DERM Tool update for August 2025
I took sometime today to update DERM Tool. We were 9 months behind and many patches from the list, now all of them have been added.
Notice that at the end of each patch there is a number e.g.
12 August 2025 (153015) (33)
The number ‘33‘ is the count of depots for the 12 August 2025 patch.
Why is that important?
Say for example you want to downgrade to “30 January 2025 (133431)“? DON’T YET! Notice the depot count, it’s just ‘1‘
So you should look for a previous patch with high depot count for example ‘15 October 2024‘ has ‘29‘ depots.
First downgrade to ‘15 October 2024‘ , then dowgrade to ‘30 january 2025‘ that way you increase the chances for the replays not cut after a few minutes.
Why do old replays of Age of Empires 2 Definitive stop after a few minutes even after the game is downgraded?
That often happens if the patch you are downgrading to has a low depot count – 1 to 4 depots.
Why is that?
When the Age of Empires team release a new patch, it is served as depots and there are two types of depots. a depot that updates the game files, and a depot that add new files to the game.
So the fact that you are downgrading to a patch with a small count of depots means that the game is highly likely missing previous depot updates and additions. Therefore, the best course of action is to downgrade to an older patch than the one you need, plus make sure it has a high count of depots – That’s the crucial part.
I already explained this earlier, scroll back if that didn’t click yet.
Now, about replays that used custom data mods (like the Red Bull Wololo mod).
You’ll need to have that exact mod installed.
No mod = replay won’t load properly.
Hello Greg!
I’m trying to use the Downgrade app but I never receive the 2FA email when logging in on the app. If I try to log in through a browser it does send me an email.
Got a clue of what I do to fix this?
Not sure if related, but I get the error in the attached pic when I click “Settings”.
Hello Alex,
I see that you are using the old version of DERM. Please uninstall it. Then install this new version I release just a few hours ago as it addresses the so many bugs including Steam Guard code:
https://github.com/gregstein/DE-Replays-Manager/releases/tag/1.6.2
Let me know how that goes.
Warm regards,
GregStein
Hello GregStein, thank you for the quick reply!
Unfortunately, the issue persists even with the new version, I still receive the exception error (Which I’m attaching), and when I try to log in I’m still not receiving the code 🙁 not in spam folder either.
If you need me to do any testing I’m open to doing it.
Cheers.
Hello Alex,
Oh wow! Thank you for reporting that seriously! Apparently the app is missing the exclude.txt file.
I have recompiled a new installer “DERM-1.6.2-1-Setup.exe”, go again here:
https://github.com/gregstein/DE-Replays-Manager/releases/tag/1.6.2
And download/install it as it should fix for sure.
Sorry for the delayed reply, I had lots of work this week.
Thank you,
Warm regards,
GregStein
Hello Gregstein,
Glad to help!
So I tried the new EXE, it has indeed showed more info now under settings. The issue is, I’m still not receiving the Steam Support email, it’s like if the app wasn’t trying to log in or something. So, I’m still stuck.
I also get 2 pop up windows of the Steam Guard inside the App.
Here is a picture of how it looks after I press Downgrade Now. (Adding the Settings window just in case)
Ohh! Actually you are trying the old way of downgrading. Please go to:
https://ageofnotes.com/derm
Select the patch you want to downgrade to then click “Run in DERM”