Community MetaSteam | September 2019 - Valve, I Know What You Did Last Summer!

[fantomena]

I really like that I can make a shelf for games that I haven't installed, but wanna play, then tag my lbirary with "singleplayer" and "story rich" then drag the games to the shelf so I have them on my library's front page to remember them.

Great stuff. Very easy and very convenient.

 

[Arsene]

I just noticed a little icon appears next to games your friends are playing.


Also NISA went out of their way to update every single one of their games for the new library, but XSEED did nothing. So Ys 8 is the only Falcom game with the new banner update. Ys 8 looks REALLY nice with the new banner though.

 

[derFeef]

I really like that I can make a shelf for games that I haven't installed, but wanna play, then tag my lbirary with "singleplayer" and "story rich" then drag the games to the shelf so I have them on my library's front page to remember them.

Great stuff. Very easy and very convenient.

Wait how can you make custom shelves from scratch? I can only choose from already existing ones.

 

[fantomena]

Wait how can you make custom shelves from scratch? I can only choose from already existing ones.

Left to "home" button in library is another button for collection, then there's a "create new collection" there.

When you have made a new collection, you can make a new shelf in the library front page, press the arrow button in the shelf and pick the collection you have made.

 

[derFeef]

Left to "home" button in library is another button for collection, then there's a "create new collection" there.

When you have made a new collection, you can make a new shelf in the library front page, press the arrow button in the shelf and pick the collection you have made.

Thank you! (It's right to the home button for me?)

 

[fantomena]

Thank you! (It's right to the home button for me?)

Yea, sorry, you're right (pun intended).

 

[Durante]

cough

Did you receive by any chance some higher res cover artwork from Xseed? Google pictures only gives me cropped art with all the ugly logos.

I saw that -- it's surprising but I'm pretty sure XSEED will take care of it eventually (I'll send an email mentioning it). Sadly, I have no such confidence for K-T.

 

[JMTHEFOX]

Warframe currently getting review-bombed by users in China due to Simplified Chinese translator breaking NDA

Here is a good reddit post that summarizes what happened

The translator also made a post on reddit regarding the matter

 

[gabbo]

When i get home, my old image folder of textless steam icons will need some updating it seems

 

[fantomena]

Is it not possible to get the usual range of options when you right click at a game anymore? Like, before the beta, I could right click on Thumper and decide which way I wanted to play it in VR (Oculus SDK, SteamVR, Legacy etc.). Not anymore?

 

[Ascheroth]

After seeing the big game capsules in action, I have to say I like them. Some look really cool.
It's just a shame that many are not updated (yet?) and the default fallback looks horrible.

But man, some really look cool.

Also the new banner on the game pages.

(Play Pharao Rebirth+)

Really weird that Luna Nights isn't updated yet. They have some awesome arts for the capsule.
There's generally some weirdness regarding which games were updated and which weren't... like Danganronpa 2 was, but 1 not.
I hope this all gets fixed in the next few days/weeks, though devs already had months to set up their shit.

 

[Samson]

cough

Did you receive by any chance some higher res cover artwork from Xseed? Google pictures only gives me cropped art with all the ugly logos.

Made these for you damn weebs. They're not perfect but they should hold you over until Xseed gets their shit together.

 

[lashman]

Sadly, I have no such confidence for K-T.

they would if they could sell them for $10 a piece ... you'd have them ready in like 2h from now

 

[Wok]

Overall, quite happy with the new design. Just make sure to activate "Low Bandwith Mode", because the beta eats a ton!

 

[Arsene]

Made these for you damn weebs. They're not perfect but they should hold you over until Xseed gets their shit together.

I personally prefer this one for CS2. Thanks for the images though, My CS1 one didnt fit really well but this one is perfect!

 

[Hektor]

Iron Tower Studios deserves a commendation

Not even names or logos, just beautiful cover art

 

[Arsene]

Danganronpa 2's banner is really nice so this bothers me immensely. You'd think V3 would have it at least. None of the V3 ones fit well so I cropped this one together using the dimensions valve gave out and it turned out alright. (300px by 450px) if anyone wants to use it.

 

[Wildebeet]

cough

Did you receive by any chance some higher res cover artwork from Xseed? Google pictures only gives me cropped art with all the ugly logos.

This is exactly why I'm pretty down on doing away with grid icons. I like grid view. I spent a stupid amount of time making my library look cool. I made almost 100 icons myself. And now it's going to look like this.

I mean can't I just choose to use the old way? I like the other improvements they're doing, just not the view.

 

[Madventure]

Lol some of those game icons for things are fuuucking ugly

I'm not going to touch the beta

Go forth my testers, test!

 

[beep boop]

Iron Tower Studios deserves a commendation

Not even names or logos, just beautiful cover art

Triggered.

 

[Durante]

The "post-game summary" seems really neat:

 

[fantomena]

Got a random comment "zzzzzzzzzzz" in my profile page and invite from this user:

Steam Community :: MartinGamer

Gamer LOVE games

steamcommunity.com

 

[Samson]

This is exactly why I'm pretty down on doing away with grid icons. I like grid view. I spent a stupid amount of time making my library look cool. I made almost 100 icons myself. And now it's going to look like this.

I mean can't I just choose to use the old way? I like the other improvements they're doing, just not the view.

The major issue (same with grind images back when) is finding images that fit for niche games. Finding the art for a high profile JRPG is trivial. Finding art for one of my weird puzzle games with <100 reviews, not so easy.

