10 STEAM features you didn't know about. PART 2

[@LinusTechTips]

Are there any Steam features we didn’t go over that you love? Let us know below! Buy a 64GB Steam Deck: geni.us/OPbe Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

[@ResenVMOfficial]

Hi Linus!

[@RetiredChannel89]

Libus bek tipz

[@zukabazuka]

The beta section has actually been in steam for a very long time, it was just up to developers to add their previous version to the client.

[@esenel92]

As a linux user.... Proton... A total game changer for us, and steam deck owners.

[@Tycerax]

Since you're talking about Augmented Steam, you should've also talked about Steam Grid DB, which has official or custom artworks, static or animated, for Grids, Heroes and Logos. :) One thing I hate about the new UI is that it doesn't give me a "total needed HDD space" when I want to install multiple games. It's been removed.

[@onvoi]

Regarding the age thing, Steam have mentioned it a few times, but they legally have to get you to 'verify' your age every time you attempt to access 'restricted' content.

[@StandardUserFromEarth]

Got to love verifying for an action game that has realitively standard violence that everyone now accepts, but some grotesque horror piece or a porno game doesn't need it, popping straight up without warning in a queue. (writing this I'm guessing that's because most of those extreme content games aren't rated or released by official orgs, therefore not being eligible for the age verification law, but it's still funny to look at)

[@Fribonansa]

Atleast it remembers the data i put as my birthday now back in the days you had to select the year all the time

[@Tyretes]

i only need to change the year to 2000 after realizing i don't have to be correct.

[@cazadon]

Yeah that's why mine is stuck on Jan the first year I was born got fed up of changing it to the correct date every time so for steam my birthday is 1st of jan

[@satibel]

Mine is set to 1984.

[@derranthefunnyguy]

Kerbal space program is another game that utilizes the beta feature to let users download older versions, really is a super useful feature for the modding community

[@Arceeze]

Hollow Knight does as well and it's delightful for speedrunners!!

[@nopeimnothere4119]

Agreed Factorio does the same while also allowing you to download even older version "pre-Steam" by creating a Account on their website and either linking it to steam or creating it through your Steam account.

[@reaprxram]

7 Days to Die as well, great for old game saves

[@vincentstuer]

euro truck simulator and american truck simulator do the same but also include the vr version

[@Atomy111]

It used to be for all games but daddy Gaybon tooketh away

[@clappeddd]

Underrated feature is the controller support. Being able to just use Dualsense/shock or switch pro without the need for any other software is SO nice.

[@jaden8923]

dont these already work like any controller?

[@XDRosenheim]

Windows will do that natively. But Steam does allow you to configure what each button does, however.

[@elkmeatenjoyer3409]

Not all games work like that though.

[@plasmahvh]

@@XDRosenheim not for my DS4, had to use inputmapper to fake it as an xbox controller to play fifa. not anymore, nowadays i just connect it via bluetooth go into steam set it up and load any game, steam or not

[@dukiest7368]

@@XDRosenheimnot with PlayStation controllers if you play a game that isn’t on steam you have to use apps to use them

[@KyleDavis328]

Btw, for the downloading while playing setting, you can configure that per game. So if a game is completely offline anyways or _very_ lightweight and not resource straining, you can enable steam downloads in the background of just that game, so you can essentially specify which games you can use as background waiting games.

[@RockingStar1011]

So much this!! It's such a useful setting that I don't think I've seen in any other launcher yet. I keep the main setting as 'Allow' since I don't think you can customise that for non-steam games added manually, but have every regular game set manually to 'Allow' or if it's multiplayer, 'Dont Allow'. Gives such peace of mind when playing online or singleplayer games

[@SveenxHD]

this has also been a thing since back in 19-bowandarrow :)

[@achillesa5894]

Yup, I set it to allow by default since most of my games are single player, then on multiplayer games like Apex I just override that. It's prefect.

[@karstenfischer27]

For number 8, you actually don't need to add a non steam game. In the steam link client (after setting up a computer), hit the settings button, then "streaming", then "more", and set "launch mode" to desktop. Now when you click start playing, it wont open big picture or a game.

[@S0n1cS1n]

Exactly, and it worked like this for years. I used a Steam Link to use my PC on my old non smart TV in my living room.

[@OmniUni]

On the Steam Deck, I installed Steam Link from the Flatpak and then added IT as a non-Steam game. Besides that, I was wondering why they didn't just use Steam Link to access their desktop. It even works on my dual-monitor configuration.

[@yalldrinktea]

As far as I know, that's only an option if you use the dedicated steam link program. It's not available if you're using remote play through the regular steam client.

