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Valve To Overhaul for Steam GUI
We've all been accustomed to Valve's Steam layout (GUI) for many years now and little has changed. Well, that is about to change as over at GDC Valve has announced with is going to overhaul the GUI.
Not just the GUI (graphics user interface) though, also you are going to notice something called Steam Events. The game library is set to prioritize games that you play often, giving a featured slot to the game you most recently played. With new competition in the likes from EPIC store, and names like Uplay, Origin, GoG, Humble steam is losing market share and needs to step thing up.
Valve mentions that players can run their games quickly and efficiently. The library home page will also retrieve news and thus that events carousel dedicated to updates and events. Events will be of interest towards esports aficionados as there is an option for developers to enable live streams of events (like esports tournaments). Have a peek below and click the thumbnails to check and preview the new layout.
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#5653074 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:03 PM
Can they add an option to get rid of all the crap that get released? don't want to see 10 million B**B anime simulator dating games, Rather see the good games. Kinda makes me sad i could be missing another great indie game like Bastion because the indie section is just full of tat :/
The GUI looked fine before, they keep adding too much that you have to scroll down now to see the useful stuff. Just want something clean and simple that i can customize to my liking, if i don't wanna see a certain type of genre then let me do that
Can't you already filter out genres or types of games that don't interest you? I distinctively remember getting rid of visual novels this way.
Can they add an option to get rid of all the crap that get released? don't want to see 10 million B**B anime simulator dating games, Rather see the good games. Kinda makes me sad i could be missing another great indie game like Bastion because the indie section is just full of tat :/
The GUI looked fine before, they keep adding too much that you have to scroll down now to see the useful stuff. Just want something clean and simple that i can customize to my liking, if i don't wanna see a certain type of genre then let me do that
Can't you already filter out genres or types of games that don't interest you? I distinctively remember getting rid of visual novels this way.
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#5653075 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:05 PM
Yeah, you can. I don't even see that stuff at all.
Can't you already filter out genres or types of games that don't interest you? I distinctively remember getting rid of visual novels this way.
Yeah, you can. I don't even see that stuff at all.
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#5653079 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:11 PM
I mean, there's the "not interested" checkmark that (after a few of these on a certain genre) already modifies the recommendation algorithm, and I am fairly positive that you can manually get rid of entire genres from the get-go (I'm at work now, so I can't check).
What I would like is the ability to filter out the "gaming news" bar that appears in the library under selected games. Or at least to set preferred sites. I can't stand RPS, but I would like to have more of Eurogamer, for example.
Yeah, you can. I don't even see that stuff at all.
I mean, there's the "not interested" checkmark that (after a few of these on a certain genre) already modifies the recommendation algorithm, and I am fairly positive that you can manually get rid of entire genres from the get-go (I'm at work now, so I can't check).
What I would like is the ability to filter out the "gaming news" bar that appears in the library under selected games. Or at least to set preferred sites. I can't stand RPS, but I would like to have more of Eurogamer, for example.
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#5653080 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:13 PM
@Ricepudding i know it's painful, but you can just "ignore" all of those games manually (which is what I've done), took me little over an hour (more than 100 pages), just click on the "anime" tag and then block everything.However I wish the process had been much simpler (not that I want to censor, or tell people what they can't buy), but I'm definitely not their targets audience; hence why I blocked it all.
I know you can activate some kind of "warning" message on the community pages and block mature content, violence and blood with a few clicks in your settings (which would effectively turn your Steam client into EGS and Chinese territory of censorship), but I think that's taking it too far and I'm not easily offended; just easily triggered by low-effort anime jigsaw puzzles.
Apparently I had overlooked my settings and forgot about the "exclude" tag feature...
@Ricepudding i know it's painful, but you can just "ignore" all of those games manually (which is what I've done), took me little over an hour (more than 100 pages), just click on the "anime" tag and then block everything.
I know you can activate some kind of "warning" message on the community pages and block mature content, violence and blood with a few clicks in your settings (which would effectively turn your Steam client into EGS and Chinese territory of censorship), but I think that's taking it too far and I'm not easily offended; just easily triggered by low-effort anime jigsaw puzzles.
