

but when I now launch TS2014 I find it has upgraded to TS2015

Robert, just how are you launching it?

[SammieDog]

I am lauching it with railworks.exe from the seperate folder - not from the steam apps folder.

Robert

[gptech]

I am lauching it with railworks.exe from the seperate folder - not from the steam apps folder.

Robert

That should work, the only thing that springs to mind that would prevent TS2014 loading would be that a copy of the game was already running--make sure TS2015 isn't running before you double click the TS2014 RailWorks.exe.

[SammieDog]

Thanks everyone. I'll give things another try!

Robert