 

[Durante]

I'm usually not big on "social" features usually, but I do somewhat enjoy the game-specific activity feed:

Also congrats Parsnip for completing the best Dark Souls

 

[lashman]

I'm usually not big on "social" features usually, but I do somewhat enjoy the game-specific activity feed:

you don't have to quote images to make them smaller you can just click and resize

 

[derFeef]

Thanks now I might reinstall DS2 again.
Arrghh

 

[Durante]

you don't have to quote images to make them smaller you can just click and resize

Neat. By the way, the fancy post editor regularly messes up for me when bolding text (specifically, using ctrl+b on a word somewhere in the post will randomly bold the last paragraph). Any idea what's up with that?

 

[Samson]

I realized a decent place to get vertical art is downloading Twitch's category images. Not every game is on there, but there's a shitload anyways.

 

[derFeef]

Weird when some games from the same publisher have images and some don't.

 

[lashman]

Neat. By the way, the fancy post editor regularly messes up for me when bolding text (specifically, using ctrl+b on a word somewhere in the post will randomly bold the last paragraph). Any idea what's up with that?

yeah ... seems to be broken in 2.1.3 ... or maybe it's one of the addons messing it up

guess we'll find out when 2.1.4 is out

but you can use markdown in the meantime - if that helps

 

[derExperte]

 

[Durante]

Weird when some games from the same publisher have images and some don't.

Square-Enix is exactly as schizophrenic as you would expect:

What I didn't expect though is for them to actually upload assets for Nier:

 

[Arsene]

Square-Enix is exactly as schizophrenic as you would expect:

What I didn't expect though is for them to actually upload assets for Nier:

FF8 (the original) being updated for the new library despite Remastered existing, while 7 is completely ignored, is really confusing to me.

 

[Mor]

So far I have a little number of complains for the new UI, some things that could be added or changed but in general this change has been absolutely great for me.

 

[fantomena]

Steam doesn't seem to wanna save all the shelfs when I restart Steam for my front page. I have to keep adding 2/3 shelfs every time I exit and start up Steam.

 

[Wok]

Neat. By the way, the fancy post editor regularly messes up for me when bolding text (specifically, using ctrl+b on a word somewhere in the post will randomly bold the last paragraph). Any idea what's up with that?

Ditto, and not just on this forum.

 

[derFeef]

Square-Enix is exactly as schizophrenic as you would expect:

What I didn't expect though is for them to actually upload assets for Nier:

Yup. Also seeing this - would be neat to be able to create dynamic collections for games by specific developer or publisher.

 

[Durante]

Yup. Also seeing this - would be neat to be able to create dynamic collections for games by specific developer or publisher.

Yes! The store already has the data. Also per release year/range.

I do love the dynamic collection feature.
All the other stuff is neat, but that and library filtering are the real improvements in experience/functionality.

 

[Li Kao]

Excited to see the new UI and possibilities tomorrow !
You guys don’t seem too confused, that’s reassuring. Shelves not saving correctly is worrying though.

 

[Durante]

One final thing I noticed before I really stop faffing around with this library update:

In the collections overview, each collection shows actual game covers from its content (with some random primary color overlay).

 

[Mivey]

New client is a really needed update, absolutely great. I like that the update is really about functionality , and it didn't really touch the design of the client much.
Of course, it would be my long term dream if Valve manged to kinda unify Big Picture and the normal overlay (have it change the UI automatically if you use a gamepad), and provide more extensive theme-ing support (something that doesn't break every single time a tiny thing changes about the menues, or whatever)

Woah I didn't lose my categories!

It actually lost the categories for a handful of games for me, which was rather weird. I assume it's because I already used the leaked version of the new client, back from June, and it had some config files lying around?

Developers Cash In By Selling Their Switch Games For Pennies

Every few days, I tap the eShop icon on my Nintendo Switch. I’ll look at the new games released that week, but honestly, I just want to see what’s on sale. I especially want to see what’s really on sale.

kotaku.com

I know, Kotaku, but this time it's about the horrible discoverability on the eShop and how devs are trying to game the system.

I expect everyone to moan about how terrible Nintendo is about not improving their store, and how they force poor devs to underprice their games. Any moment

I just noticed a little icon appears next to games your friends are playing.


Also NISA went out of their way to update every single one of their games for the new library, but XSEED did nothing. So Ys 8 is the only Falcom game with the new banner update. Ys 8 looks REALLY nice with the new banner though.

Noticed that too. Maybe XSEED has given up on Falcom games now that they lost both Trails and Ys?

 

[Durante]

Noticed that too. Maybe XSEED has given up on Falcom games now that they lost both Trails and Ys?

Nah, basically all XSEED games that aren't completely new don't have new library assets yet, even the non-Falcom stuff. I assume they just didn't get to it yet.

 

[derFeef]

Aw man, still can't make a "VR only" list and filter those out of the "regular games" list - dynamic collection only has VR supported.

 

[Durante]

Aw man, still can't make a "VR only" list and filter those out of the "regular games" list - dynamic collection only has VR supported.

Yeah, we need access to everything you get on the store search. And the ability to "-" tags rather than require them.

Who am I kidding, just let me write an SQL expression for my dynamic category

 

[Spamlynguist]

If you're lazy like me and don't want to spend too long on making Steam cover images for the new UI, posters are also a good source.

EDIT: Also, I did not expect most EA games to have actual new cover images!

 

[AHA-Lambda]

How do I link my Steam account/games with my R* Social Club account?

The settings page has every type of account under the sun (even GFWL...) but no Steam??

 

[derFeef]

If you're lazy like me and don't want to spend too long on making Steam cover images for the new UI, posters are also a good source.

EDIT: Also, I did not expect most EA games to have actual new cover images!

Yeah I am pretty surprised too.

 

[Blu]

Can I not have a list view of all my games on my account? Shelf view seems to be the only option.

 

[derFeef]

Can I not have a list view of all my games on my account? Shelf view seems to be the only option.

The view on the left if you disable the filters is maybe what you want?

 

[fantomena]

Isaac and Gorns cover art is gorgeous.