[@be1100]

I've always just closed Big Picture Mode from the "power icon" menu, and gotten straight to my desktop from there. If you have a keyboard connected, you can use ALT + ENT as a shortcut to minimize Big Pic.

[@OmniUni]

@@yalldrinktea Yes, it's a program that Valve makes that specifically works with the Steam client.

[@malgaras6204]

Between this and the useful tools video, I love that more actual tech tips are returning to LTT. Reviews and crazy projects are always appreciated, but the long term value of tips and tricks you can benefit from basically every day, forever, is really hard to match.

[@Pividol]

Information > Entertainment

[@user-od3ii6bd7d]

The actual Tech Tips are by far my favorite content they make. Please do more of these kinds of videos LTT crew :) Idk if there's a Tech Tips playlist but it would be a great place to collect these types of videos together?

[@allenqueen]

Yea, gimme tech tips. Make another channel for other stuff

[@user-od3ii6bd7d]

@@allenqueen at this point it's all LTT anyways, but a sub-series would be amazing! I'm sure the forum has something of a suggestion box for video ideas too if people come up with good suggestions for tech tip deep dive vids like this :)

[@BobertJoe]

As somebody who uses a Stream Controller every day to control my PC from my living room, part of this unifying process has made the Steam Controller almost completely unusable for text entry. They squared off the keyboard to better match the Steam Deck. But the touch pads on the Controller are not square. Also, they removed the ability to use RB as Space and LB and Backspace, which were gamechanging.

[@AtPlume]

I love when you or anyone on the team talk about software related things. These days, I get less and less excited about hardware, personally. But I do love software related stuff! :)

[@AndrewPL5]

Right! I feel like hardware advancement has really slowed but software is only getting started. I'm really excited for the future and what software's are going to bring us!

[@NuclearCashew]

Michael Reeves is one of the last people I would expect to come up somehow on this channel. please do a video with him in it, it'd be amazing.

[@FunctionallyLiteratePerson]

It's not really surprising, they reference other creators a lot and he has more in common with them than a lot of others who they mention do

[@popdatwheelie1493]

fr dawg

[@ChainPenguin]

I would watch a episode with Michael. How amazing would be to build a PC inside of a baby, or a baby inside a PC I don't judge.

[@mrshrek8767]

This is exactly what i was thinking

[@literallycanadian]

@@FunctionallyLiteratePerson I mean they do sometimes, but more often its in the same general world of educational entertainment or has some relavance other than they just made a video called a boring video.

[@MoPaTography]

Please bring back the LTT intros, I love the music and animation and it gets me excited for each episode! Plus those little funny blurbs are a fun little treat!

[@BrendanP]

I think it's a relic of the past...even though it's iconic and the song is synonymous with LTT, with people's attention spans so short nowadays, they might see the need to optimize their intros for it. When was the last video that had it? I don't remember. 😐

[@DoctorTrueheart]

They've talked about why they removed the intro in a WAN show (dont remember which), if I remember correctly it has to do with those early seconds into the video being "too valuable to throw away", which does make sense, even if I also miss the intro :) In the end anything that could potentially get someone to click off of the video has to go.

[@gecked8560]

They're not going to do it, they're bad for viewer retention.

[@BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL]

Probably 3/4'ths of his viewership need to be treated for ADHD. They have massive bills to pay now, they can't risk it.

[@OmniUni]

@@DoctorTrueheart I wonder if they could do a montage behind the logo instead to make it a "preview" and get the benefit of both?

[@ammaraldabbagh3401]

The problem with this update is that it removed the music player. It's been replaced with 'soundtracks' which doesn't allow you to add any local music. You used to be able to use the old UI by passing the launch command '-vgui', but on the latest version (I'm on beta, can't speak for normal version), even that doesn't work!

[@Zullfix]

As of a few days ago, vgui has been fully removed :(

[@vincewilson1]

I know. @Valve, seriously 🙄

[@KeimoSakura]

@@vincewilson1 there's still a way to go back to the old one, it's in the steam forums by a guy named "Wikarian99PL"

[@lethauntic]

There are still many things Steam can improve on with their client, but I have to say, it's hands-down the best one out there. I'm not even saying that because the competition is so bad, but the Steam client is actually just that good. There's so much customization and quality of life that I would have never even thought about wanting before. There's always something that can improve, but I genuinely think the client is amazing.

[@viken3368]

Probably the best use of the "Beta archive" as I'd call it is Stellaris. Because they are still actively developing and changing core mechanics the game is almos unrecognisable from its earlies version in the Steam beta (2.1.3), compared to the latest (3.8.4)

[@arirock18]

Pretty much any of the Paradox games as well. It's one of the things Paradox does well

[@First-Last_name]

Eu4 and CK2 have entered the chat

[@ragefacememeaholic5366]

@roenie If I'm gonna be honest, as someone who has been playing Stellaris since 2016, Stellaris today is way better than earlier revisions.

