Valve / Steam / Steam Machines, General Discussion v2.0- "Is Steam Down again?" - Games

Anyone else feel like they are in a limbo waiting for the next series of announcements to be made by valve regarding their products?

[QUOTE=meppers;47330626]Since when did steam do this on the date you made your account? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DWBNVih.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] [url]https://github.com/jshackles/Enhanced_Steam/blob/68837d2b962494e5dccae1434beb68a00d73d2da/enhancedsteam.js#L6623[/url] [editline]16th March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=DevinWatson;47330653]Since you installed [URL="https://github.com/jshackles/Enhanced_Steam/blob/68837d2b962494e5dccae1434beb68a00d73d2da/enhancedsteam.js#L6623"]Enhanced Steam[/URL][/QUOTE] [VGS]

-nevermind, it seems there are more than I thought-

3 bots with the same holy gabe avatar have added me in the past 10 minutes. getting real sick of this.

[URL]https://soundcloud.com/gameslice/valve[/URL] Gabe + Erik on a podcast with Geoff Keighley.

Valve is 18 years and 6 months old. I wonder if we'll see anything for their 20th anniversary (2016-8-23).

[QUOTE=glitchvid;47345563]Valve is 18 years and 6 months old. I wonder if we'll see anything for their 20th anniversary (2016-8-23).[/QUOTE] If I recall correctly, they didn't even do a press release for Steam's 10th anniversary, so I wouldn't count on any celebratory announcements for Valve's anniversary either.

The part about games from that podcast [QUOTE]"I think, obviously people want to see…you know, if somebody likes Team Fortress, they like to see what we can do with Team Fortress, or Left 4 Dead, or Half Life, or everything. And so, what we are trying to do is come up with ways so that we are both…you know, we love all those games, we love all those characters, and universes, and storylines. And we have no shortage of opportunities, so we try to be a little bit strategic instead of like, okay, this is the piece of the puzzle that we can solve with this set of technologies that we have developed and this is the new piece of technology that we think is going to be generally useful…so this ties up well with this property. "If you think of it, each one of our franchises represents our tool, and you just want to pick up the right tool at the right time. So Dota 2 is incredibly character rich, I mean there are like a 110 characters, so if you have problem that involves wanting to work on the aspect of having lots and lots of those strongly realized characteristics, then Dota 2 is the right place to do it. "So, when we are thinking of the next challenges then we tend to pick the franchises that are most useful in going forward. And if we don’t have one, then obviously we have to create a new one. But you know, I get it, I'm a fan of TV shows, I'm a fan of writers, I'm a fan of movies, I'm a fan of games and I certainly understand why people are like, you know, hey I remember this awesome experience and I'm starting to get worried that I'm never going to have it again. I am fan of Terry Pratchett and he has Alzheimer’s, it’s like, Oh my god, I may never get another great discworld novel. "So we understand it and we feel that, and we think at the end of the day, customers are going to be really happy with where we spent our time and how we have turned that into entertainment for them. "But we are also going to build on what we learned, and we have learned a lot. We aren’t going to go all retro because there are too many interesting things that have been learned. The only reason we would go back and do a ‘super classic’ kind of product is if a whole bunch of people internally at Valve said they wanted to do it, and had a reasonable explanation for why it was. But, you know, if you wanted to do another Half Life game and you want to ignore everything we have learned in shipping Portal 2, and in shipping all the updates on the multiplayer side, that seems like a bad choice. So we will keep moving forward but that doesn’t necessarily always mean what people are worried that it mean. "[/QUOTE]

[quote]So we will keep moving forward but that doesn’t necessarily always mean what people are worried that it mean. "[/quote] I like this. He's saying that we shouldn't completely dismiss that they're working on the next HL installment because of the things he said prior.

[QUOTE=jazzpunk;47347775]The part about games from that podcast[/QUOTE] What a coincidence with the terry pratchett thing, considering this was recorded before his death.

