I downloaded the beta to see what the new version had, i tried building a new map and there were lots of issues with guard spawners, devices, etc… so i tried making the 5.2.1 as current, relaunched still as 5.3.0. so i uninstalled 5.3.0 and now still no matter what version i open or map it says it is version 5.3 and i am having issues doing what i was able to do and create on 5.2.1. not sure if there is somewhere i need to go in settings to change engine versions or what i can do to get back to where i was before the new engine install. any help is greatly appriciated in advance!
if you open a project in UE5.3 , you can’t open it back on older versions , so you have to open a copy with the new version not original project to test the new version, because older versions can’t open newer versions, but newer version can open older versions, depending on the code and updates made to the engine.
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Ok i will do some testing, but even when i open things created on 5.2 it opens in 5.3 so you are saying i basically need to copy one of my 5.2 maps and open it so it will launch 5.2? If so do i make a copy in the launcher where my projects are or in the file folders where they are stored on the computer. Thanks for the assistance btw!
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if you want to add assets including maps to an new project, you have to open the older projects where this assets are , and use migrate option to add them to the new project, just select the same folder in the migrate option, when you open the new project you will see the assets, if you are confused just search the documentation, or any tutorial that explain the UE data structure and how to use it.
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ok, thank you for the help!
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Did you try:
- open the windows file explorer
- go to your project
- right-click the .uproject
- left-click: “Switch engine version” in the contextual menu
- choose “5.2”
?
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I will try that, thank you very much!
The issue might be that autosave might’ve been triggered, which saves your assets into the new unreal version. Once that is done, those assets can only be opened with that version or unreal or even newer. You can use my plugin (https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/asset-downgrader) to go back a few unreal versions, all the way back to 4.27 with certain limitations (for now). Let me know if it works for you.