[Apex Archive] retreiving manifests from Steam

[snake-biscuits]

We've been collecting older seasons of Apex to help with reverse engineering
This helps us track:

• format changes
• map releases (& when they're added to the game early)
• probably a third thing but i forgor 💀

Warning

downloading all .vpks can easily take up 60+ GB PER UPDATE!
make sure you have enough drive space before downloading!!
and don't forget about your internet costs either!!!

Tools

DepotDownloader

DepotDownloader.exe -app 1172470 -depot 1172471 -manifest <ID> -filelist filelist.txt -username <steam username>`

filelist.txt:

regex:vpk/.*\.vpk

You will be prompted to enter your steam login (will be censored w/ * as you type)
Have your phone nearby to enter Steam Guard codes too

NOTE: steam username is not your steam nickname, must be account login!

regex for a specific map: vpk/.*_mp_rr_canyonlands.*\.vpk
catches client_*.bsp.pak000_00X.vpk & englishclient_*.bsp.pak000_dir.vpk

Sources

• SteamDB Manifest List
• Apex Fandom Wiki Patch List

Manifests

Manifest ID	Depot Date	Season	MidSeason	Name
765484546825959637	3Nov20	7	0	Ascension
6931566217373653624	6Jan21	7	1	Fight Night
2900150526049981496	2Feb21	8	0	Mayhem
8090380253981908784	9Mar21	8	1	Chaos Theory
4906277494067167828	4May21	9	0	Legacy
2483066843334483190	29Jun21	9	1	Genesis
4324690141457453383	3Aug21	10	0	Emergence
933355236469742308	14Sep21	10	1	Evolution
8265030777718421006	2Nov21	11	0	Escape
5060984163253966665	7Dec21	11	1	Raiders
4909353578799486824	8Feb22	12	0	Defiance
4769481392903198029	29Mar22	12	1	Warriors
8600075718708317009	10May22	13	0	Saviors
155167553916167104	21Jun22	13	1	Awakening
3473771808099916215	9Aug22	14	0	Hunted
5384834791296472044	20Sep22	14	1	Beast Of Prey
4875729813333814997	1Nov22	15	0	Eclipse
2138059325711932356	10Jan23	15	1	Spellbound
6041487181269002796	14Feb23	16	0	Revelry
5742164331508062656	28Mar23	16	1	Sun Squad
2586072968826408013	9May23	17	0	Arsenal
		17	1
	8Aug23	18	0	Resurrection
		18	1
	31Oct23	19	0	Ignite
	2Jan24	19	1	Uprising

[snake-biscuits]

Will include this table in

• Detailed Timeline of Engine history #127