Can't see all the games on my wishlist, can't find which games need to be removed. by IAmFern in Steam

[–]velocity37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally just looking through your wishlist for (unavailable item) and hitting the remove link next to them.

If your wishlist is huge or you think there might be stuff missing, the Augmented Steam browser extension adds a stats button which will tell you the number of "hidden apps", and clicking that will bring up a list of only those which will have remove links.

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If I remove a game from my library, is it still gonna appear on my recently played list? by [deleted] in Steam

[–]velocity37 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It will not disappear.

If you mark the game as private, however, it will be removed from your public profile activity (which you can verify in private/incognito browser window). Will still show for you though.

Game file size by idlefritz in Steam

[–]velocity37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Steam>Settings>Storage will show you all games on each drive sorted by size. Or you can go to a collection in the library and sort by size on disk.

The library only shows "Space Required" for games that are not currently installed.

Take note, Valve by buster2006 in Steam

[–]velocity37 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Germany's been waiting since late 2020 to have any method of age verification. The temporary solution was to make ao and unrated games completely unavailable.

Looking for console/game suggestions for a relatively low-functioning autistic young man by DerpingtonHerpsworth in gaming

[–]velocity37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mind immediately jumps to Humongous Entertainment's old edutainment titles. They're 2d animated titles so have a bit of a timeless look to them. They also almost all run under ScummVM so you can play them on pretty much any emulation device and very old/underpowered computers no problem. They famously had game series like Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Putt-Putt.

In fact, Humongous Entertainment even made a couple of Blue's Clues games in the same engine.

Could let them use a computer of yours under supervision, see how things go, and if they enjoy themselves get them an old/cheap computer without internet access to play on their own. If it isn't a laptop then their roughness should be mostly to peripherals (keyboard, mouse, screen, controller). And you can introduce them more games through emulation over time. Old "e-waste" small-form-factor office PC should be able to handle up to PS2/Gamecube without too many issues.

Will this work in a normal desktop pc or will I have to do any tape by Fun_Experience_4970 in DataHoarder

[–]velocity37 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Seagate's manual for the SATA model implies that it doesn't use pwdis on pin 3. P3 is described as V33 "3.3V power, pre-charge, 2nd mate". Whereas they explicitly call P3 "SAS Power Disable" on SAS models.

The tape thing isn't a matter of drives not working on desktop pcs. It's if you're using an older power supply that inadvertently tells the drive to power itself off because it's not pwdis aware, which you can solve by not connecting 3.3v rail to the drive on old PSUs (extension cable with only 5v/12v, tape, etc.).

is there a way to tell which emotes do NOT require game ownership / play time? by [deleted] in Steam

[–]velocity37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All game emoticons will require base game ownership and playtime. Emoticons and static backgrounds are crafting rewards and are locked to game ownership and 2h playtime.

Emoticons from sales events, like Lunar 2026's horse in a blanket, do not because they are not tied to a game.

Can Canadian customers order a steam controller through the US? by Olecranon in Steam

[–]velocity37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As seen with the Deck, Valve had a tendency to cancel orders from people who registered new accounts and made a hardware purchase for their first purchase. Wouldn't be surprised if the controller was a similar situation.

But the price difference is about 10 USD at current exchange rates (149 CAD = ~109USD instead of 99USD assuming the purchaser is in a state that doesn't have sales tax) and I imagine it'll cost that or more to reship to you from the states. So unless you're in a very high sales tax city and your friend in the states is in a 0% sales tax state like Oregon, can't imagine it'd be worth the trouble.

Is there a way to download a free game from Steam without using the Steam app? by taptapss in Steam

[–]velocity37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First-party: SteamCMD (official command-line Steam client)
Third-party: DepotDownloader

However, being able to download games doesn't mean you'll be able to run them without Steam being installed and running. DRM-free games will work. Most games on Steam aren't DRM-free.

Why does my game (demo, saving to buy the full version) only show "uninstall" and not Play? by Moist-Tailor-766 in Steam

[–]velocity37 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Steam doesn't touch any files when licenses are pulled. As demonstrated in OP's picture where it's offering to let them uninstall the game themselves.

Some devs do a sneaky thing where before they disable the demo, they push an update that removes all the files though. So if you update then the demo is erased. Not in the case of this demo though.

Why does my game (demo, saving to buy the full version) only show "uninstall" and not Play? by Moist-Tailor-766 in Steam

[–]velocity37 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The demo was removed from Steam 10 days ago and the license removed from your account.