[@-B.H.]

The new Steam overlay has been so nice. Being able to leave notes right with each game has been amazing. But something new for me is the search with a friends name for shared games.

[@AbyssionQC]

3:58 I love that feature. Back when I speedran Guacamelee 2, an update unintentionally affected a glitch right before AGDQ and Drinkbox Studio was happy to provide us the previous version of the game through that menu so we could do the AGDQ showcase without having to make a brand new route at the last minute. It's very convenient when devs use it.

[@Vittrich]

many dont do this but with steam cmd and info from steamdb you can patch almost every game in existence to the version you like. I use this to still play the 30.Nov 2021 version of Age of Darkness.

[@XDRosenheim]

@@Vittrich That still requires that version of the game to be accessible on Steam's servers. Not really any different than the publisher/developer to mark a build as a "beta".

[@Vittrich]

@@XDRosenheim there is a huge difference, because in my example there simply is no beta to go back to a previous version of the game and more than 95% of the games do have the old patchfiles on steam laying around anyways.

[@XDRosenheim]

@@Vittrich I do not see a great difference in having old builds laying on Steam servers, and literally pressing a button to make that build available on the client.

[@Vittrich]

@@XDRosenheim But you cant when there is no beta to go back? Are you some kind of troll?

[@moneyhoarder69]

9:00 Valve does officially allow this in the Steam Link app. There's a setting called "Launch Mode" which you can set to open directly into your Desktop. Settings > Streaming > More... > First option at the top

[@akiwiwithaface8911]

A quick correction on the steam link section: If you use the steam link mobile app (and probably pc app) it will launch you into big picture mode on your desktop, then all you need to do to access the rest of your pc is to minimize big picture in the “power menu”

[@xhaseo4940]

Yea this is what i been doing for years.

[@nico_53]

You can also go to the settings of your reciving device in the steam link app, go to streaming and move it form big pictore to desktop. it won't even open steam when you select that it will just show you whatever you had on your normal desktop

[@Nimta]

The desktop app also has an authorized devices menu... but it's hidden behind the Family Library Sharing menus (another highly recommended cool feature)

[@SebastianOliva]

+1 also family sharing is a great feature i have my best friend's with reciprocal libraries, and as long as heś not logged in we can both access all games.

[@AlwaysComplex]

You should see how they changed small mode for steam in the latest overhaul. Some are improvements, but there are definitely some stuff that was taken away from small mode without a clear reason as to why.

[@XDRosenheim]

I do not see what was "taken away" from it. Could you elaborate?

[@scorcher117]

Small mode?

[@BakersTuts]

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[@antiuttpprimewastaken]

I hate those segways

[@_XDan]

let's be honest we all secretly love them

[@Shaf-ci4om]

​@@antiuttpprimewastaken😮 , I actually find them funny and always try to predict when the sponsor message might kick in.

[@dimapopov141]

One feature you will love is.... *sponsor skipped *😂😂😂

[@nothanks9174]

@@antiuttpprimewastakensegues*

[@andresa.ruizv.7413]

After some weeks of using Epic Games Launcher and using EA launcher, Steam is super comfortable and kind of intuitive to use. With this video, I can appreciate how much love Steam launcher has been getting, I have forgotten to check the update notes for that time, so thanks for making it!

[@derekfurst6233]

Do you feel bad for betraying them?

[@BrendanP]

The EA App is an insult to game launchers. I had Origin for years and had minimal issues. Once the EA App came, it was an onslaught of problems, and for other people too. Lol, EA App can't even stay logged in a the time, even though I toggled that option on!

[@andresa.ruizv.7413]

@@derekfurst6233 Yes, I feel bad for being on the best side and not on the "betrayers of proper game launchers" side.

[@Dribbleondo]

@@derekfurst6233 Betraying who exactly?

[@ganr1277]

​@@BrendanPIt's better that EA App don't stay logged in. It becomes buggy and you have to log out to fix it anyway

[@MrHendrikje]

Next to the button to select catorgories in your Steam Library there is what looks like a Play button with a circle around it. This allows you to only view the games you have installed and nothing more, this is also neat to keep your list smaller and only view what is installed.

[@matthiasstolker5899]

thanks for this one

[@Muinko]

Steam really needs to update their "hide game" function. While you can hide it in your library, friends can still see your game list, playtime and achievements on the profile so you can't hide anything really unless you set the whole profile to private which is kind of the nuclear option.

[@Raven1024]

Just embrace the skeletons in your gaming closet. Realistically though I think it is just intended for personal de-cluttering.

[@hco4203]

or i mean you can just stop buying hentai games.