Apparently I had overlooked my settings and forgot about the "exclude" tag feature...
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#5653081 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:14 PM
I mean, there's the "not interested" checkmark that (after a few of these on a certain genre) already modifies the recommendation algorithm, and I am fairly positive that you can manually get rid of entire genres from the get-go (I'm at work now, so I can't check).
What I would like is the ability to filter out the "gaming news" bar that appears in the library under selected games. Or at least to set preferred sites. I can't stand RPS, but I would like to have more of Eurogamer, for example.
Yeah, I'd like to remove all gaming news or at least tweak it. I had stopped going to those sites over a decade ago but have disdain for them since 2014. I wouldn't mind blocking thrash like rps, polygon, and waypoint.
Yep their recommendations are determined by what you own, wishlisted and their own ai. You can also remove VR, early access, and tags (like walking simulator and novels) and the not interested button.
I mean, there's the "not interested" checkmark that (after a few of these on a certain genre) already modifies the recommendation algorithm, and I am fairly positive that you can manually get rid of entire genres from the get-go (I'm at work now, so I can't check).
What I would like is the ability to filter out the "gaming news" bar that appears in the library under selected games. Or at least to set preferred sites. I can't stand RPS, but I would like to have more of Eurogamer, for example.
Yeah, I'd like to remove all gaming news or at least tweak it. I had stopped going to those sites over a decade ago but have disdain for them since 2014. I wouldn't mind blocking thrash like rps, polygon, and waypoint.
Yep their recommendations are determined by what you own, wishlisted and their own ai. You can also remove VR, early access, and tags (like walking simulator and novels) and the not interested button.
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#5653090 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:41 PM
I just hope they won't do away with the classic "Small Mode" option.
I just hope they won't do away with the classic "Small Mode" option.
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#5653091 Posted on: 03/22/2019 02:45 PM
@Ricepudding i know it's painful, but you can just "ignore" all of those games manually (which is what I've done), took me little over an hour (more than 100 pages), just click on the "anime" tag and then block everything.However I wish the process had been much simpler (not that I want to censor, or tell people what they can't buy), but I'm definitely not their targets audience; hence why I blocked it all.
I know you can active some kind of "warning" on the community pages and block mature content, violence and blood with a few clicks in your settings (which would effectively turn your Steam client into EGS and Chinese territory of censorship), but I think that's taking it a bit too far and I'm not easily offended; just easily triggered by low-effort anime jigsaw puzzles.
Apparently I had overlooked my settings and forgot about the "exclude" tag feature...
Yeah, I'd like to remove all gaming news or at least tweak it. I had stopped going to those sites over a decade ago but have disdain for them since 2014. I wouldn't mind blocking thrash like rps, polygon, and waypoint.
Yep their recommendations are determined by what you own, wishlisted and their own ai. You can also remove VR, early access, and tags (like walking simulator and novels) and the not interested button.
So, all that @Ricepudding wants is already there XD
@Ricepudding i know it's painful, but you can just "ignore" all of those games manually (which is what I've done), took me little over an hour (more than 100 pages), just click on the "anime" tag and then block everything.
I know you can active some kind of "warning" on the community pages and block mature content, violence and blood with a few clicks in your settings (which would effectively turn your Steam client into EGS and Chinese territory of censorship), but I think that's taking it a bit too far and I'm not easily offended; just easily triggered by low-effort anime jigsaw puzzles.
Apparently I had overlooked my settings and forgot about the "exclude" tag feature...
Yeah, I'd like to remove all gaming news or at least tweak it. I had stopped going to those sites over a decade ago but have disdain for them since 2014. I wouldn't mind blocking thrash like rps, polygon, and waypoint.
Yep their recommendations are determined by what you own, wishlisted and their own ai. You can also remove VR, early access, and tags (like walking simulator and novels) and the not interested button.