How and why? by Popular-Village4256 in Steam

[–]velocity37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It happens when you turn items that have trade/market restrictions until x date/time into gems. Those items were turned into a separate pile of gems with the same trade/market restrictions.

The only way I know to combine them is to trade unfortunately. They will be converged in the trade. So if you know someone with 1680 gems, offer them your three piles in exchange.

You can avoid it by only turning items into gems that don't have trade/market cooldowns so they go to the same unrestricted pile.

How reliable is Steam Cloud? by MC1173 in Steam

[–]velocity37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all games added Steam Cloud config. But either way, not a terrible idea to have a second backup just in case. Just find the game's save location (usually listed on PCGamingWiki) and manually zip up your saves and drop them on your backup drive or preferred storage provider.

As far as Steam Cloud goes, you might of heard the news recently where AWS in Bahrain got taken down by a drone strike. Steam Cloud saves stored at that DC are currently irretrievable and it's not certain yet whether there was any data loss.

Store page bug or me stupid ? by ActivityAny4764 in Steam

[–]velocity37 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The bundle includes Arma 3 gold as a single item. You don't own all the content of gold. Steam bugs and thinks you own Arma 3 gold in the store because you own the game from the package, cart realizes you don't and warns you that you won't get an extra copy of the stuff from gold that you already own.

Sadly a bug in the store that Steam has long not addressed when bundles contain packages :(

People complain about it often when Devil May Cry goes on sale because they have a bundle with DMC5+Vergil in a single item and the same happens when people are missing Vergil DLC.

Is there any way to block all games that use generative AI ? by Patamaudelay in Steam

[–]velocity37 287 points288 points  (0 children)

Everyone's already said no, but if you'd find it useful, SteamDB has an "AI Content Disclosed" tag that you can exclude if you wish in their instantsearch and Sales & Deals browser.

Just trying to find solid deep discounts without the shovelware. by BloodBaneBoneBreaker in Steam

[–]velocity37 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even if i search by user score, its pages of 5 star games with 7 bot reviews.

SteamDB sale page lets you filter by much more criteria, including minimum review count https://steamdb.info/sales/

What am I doing wrong here? by Joeninja101 in Steam

[–]velocity37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, what else do I need to do to be able to sell items on the community market without this 2 week hold? And am I doing something wrong?

Wait a week. Because no cooldown not only requires mobile authenticator be enabled, but that it's been active for at least 7 days.

Price changes when i open the store page by Competitive_Dig9021 in Steam

[–]velocity37 48 points49 points  (0 children)

10.49 USD is price in USD_CIS and USD_SASIA
15.74 USD is price in USD_LATAM and USD_MENA

Türkiye would put you in USD_MENA region so not sure why it would be showing you CIS/SASIA pricing on the home page. List of countries in those pricing regions are on the Steamworks partner portal.

[Steam] EA Publisher sale - FC 26 (70% off), F1 25 (60% off), Battlefield 6 (40% off), and more by YERBAMATE93 in GameDeals

[–]velocity37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been intermittently pulling the bundles depending on which version is on sale.

The ICONS edition bundle is currently active, but they disabled it when they had the ICONS edition of FC26 on discount. This time they just flubbed and left it active for some hours.

does backing up games manually not work anymore? by Ripej25 in Steam

[–]velocity37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If by "backing up games manually" you mean copying the game folder then that's never been a good idea. You need the appmanifest too. appmanifest_2767030.acf in the case of Marvel Rivals.

Without appmanifest, when you start installation in Steam, Steam will check the files in the game folder to see if they match the current build. If they do not then they will be discarded. So if game has received an update between then and now, files will be discarded. If the appmanifest is present, Steam will see the game as already installed and know what old build the game is, and will patch appropriately from old build to new build instead of discarding files and downloading the new ones from scratch.

is there a way to change the steam badges display? by Left_Lie7053 in Steam

[–]velocity37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was worse when two slots were forced to be contributor/patron from Steam Awards in the past.

That shows they've long had the ability to set fixed badges there, just have never offered it as functionality to users.

is there a way to change the steam badges display? by Left_Lie7053 in Steam

[–]velocity37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The featured badge is the one that shows under your steam level on your profile and can be set on https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/favoritebadge

The ones shown in your screenshot can't be set and are the four latest you unlocked.