[@onomatopoeia5540]

​@@hco4203probably he is a shame of that😂 and it is always brought up by his friends during social gatherings😂

[@hubertnnn]

Hide game is not for hiding it from others, its for managing your library.

[@Heof1letter]

​@@hco4203it would be nice if I could not know about friends who do

[@SkeerdAint]

One of the hidden feature of Steam that I didn't realize at first but noticed it accidentally, is if you have the same Steam account logged in on two different PCs with same OS, and one of which doesn't have, let's say, Dota installed and the other one have, when you press install, Steam actually uses local connection to transfer the game data from one PC to the other rather than redownloading from the Steam server. It's useful if the internet is sensitive to jitter (like when you're playing an FPS or racing game)

[@kadebrockhausen]

Owner of a Steam Deck: it's not restricted to just OSes. It's done that a bunch for me with games from my PC being installed on my Deck

[@imaron]

When Gabe's gone, good times will be too..

[@adambester3673]

I hope not, but I bet you are right.

[@FEFELAND]

3:52 Bad example. Beat Games might be using it right now because they recently had a big unity upgrade, but it's very rare for them to do this! A great example would have been the Truck Simulator games. Those guys always let you roll back a bit if you need it.

[@LiftedStarfish]

It's insane to me how well Valve has been handling this UI shift over the past 2-3 years, while Microsoft has been fumbling the Windows UI changes for the last decade. Yes, I know that OS changes are _not_ quite as simple as application changes, but I've been hearing Windows users complain about it for the entire time, and it bugged the crap out of me when _I_ was still on Windows.

[@Zzzlol94]

The new notes feature is by far the best thing for the overlay. Too many games I want some information readily available, and it can be made nicely transparent.

[@tsartomato]

it breaks overlay and constantly shows the css behind it instead of overlay and launches 50 youtube videos in tabs all screaming at once no matter how many times i disable it

[@JeloOW]

@@tsartomato why would you have 50 youtube videos open lmao

[@tsartomato]

@@JeloOW dood posted 1 music video i opened it then closed. since then every time i open overlay it opens all of them + google pages i searched and add +1 video trab

[@TheEndOfNether]

Steam has REALLY upped their game. Not only have they nailed the style of the new launcher, but they’ve also added piles of new, and actual useful features. Let’s all give stream some credit, this is a very welcome change.

[@Darthquackius]

I disagree. I hate the new UI and the new launcher. I've hated just about every UX change they've made since they started changing the library and adding shelf's and crap. I just want Steam circa 2017 back.

[@Jonathan-Roden]

Apart from the fact that they removed the music player, nad the broken overlay, yes, it's a welcome change

[@BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL]

meh. It's slow and bloated and the bug where the client just disappears until you go to the tray on your taskbar to force it back up still exists too.

[@TheEndOfNether]

@@Jonathan-Roden the music player definitely still exists, I use it almost everyday.

[@Jonathan-Roden]

@@TheEndOfNether now try adding your MP3 library

[@Bromon655]

This dude hit the jackpot just rambling about technology like a smoothbrain for 10-30 minutes and getting millions of views per video

[@Shadowninja1200]

Already using the pin feature for the overlay which helps a lot typing out cheats for fallout 4 where I can't remember exactly what the item code is or exactly how this other command was supposed to work. I can see using it for other games as well, mainly rpgs or some more chill games where I might have a guide or a video running with 50% opacity. The new updates have been much appreciated. However I was completely unaware of augmented steam so I might have to check it out. Edit: I"m kind of shocked that you haven't mentioned steam link as a option for controlling the steam deck so you don't have to hook up a dock to it. It has been super handy for setting up my emulator on my deck.

[@Shika_1210]

micheal just caught the most random stray i’ve ever seen in my life 1:58

[@amendez7653]

Yeah Valve has been on the come up with Steam and a lot of it's feature and that's also on top of working on CS2. Peak valve is coming back

[@Frikinhel]

I love using the remote desktop ability to continue watching youtube/movie nights with friends when I have to leave the room my PC is in. It's kept the good times rolling while I'm in the kitchen making dinner~

[@niko31]

Hey Linus. I hate to say this but at 10:52, your controller wasn’t on. Maybe that was the issue

[@LoupDuQuebec]

The big picture changes has been annoying me quite a bit too. If you think the controller controls are weird and inconsistent, I would recommend you to try out the phone remote play with steam link app and the mouse and keyboard experience too, both locally and through steam link remote play. Also, for the "remote desktop hack" I used it in the past too, but there's a much easier way to do it, there's a desktop version of the steam link app that allowed you to directly remote into the computer that brings you directly into the big picture interface, and you can just minimize that one and do whatever you want.