[QUOTE=NixNax123;47348243]I like this. He's saying that we shouldn't completely dismiss that they're working on the next HL installment because of the things he said prior.[/QUOTE] and also warning to not expect something that feels the same as half life or half life 2 Hl3: the MMO

Again, Half Life 3 is almost certain to be in the works right now from the leaks(that were correct with dota 2 work shop beta tools etc). Just give it time, I mean I really don't get hyped for a game that hasn't even been announced yet.

[QUOTE=hogofwar;47343545][URL]https://soundcloud.com/gameslice/valve[/URL][/QUOTE] Gabe "You know" Newell.

He sounded like he really wanted to tell more about HL3.

[QUOTE=jazzpunk;47347775]The part about games from that podcast[/QUOTE] So "you know" what does he mean by this that they are waiting for a good time to release a new half life? Also does anyone else's steam overlay keep becoming unclickable if you use the web browser?

I can't use chatboxes when broadcasting my desktop.

I'm really pissed off by this, PAYDAY2 gets all the time 'Scheduled for 00:16' or some weird time, but I don't have any time schedules set on Settings, and it annoys me majorly because it takes a long time to update so I'd rather do it when updates are sent than when a friend invites me. Anyone has/had this happen?

[QUOTE=bitches;47355898]I can't use chatboxes when broadcasting my desktop.[/QUOTE] Custom skin? Works on the default skin, doesn't when I use a skin

[QUOTE=Scratch.;47358378]Custom skin? Works on the default skin, doesn't when I use a skin[/QUOTE] [url]https://github.com/yurisuika/Deshou/issues/5[/url] Friend of mine picked up up a while ago :v Is testing in order?

Steam mobile app updates inbound next week, and yes that means Android too. :dance:

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;47360236]Steam mobile app updates inbound next week, and yes that means Android too. :dance:[/QUOTE] yes found this on the login page: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fV1Ygm0.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=gooooooooooogle;47360309]yes found this on the login page: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fV1Ygm0.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Want to contact support? Yeah that'll be three weeks

[QUOTE=Scratch.;47360371]Want to contact support? Yeah that'll be three weeks[/QUOTE] That's a bit optimistic :v:

To be fair, I got a support ticket back in 4 days. Still too long though. :/

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;47360236]Steam mobile app updates inbound next week, and yes that means Android too. :dance:[/QUOTE] Windows Phone version when?

[QUOTE=Reagy;47362837]Windows Phone version when?[/QUOTE] More like 'if'. It'll probably be shit, anyway.

[QUOTE=horsedrowner;47362883]More like 'if'. It'll probably be shit, anyway.[/QUOTE] Well if they hired the guy who actually made a functional version of the steam chat on Windows Phone it likely wont be horrible, it works quite well but the fact it has to scrape and modify the web chat ( [URL]http://steamcommunity.com/chat[/URL] ) is a pain in the ass because it doesn't show you as using a phone, just web chat.

[QUOTE=Reagy;47364144][b]Well if they hired the guy who actually made a functional version of the steam chat on Windows Phone it likely wont be horrible[/b], it works quite well but the fact it has to scrap and modify the web chat ( [url]http://steamcommunity.com/chat[/url] ) is a pain in the ass because it doesn't show you as using a phone, just web chat.[/QUOTE] This is the kind of thing I really want to happen to the Steam desktop client. That, or making (part of) the client open source. Imagine how quickly the client will get better.

Since people at valve just work that they want to work on, (no hl3),it becomes harder of no one knows how to make a windows phone application, or any mobile phone application for that matter. Will mobile steam be top shit or less shit? It'll be hard for it to become worse

[QUOTE=Reagy;47364144]the fact it has to scrape and modify the web chat ( [URL]http://steamcommunity.com/chat[/URL] ) is a pain in the ass because it doesn't show you as using a phone, just web chat.[/QUOTE] the developer could fix that by setting the "ui_mode" parameter to "mobile" when doing ISteamWebUserPresenceOAuth/Logon source: i made a chatbot thing once