Major Steam Beta UI Update

[jamesvdm]

Sources for this info?

 

[Uber Philf]

BUT! why does 6.5GB of my game have to be redownloaded... just to work with the new steam? shouldn't it be a few small files, not 3/4 of a game..

Its down to how steam packs content files, locked to the client and the latter how it uses decryption keys unfortunately

Im having to re-download 8GB of MW2.

well, i got sick of it, so i reinstalled MW2 fresh, and it works fine with the new steam now.

 

[dmex]

Sources for this info?

The source is me. You would hope I know how to analyze software since Im a developer @ Process Hacker.

Do I need to spell out in what Steam is doing?

Your game files where fine.

You updated the client and suddenly it wants to redownlaod a whole game.

You download the files then later decide to op-out of the beta and it suddenly it wants to redownlaod the whole game yet again.

But it only does it for some games and not others and it only does it once when you opt-in and then once again when you opt-out.

Put two and two together and the result is changes to either the steam API's these games use or how steam does its authenticy, file integrity or content checks that required re-downloading new files because the existing files failed a new requirement.

Steam didn't randomly decide a random bunch of files needed re-downloading, other game files like TF2 and CSS are fine so why did it pick just specific titles? Steam would have redownloaded every game if there was indeed a bug and redownloaded the files everytime you launched Steam or every-time you attempted to play the game but its not doing that so its not a bug, it was an intentional change.

 

[cloud8521]

the navigation to the games list still annoys me, only way tog et to it is to open steam, there is no right click on the notification. looks great, just needs a way to get to what i use most.

EDIT:never mind library opens it up. i did nor realize, library doesn't make me think of games i guess.

 

[hybridfan]

I like the Grid view, have no games installed so far, so will give this a try tonight...

 

[Rauno]

looks great. but is there a way to change it back to classic version again?

 

[sygnus21]

looks great. but is there a way to change it back to classic version again?

Return to the non beta version?

 

[Lordbob75]

This broke my Steam install, and my Steam account.

I cannot log into the Steam website, and my install (removed and reinstalled Steam) says I have no games....

~Lordbob

 

[swarfega]

I do like the new UI, a lot more information.

 

[sygnus21]

This broke my Steam install, and my Steam account.

I cannot log into the Steam website, and my install (removed and reinstalled Steam) says I have no games....

~Lordbob

Hmmm...Glad I'm not using it yet

 

[cloud8521]

This broke my Steam install, and my Steam account.

I cannot log into the Steam website, and my install (removed and reinstalled Steam) says I have no games....

~Lordbob

well beta's can do that, and you did opt in XD

 

[Lordbob75]

This broke my Steam install, and my Steam account.

I cannot log into the Steam website, and my install (removed and reinstalled Steam) says I have no games....

~Lordbob

well beta's can do that, and you did opt in XD

Heh, true enough. However, it should not have broken my ACCOUNT.

~Lordbob

 

[cloud8521]

This broke my Steam install, and my Steam account.

I cannot log into the Steam website, and my install (removed and reinstalled Steam) says I have no games....

~Lordbob

well beta's can do that, and you did opt in XD

Heh, true enough. However, it should not have broken my ACCOUNT.

~Lordbob

Are you so sure? beta bugs can be odd and do things you dont expect. BTW you have opned a bug report with steam/valve over the problem? it may have not just been the beta XD

 

[Lordbob75]

well beta's can do that, and you did opt in XD

Heh, true enough. However, it should not have broken my ACCOUNT.

~Lordbob

Are you so sure? beta bugs can be odd and do things you dont expect. BTW you have opned a bug report with steam/valve over the problem? it may have not just been the beta XD

Well, it works now.....
:huh:

~Lordbob