Please Stop Updating

Bethesda loves to push updates to Skyrim and Fallout unannounced. Keep forgetting how to lock it down so I can wait until the Script Extender folks have a change to update. Found the reddit post so keeping it here:

1. Be sure to go to your Steam Skyrim update settings and set automatic updates to only update when you launch it (from Steam, always launch from SKSE shortcut to prevent game update)
2. Press Windows + R
3. Input: steam://nav/console
4. In the console: download_depot 489830 489833 1298692161422189837
5. Check Steam Depot for the latest manifest ID! This is the last number in that command, and has probably changed if you're viewing this months later.
6. Navigate to Steam\SteamApps\content\app_489830\depot_489833
7. Cut or Copy the SkyrimSE.exe
8. Navigate to Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim Special Edition
9. Paste the SkyrimSE.exe, overwriting when prompted.

Today's reddit post author was kind enough to include the new IDs:

and the number you need to replace is the third one so like this:

download_depot 489830 489833 583541185188584076

Edit: to be clear. This is to go back to the previous patch (august 2018). If you still have the previous skse you need the version before this.

Sources: Original Community Post - Spawned Reddit - Today's Reddit