[@withjoe1880]

You know you can change the controller keybindings for Big Picture mode. I already changed mine and you can get behavior that is fairly similar to before the update.

[@seethe639]

You didn't mention the biggest problem with the new steam, and that is that it takes 800 to 1.5gb of ram just to run the steam client now. That needs to be addressed and optimized away and the forums have had massive threads about that for a while with no solution in sight.

[@hughdahand5711]

I don't know about the windows version but the linux version also seems to have a memory leak problem. I caught it hoarding 11gb of ram the other day.

[@hubertnnn]

Hmm, interesting, I wonder if steam is using Electron. I already know the new steam is written in JavaScript, and Electron (a popular JS library) is known to cause huge memory leaks.

[@MajikManX]

I wish the Steam Deck was more family sharing friendly. Offline library sharing on one Deck would massively improve the Steam Deck.

[@galgrunfeld9954]

4:15 the feeling when your friends at work are only legally your colleagues

[@majajatasi]

I thought it was a reference to Ethan from the Sidemen who recently said that he sees his friends as colleagues and generated a little bit of controversy on the internet

[@blaze8897]

Can we get a feature exploration like this for GoG Galaxy? I kinda hate DRM, and only use Steam when I have no other choice. GoG Galaxy has some flaws, but it's still lovely to use, as I can import games from multiple ecosystems pretty darn easily.

[@InvalidationX145]

I'll second this. Galaxy is far less feature rich than Steam, but doesn't feel completely bare bones and has some niceties of its own (like that library importing feature you mentioned).

[@tsartomato]

@@InvalidationX145 i don't think bloatware and malware can be considered features steam is literally not working anymore constantly falling apart and showing css code instead of pages

[@samprice1302]

​@@tsartomatothat sounds like more of an issue with your network

[@tsartomato]

@@samprice1302 i'm in europe i don't have network issues

[@bbbbbbb51]

​@@tsartomatowhile I don't love the redesign, I have literally never had that problem nor do I know anyone who does.

[@Moskeeto]

Big Picture Mode's UI scale can be adjusted if you feel it's too large especially with that keyboard complaint. Settings > Display > Automatically Scale User Interface. Disable that setting and you can set your own scale. Also, the Xbox guide button probably wasn't working for you because Windows Game Bar is probably taking over control of it. You gotta disable that if you want it working on Steam, I believe.

[@Silentwisher]

The dynamic search and match with certain friends is a game changer!

[@casedistorted]

I had my dad nicknamed as Dad, but I was his only steam friend. But of course I knew who he was without the nickname. But he passed last year, exactly a year ago in August, so now he is permanently offline on my friends listed top of my Favorite friends. That hide games function is helpful. I’ve been wondering if I need to look at the A list of games for the rest of my Steam life

[@realtimestatic]

I personally really like the new big picture to keep it consistent with the steam deck but for the store I have to agree. They should make the store page better integrated and more consistent with steam itself overall.

[@Jmcgee1125]

3:54 They didn't use to! They only added this because they did a major Unity upgrade that broke mods for MONTHS. Previously, you'd be out of mod support for a week or so while everyone got it updated, and there was no way to prevent the update. Don't play this as a victory for Beat Games - they still only have this one version in there. If you want a dev that does this PROPERLY, look at Paradox - games like Stellaris have every major release in there!

[@Moskeeto]

The Truck Sim games also keep lots of old versions in the betas list.

[@jupilian]

Mostly because some people have issues with index controllers

[@recmonika9751]

I fucking love gigastructural engineering i wanna build 7 alderson disks and use them all for making alloys

[@DrivenKeys]

Thanks for this, that new overlay/browser is great! I really wish Steam would keep things in Beta until they get all the bugs fixed, or let us roll back to the last version that worked. It's starting to feel like Windows ME sometimes, where you just have to tell yourself "Ummm,, I guess they'll eventually fix it, and I'm too locked into the system to go elsewhere."

[@flamesword300]

Seeing the Steam controller sitting their makes me hope that valve will release an updated controller soon. Ideally I hope it uses the same buttons as the Steam Deck. Steam controller 2 and a gaming headset are what I want most from Valve.

[@terrabits]

3:16 Allowing downloads during gameplay is pretty useful when paired with limit bandwidth, and I've been using it for years. I just wish they made both directly changeable in the Downloads tab, instead of having to open the settings and type a value for the bandwidth. One checkbox and a list or slider would make this way easier.

[@tube71000]

Allowing downloads during gameplay is also configurable on a game-to-game basis. Don't allow them on CS:GO or Battlebit, but dorfromantic or rimworld? Yea.