So, all that @Ricepudding wants is already there XD
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#5653120 Posted on: 03/22/2019 03:41 PM
You can already do that even if it's not very well made nor it is pretty. You can set categories and assign them to your games and the games will be grouped by category. My categories are finished, abandoned, backlog, next to play and currently playing.
My main problem with it is it's not possible to assign a category to many games at once. You also can't assign a category without going to the game property (dialog window). Would be cool to be able to assign a category to a game by a right click. Finally while the categories are stored in the cloud like other game options Steam has a tendency to **** them up if you are using Steam on more than one PC (laptop and desktop for example) so it's better to make a local backup of the category files on an external hdd. Finally i would like to be able to have categories and also sub categories in those categories.
Finally.. I hope it will bring some much needed features to easily organize bigger game librarys.
You can already do that even if it's not very well made nor it is pretty. You can set categories and assign them to your games and the games will be grouped by category. My categories are finished, abandoned, backlog, next to play and currently playing.
My main problem with it is it's not possible to assign a category to many games at once. You also can't assign a category without going to the game property (dialog window). Would be cool to be able to assign a category to a game by a right click. Finally while the categories are stored in the cloud like other game options Steam has a tendency to **** them up if you are using Steam on more than one PC (laptop and desktop for example) so it's better to make a local backup of the category files on an external hdd. Finally i would like to be able to have categories and also sub categories in those categories.
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#5653124 Posted on: 03/22/2019 03:43 PM
I mean, there's the "not interested" checkmark that (after a few of these on a certain genre) already modifies the recommendation algorithm, and I am fairly positive that you can manually get rid of entire genres from the get-go (I'm at work now, so I can't check).
What I would like is the ability to filter out the "gaming news" bar that appears in the library under selected games. Or at least to set preferred sites. I can't stand RPS, but I would like to have more of Eurogamer, for example.
Last time i checked i could not find how to ignore a publisher or developer though. A while ago i wanted to ignore Atifex Mundi but could not find the option. Maybe it's there but i did not find it.
I mean, there's the "not interested" checkmark that (after a few of these on a certain genre) already modifies the recommendation algorithm, and I am fairly positive that you can manually get rid of entire genres from the get-go (I'm at work now, so I can't check).
What I would like is the ability to filter out the "gaming news" bar that appears in the library under selected games. Or at least to set preferred sites. I can't stand RPS, but I would like to have more of Eurogamer, for example.
Last time i checked i could not find how to ignore a publisher or developer though. A while ago i wanted to ignore Atifex Mundi but could not find the option. Maybe it's there but i did not find it.
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#5653131 Posted on: 03/22/2019 03:49 PM
I think there are more important issues with Steam that the GUI look but okay...
I think there are more important issues with Steam that the GUI look but okay...
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#5653132 Posted on: 03/22/2019 03:49 PM
I'll just get a skin that removes all of this. All I need is a launch game button.
I'll just get a skin that removes all of this. All I need is a launch game button.
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#5653150 Posted on: 03/22/2019 04:12 PM
Wasn't that the problem when they overhauled the chat client previously? The new code they are using isn't skinnable.
Wasn't that the problem when they overhauled the chat client previously? The new code they are using isn't skinnable.
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#5653162 Posted on: 03/22/2019 04:19 PM
Nope it only changes the layout
Nice more bloatware in the app.
Nope it only changes the layout
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#5653172 Posted on: 03/22/2019 04:38 PM
Bloatware for me is added software
I'm not sure that it's the case here.
Looks more like they've put everything on one page, something I like a lot.
Though I wish it was possible to customize your "view" and add/remove modules.
Bloatware for me is added software
I'm not sure that it's the case here. Looks more like they've put everything on one page, something I like a lot.
Though I wish it was possible to customize your "view" and add/remove modules.
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Can they add an option to get rid of all the crap that get released? don't want to see 10 million B**B anime simulator dating games, Rather see the good games. Kinda makes me sad i could be missing another great indie game like Bastion because the indie section is just full of tat :/
The GUI looked fine before, they keep adding too much that you have to scroll down now to see the useful stuff. Just want something clean and simple that i can customize to my liking, if i don't wanna see a certain type of genre then let me do that