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SUSEd Feb 7, 2013 @ 4:49am
[FEATURE REQUEST] Make FPS counter part of Steam Overlay.
FPS counter in Steam Overlay will be usefull to measure performane of games that doesn't have it builtin.
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idkfa Feb 7, 2013 @ 5:15am 
It's a really good idea, not only for linux, but for windows and mac as well.
matt Feb 7, 2013 @ 5:45am 
+1
BOT Sam Feb 7, 2013 @ 6:21am 
Great idea, always feel a bit worried when I try overlays tools such as video recording tools when games have anti-cheat that could possibly have false positives.
LinuxVR Feb 7, 2013 @ 6:23am 
+1
Tazza.sh Feb 7, 2013 @ 10:31am 
or maybe make a decent screen capture??
SUSEd Feb 7, 2013 @ 10:33am 
Originally posted by Linux Tarron:
or maybe make a decent screen capture??
Yeah! Integrate screen capture tool into Steam overlay!
Ashley Feb 7, 2013 @ 4:16pm 
Only if we could flick it off with, for example, shift+F11
Ashley Feb 7, 2013 @ 4:16pm 
+1
Hyper_Eye Feb 7, 2013 @ 4:19pm 
Cedega (GametreeLinux) had an FPS counter built into its optional overlay. It worked great. This is a good idea.
matt Feb 7, 2013 @ 6:12pm 
You should make a feature request at general Steam forums too imo :)
SUSEd Feb 7, 2013 @ 10:40pm 
Originally posted by Linux gutigen o):
You should make a feature request at general Steam forums too imo :)
I created request on GH
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1370
SUSEd Feb 7, 2013 @ 10:41pm 
Originally posted by Hyper_Eye:
Cedega (GametreeLinux) had an FPS counter built into its optional overlay. It worked great. This is a good idea.
Wine+osd_cat can mimic FRAPS. But only for wined software.
OzZy Feb 7, 2013 @ 11:54pm 
+1
FrostedSaber Feb 8, 2013 @ 10:16am 
Yes, this is a good idea!
Dusk of Oolacile Feb 8, 2013 @ 10:23am 
When you bring up the overlay, most games pause, and usually stop making most calculations. So you'd have a way to measure the fps of some irrelevant game menus. Completely useless.

If they happened to rewrite the overlay completely to have an always-on, mostly transparent layer, it could work. But how often does Valve rewrite something from scratch, especially for such a small feature? Something like never.

It would be more productive to ask Beepa to create a linux version of Fraps. Or even better, linux is open source, the community could make a similar application, if they really wanted to.
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Date Posted: Feb 7, 2013 @ 4:49am
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