[@banguseater]

I really wish you guys talked about the Steam Guide button chords, its a global controller button config. You can open up the keyboard, take screenshots, turn or mute the system volume, add custom binds like opening up Xbox game bar menu or use OBS recording binds all by holding the controller Guide button. Its super handy when I want to play on my TV and use the Xbox gamebar to change the volume on the mixer or change my system device to my headphones or my TV soundbar.

[@GrandHighGamer]

RIP to the older, better, big picture radial keyboard where you didn't have to manually navigate for every letter and could instead just point the stick towards the letter group you wanted, then one of the face buttons would select the right letter. A little getting used to, but drastically faster. Actually maybe that was removed a while ago, it was still better so damn it bring that back as an option!

[@nestor11811]

Yh man i hope they brint back daisywheel

[@darcymatheson8410]

As if their refund policy didn't make this list, it's so unbelievably friendly to the customer and never leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

[@dergon4796]

It’s nice seeing the nickname feature get covered, back when a bunch of friends and I played CS:GO together and shared high end skins between accounts we made sure we all used nicknames so no mistake would ever happen.

[@PunzL]

It only takes one of you to do a dum dum, get vac banned, and lose your expensive skins though

[@dergon4796]

@@PunzL The point was about getting scammed when we were younger, not VAC bans.

[@explodingllamas6641]

Nothing sounds more beautiful then we have a game lounge in our work place

[@brny_x]

My favourite feature is how each game saves its own instance of the web browser - Now I have a map every time I open DayZ

[@Jan12700]

3:55 Only because Steam removed that feature to provide different Versions of games, they must use the Beta function for this. 9:00 For this at the first setup you must be confirming it on the PC you are streaming from and with every new device or after you reinstalled steam and or your OS must do it again. Something like Parsec is there a little bit easier.

[@magnuswright5572]

The new steam overlay runs at one frame every three seconds, and sometimes crashes source engine games to desktop. I have a 7950X and a 7900XT so it could be a driver problem, but it was never this bad when I first built the computer

[@sylvester4207]

I think it also was in this update valve removed the split keyboard for controller users, i always loved that and thought it was soo cool

[@Matt43]

Tip for unRaid USB boot drives... Use a metal one that isnt super small, the metal helps dissipate any excess heat and a larger metal surface effectively is a larger heatsink for the drive. The boot drive is only accessed when booting, changing system settings, backing it up or when manually accessing it via command line... otherwise it sits there not being written to or read from, but being constantly on isnt great heat wise. Also, I got a USB 2.0 internal header to USB port adapter and run my boot USB drove inside the case to avoid possible damage or accidentally removal. Lastly, SpaceInvader One did a bunch of tests on USB drives to use as boot drives and last I know the Samsung BAR drive was his recommendation. Ive been running one for a couple years now (since my tiny one failed) without issue, but still have a cold spare one next to the server in case of another failure.

[@raulv98]

My only complain with this was the massacre that it did to the custom layouts for controllers, because I had something like 30 interactions mapped to my controller on Euro Truck Sim and now they are all gone. The ui for mapping them was worse than what they had before and it was a pain to get my settings back.

[@stefantobler]

I agree with the Steam Big Picture feedback. I use it more than I would have ever thought. I swear every time I use it I just smash buttons until I get to where I’m going because it is not intuitive.

[@TruFalco]

I mean, the first time I popped it up since it got updated (on accident) I was actually kinda relieved it was the deck interface, as someone who loves my Deck, but the deck interface is unintuitive on larger screens and on controllers... *not* a deck. But I guess it's a way of getting people used to it. Valve seems to be open to changing these interfaces and there's always small tweaks every couple of months, so it could get better.

[@withjoe1880]

You know, you can change the controller bindings for Big Picture mode. If you remember the previous bindings you can get behavior pretty close to before the update. You can also setup custom bindings for each game.

[@koshiredemption]

The only complaint I have during my experiences are: Steam can't start up minimized And sometimes when I'm in game and use steam overlay to chat my friends, when I double click their profile it minimizes the whole game and opens their profile instead of the old where it opens messages window

[@umr_147]

1:45 "pin it on top of your gaming session so you can watch your favourite streamer", sounds like something a stream sniper would use XD

[@feralkitty33]

My biggest gripe is steam forcing updates on all games and now some single player only games with mods get broken and I lose all will to play.

[@Stealth86651]

I've been using the "limit download speed" for ages now, it's one of my favorite options that any download manager/client should have by default IMO.

[@WispOfSoul]

I'm surprised neither of these steam videos have mentioned the "family view" feature, which is quite straight forward.

[@nicemarmot3681]

11. If you have a game installed on one PC, but want to download it onto your Steam Deck or another PC, you can use your network to locally download that game.

[@NULLYUKI]

All the new Steam interface updates are nice and all, but I prefer the older ones without useless animation. It is also sad that they kinda broke/removed with these updates the feature of adding custom Steam skins.

