At GDC today, Valve did their presentation and they finally showed off the new design coming for the Library page and more.
For those with a growing backlog of games, the Steam Library as it is right now is so basic it's just incredibly unhelpful. Going by what they've shown off, it's actually looking a serious amount better. Firstly, it has a home page for your Steam Library, to go over some recent games and recently updated titles, as well as show a slice of your friends list. That's a pretty handy feature, especially if you have a game you play regularly enough it will probably be quicker and easier to get going the next time.
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The Steam Library search feature is also finally seeing a decent upgrade, allowing you some more control over finding what game you want to play and this will include setting tags on games, picking a feature they have like gamepad support and so on. It's much more like how you actually search the store, so it makes total sense.
Also announced is a new Events system which is a very good idea. Having one place to follow all the current and upcoming events to your games and by the looks of it games you don't own too, will give you reasons to keep coming back to them. There will be plenty of options to follow these events too like getting an email, adding to your calendar and so on.
By the sounds of it, they will also be rolling out some more statistics for developers to see, to help them get an idea of visibility on the store which might be quite helpful.
No date was said on when it will all go live, however there will be an open beta sometime.
Credit to SteamDB for some of the info.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: PieOrCakeQuoting: 14I welcome the refreshing look.
Another thing I would like is to wish list a game I already own so that I can get notified when to buy it for a friend. :)
^^ This. The GoG version of UT2k4 stopped working a while back, and my sons still want to play it. I already own it on Steam, but I can't wishlist it to be notified when it's on sale for them.
Wishlist from their account(s)? Os use an external notifier like https://gg.deals/
Quoting: LinasNice improvement, but nothing mind-blowing. I was really hoping for that they merged Big Picture and desktop views into something new.
The current Big Picture Mode client is broken beyond repair, they probably need to start from scratch anyway.
Other than that, though: Good, it was long overdue. Hopefully, they'll also finally make a WYSIWYG for reviews...
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 22 March 2019 at 9:14 am UTC
Quoting: PieOrCakeOur sales page has a wishlist option if that helps: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/salesQuoting: 14I welcome the refreshing look.
Another thing I would like is to wish list a game I already own so that I can get notified when to buy it for a friend. :)
^^ This. The GoG version of UT2k4 stopped working a while back, and my sons still want to play it. I already own it on Steam, but I can't wishlist it to be notified when it's on sale for them.
Add directly from it or from the UserCP wishlist page.
Quoting: callciferWhat's the use case for that? If the game is already in your library, the key is no longer valid.
Sigh... CD Key is different than Steam key. Some games like Unreal Tournament 2004, Return to Castle Wolfenstein use CD Key aka LegacyKey which can be viewed in current Steam client in order to use for source ports and/or unofficial native releases.
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/9fmboc/steam_play_shows_previously_unavailable_cd_keys/
Last edited by rea987 on 22 March 2019 at 11:10 am UTC
Quoting: aristoriasCan the app finally support HiDPI? It is a real pain to use that thing on a 4K monitor ...
Same goes for a 1080p television in the living room. (And before anyone says anything: no, until it stops consuming resources like a herd of swine in a hemp field, Big Picture Mode is not an option. lol.)
And IMO it's not a good UX. There were already two horizontal menus (Steam|View|Friends|... and Store|Library|...), which is far from ideal. And now Valve throws a vertical menu in the Library tab?! It's just too many layers.. Of course, I'll be able to live with it, but it feels like Valve doesn't have a UX designer and decisions have been made by a programmer:
Quoting: MayeulCQuoting: dvdI reallly like how much simpler this UI feels. I'd hope we get some customisation options in the future too - like getting rid of the ad pop-ups and making steam launcher the size of the old friends list window.
FYI you can already do both (the first in the settings, and the second in the toolbar, IIRC).
Not sure if you meant more options like these, or specifically wanted those?
Cool, thanks! I didn't know about the first one (although now i think i found the right checkmark).
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