[@television9233]

While I'm nostalgic for the old interface, the new shift+tab overlay is actually functional now and doesn't feel like a clunky Windows Me device.

[@NULLYUKI]

@@television9233 Yes, the new SHIFT+TAB overlay is something I can agree with.

[@Boom3120]

I miss metro for steam and the old friends list UI etc.

[@mataskart9894]

Yeah I miss the simplicity of the previous interface. For example now when one of my friends family sharing a library of over 200 games to me *mine and his games mix in the list*, and there's no way to filter them off. Just why Valve.... I literally had to make my own list called "games I bought" and now have to remember to add every new game I buy to that list manually otherwise I can't find it without using search among the sea of family shared or even just *all the free games I played in the past* trash.

[@GSBarlev]

It would be helpful if you put the Steam Client version in the description, especially for future reference. Regarding Menu / B working inconsistently-I know Valve pushed out a *two* August client updates within the same week, with the second fixing a UI glitch from the first, and I wonder if this was one of the symptoms.

[@WKogut]

Colton probably was like: "Linus called me his friend... oh wait, he corrected it to colleague *cries"

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

"Valve doesn't officially allow it, but it is surprisingly easy to do." Gee, I wonder where you got THAT phrasing. ;P

[@Avram42]

As a professional Solidworks user this is the first time I've ever seen it as a sponsor in my personal space. 🤨

[@withjoe1880]

Yeah, I am pretty sure they are primarily marketing their "Maker's" edition to compete with the alternatives of Fusion 360 and OnShape. I also don't see that many SolidWorks ads, but they don't really need it since Dassault Systemes makes two of the industry standard CAD solutions. They probably just want more exposure to the hobbyist market.

[@kingpoopthe7th]

The hide games feature was very helpful in managing negative gaming habits. I had a serious issue with csgo. I would love to see more features for managing gaming time similar to what is available for parental control. Set gamings times where some games wont work/show up based on settings. Metrics and graphs to show your playtime ect.

[@citricdolphin]

A note about the age verification -- The ESRB *requires* Steam to verify your age every time without remembering it. They've acknowledged this before and there's not much they can do about it. That's what Valve says, anyway. Don't @ me about other markets who do things differently, I'm just relaying what Valve has said.

[@zestan3620]

There is 2 features that I wished made it into the list. 1. Controller Support (switch,PS control) 2. Add nonsteam games Controller Support - No need to download third-party software, just enable it in the controller setting for the specific controller (ie. switch pro controller) and boom u can use it for *STEAM* games. They also provide various customization options with gyro detection (it the controller has gyro) as well as support for controllers that aren’t the usual but can be detected by the pc as a type of controller (ie. wheel, gamecube cube controller) Add Non-Steam Game - Allows u to keep all your games into one specific library for ease of use instead of opening their specific launcher. BONUS: Steam controller support works for added non-steam games. May require some tweaking for it to work as intended.

[@zacharyfigge8786]

Two things you guys def missed: steam link has always been able to access your desktop, and unless it was removed there is a dedicated option to exit big picture to view your desktop and control it. Again, unless it was removed, there is also an option to view your signed in devices, under the same section that lets you view who you've shared your library with and on what PCs you have them shared.

[@XDRosenheim]

> there is also an option to view your signed in devices If it was there, which I assume it was not as I have never seen it, it is no longer. You can see and choose what accounts that has access to your Library, but you can not see what devices has access to your Steam account.

[@SkyDX]

Honestly Steam is great as it is at the moment although there are two things I would like to see still: 1: Let me control the new In-Game Overlay with my controller when I started it from Desktop mode like it used to be possible 2: Get us some theming-options! I know there's mods like CSS Loader but some official support would be great

[@AndyHerbert254]

Linus: the new big picture mode is like the steam deck. The xbox button = the steam button. 2 clicks and I'm in my library.

[@andre_af]

Steam will probably have a built-in fart sounds virtual soundboard before it can remember how old I am

[@CarlosBunn]

Hey linus, I don't know what kind of deal you guys have with steam, but it always irks me that your group is so quick do bash DRM, but NEVER shout out GOG where almost all games are DRM free. You guys could bring so much more people their way, and it would help the games industry as a whole to respect customers how they do. Please bring awareness to them, they really deserve it

[@FunctionallyLiteratePerson]

I feel like they've mentioned gog many times, but maybe that's just because I check out WAN show fairly regularly

[@R0w4nH0pk1ns]

the best feature of the new steam client is the removal of all the features that made the steam controller great to use. EDIT: The fkn keyboard oh my god. The steam controller keyboard was great, enough space to hit every button using the trackpads, didn't take up 80% of the screen and now there's multiple buttons that can't be pressed with the steam controller touchpads

[@Keichimaru]

When it comes to using your desktop from a remote location, you don't even need to add a program most of the time. When I'm using my SteamLink from the livingroom, often all I have to do is just press the windows key on the keyboard and it will bring up the start menu, which allows easy access to the desktop and thus the rest of the computer. I've been using my SteamLink as a remote access to my computer for around a decade now. It's incredibly useful, and one of the main reasons I still keep my SteamLink as part of my standard A/V setup

[@tagger_]

1 thing I absolutely hate, is the way Steam started doing notifications. Get an achievement = Steam plays a sound. You can disable this, but it disables all sounds (for new messages and such as well), which is just straight up dumb. We've got 4 options for Toast and Sound - yet achievements isn't part of that - but it really should be.

[@CaroFDoom]

im glad we have gripes about the new deck-like interface out in the public because theres a bunch of stuff that is just a downgrade if you're not using a deck

[@gotoastal]

Like being able to use the mouse to click back

[@kadebrockhausen]

I used Big Picture Mode on my Deck and it looks so much worse than the normal Deck UI. The text is too small and things were misaligned and it just felt really bad to use

[@Jensettiman]

I would personally prefer to have access to older UIs, like the one from around 2010

[@JeloOW]

it would be very broken tho and nobody would want to fix the old uis

[@Robot_kc10]

The one thing that they didn't change was the steamvr interface. When you go to steam in steam vr it still has the old big picture interface.

[@givowo]

the new big picture mode is cool however i have to have an old version of steam installed so i can swap the firmware on my steam controller

[@computerpwn]

steam has so much untapped potential when it comes to... everything. they have pretty much the equivalents of discord, twitch, other social media platforms etc, and theyre all built in to steam itself; all they need is a better way of displaying it, maybe even a way of monetizing it.

[@seraaron]

I can't believe you didn't mention Family View for parental controls and game sharing!

[@ArmedReject]

@9:03 I don't know if it is different for iPhone, but for Android You do not need to add any random Programs like notepad to Steam to use Steam link to Remotely Control your PC When you have your PC paired to your Steam Link App, Launch Steam link on your mobile device and Open Steam link's settings by pressing the gear in the top right, Press Streaming, Press Customize, Then press the Right arrow at the top right of the screen, Then change Launch Mode to "Desktop" instead of "Big Picture", Now everytime you press "Start Playing" instead of pressing a game at the bottom, Steam Link will load your Desktop instead of starting up Big Picture

[@jack5mikemotown]

The new Big picture Mode is actually so frustrating because it has some amazing improvements over the old one but it also takes so many steps backwards. It's unfortunate for a new interface to take so many steps back

[@tjhub]

In case anyone doesn't know, Valve has no managers or bosses - everyone can work on whatever they choose to. This is why some features aren't fully fleshed out, like the authorized devices. Here's a great video on what it's like to work there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWrEdKp5gMyegtE

[@user-jv9xb5wz5c]

Such a Valve Move

[@user-jv9xb5wz5c]

Such a Valve Move

[@rush2sk8]

They added account switching recently and its the best thing they've ever added

[@moduledd]

hiding ark sotf is probably the only thing that you can do with it 5:41

[@rpb4865]

I thought nicknames and dynamic collections were pretty common knowledge tbh

[@FunctionallyLiteratePerson]

Same, they've been there forever too

[@Snoop_Dugg]

I would like to see sub-folders for the game library. I like to organise by genre and I’d like to group by franchise as well just to narrow it down.

[@Aliothale]

You can create your own collections of games and name it whatever. I do this for all my games. All-Stars, Racing, Fighting, Indies, Backlog, Multiplayer, Co-op, Upcoming Games, AAA, etc.

[@Snoop_Dugg]

@@Aliothale Yeah I mean make a second layer within those collections. I have a collection called RPGs which has over 100 games, and I'd like to break them up a bit, subgenre, franchise etc.

[@James2210]

Completely revamped the user interface, added some mind-blowing new features, and completely removed settings for generic controller remapping and Big Picture Mode. Gotta love Valve!

[@JDWard27]

By the way, you can actually view what computers you have authorized from within the steam client. it doesn't count mobile or web logins, but the phone app does log all recent logins which includes mobile and web sources. Unintuitive, but this will be under the Family section in the steam settings by clicking manage under Family Library Sharing. It will list all computers that

[@Throefly]

Great coverage of Steam. Except you left out how they *still* have the worst user privacy options in the market. @Valve: Let me turn off telemetry and tracking on my account, not just it's display to other users.

[@zetapal]

Lets take everything simple and make it complex. It's SO convenient !