Here's a problem I cant solve. 3 games do this>Highlighting game> the library Artwork doesnt appear just black screen and then What's new.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

I have done everything I can think of to try and fix it .
The 3 games are Elder ScrollsV Skyrim and Elder Scrolls VSkyrim Special Edition and Life is Feudal Forest Village.

Let me try and xplain the problem.
Since the Steam ui update back around the 16 Sept, 3 games that were uninstalled nolonger show their respective Libraries, Artwork and community stuff when left clicking on it.
All other games library works fine regardless uninstalled or installed.

When I highlight LIF Forest Village and or ElderScrolls both of them I now get a black screen which will populate only when moving the mouse around it and then it opens to> What's New Home page of my Library not the Library for LIF and or ElderScrolls.

Play is not accessable no Artwork nothing.
The screenshots are unavailabe but I can find them by opening the Screenshot uploader and select LIF or ElderScrolls from the list..
To play either of them I have to R/click and use the Play from there.
Or the Bootloader.

Steps I have tried to fix it.

I looked around all settings of these 3 games.
Noticed in the New Steam Storage Manager>Steam> Settings >Downloads Library Folders> it was missing LIF Forest Village in the list..Along with ElderScrolls Skyrim and the special versuin.
So something in the library is missing or got lost after this Steam update >New Steam Storage Manager

My line of thinking was Steam lost a connection to these 3 games so I re-installed them.
Problem remained.

Exited Steam fully.
Checked the acf files were current in the Steamapps.
Deleted the libraryfolders.vdf so Steam could populate a new current when I restarted Steam.

Verified game files triggered Steamworks download. 400 megs which is also listed in the New Steam Storage Manager

Uninstalled Steam.
Deleted all of the files in the Steam folder except for the UserData and Steam Apps.
Redownload new Steam client logged in verified account etc.

The 3 games now appear in New Steam Storage Manager>Steam>settings>downloads>Library Folders.
But still no library just the black screen that will eventually let me drag mouse around to populate the The Home page and What's new.

Problem is not solvable.

LIF Forest Elder Scrolls SkyRim is heavily modded so I was wondering if the game's mods was updated with new mods while uninstalled and that the Modder of these games has made a mistake in the code / new mods and there was mismatch with Steam update?
Or Steam has permanently glitched the library for these 3.
I haven't played either for a couple of years.

But get this I tested them, the games play fine no problem with Mods they are up to date.. Saves are intact screenshots intact.
I just have to r/click it then play.
Or View Screenshots , everything for the games is there just no Steam library for those 3 games.

I spent like 5 hours trying to solve this. It's not the end of the world but pretty baffling.
Thanks for any suggestions ideas.

[Callahan420]

That is strange, I just checked Elder Scrolls V Skyrim and the Special Edition and they work normal for me. Both are uninstalled as well.

Have you deleted the browser cache?

Wondering if it might be a regional server issue?

[Aachen]

Never read anything quite like this before; starting with the mentioned cache does seem appropriate.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Yes I have deleted downloads cache not cookies also web cache. Even rebuilt icon cache in windows. Its so weird why these 3 games.
So I made a short video. I dont have family sharing or made any changes to my games.
It started after the Steam Client update.The black will clear after a time. I cant use any other Steam tabs until the black screen clears like it has to load? Only these 3 games.
https://youtu.be/YRhPSL7oAOY

[Jaunitta 🌸]

I've uninstalled Steam 3 times.
Uninstalled the 3 games from add remove programs Install Skyrim off DVD.
Still the problem persists. Clicking on either of the 3 games blinks the play icons for a sec then goes black and opens the what's new page instead.
Library link is broken.

The storage manager is when the problem started as these games were uninstalled. And The storage manager showed them as installed in C programfiles Steam Common drive when they were moved to E drive.
These 3 games glitched after steam updated and added the storage manager.
I am very sad I have no library references to Life is Feudal forest Village and Elder ScrollsV Skyrim.
To see details of these games I must look at the screenshots through the uploader tab for screenshots.
To play rightclick and play. Very annoying.

[crunchyfrog]

Could be the usual old corruption from the update. You did the right things here.

I have seen this before myself but it is rare.

Sadly I don't know how to fix it. The only thing I could suggest is trying to use Steam's internal functions to move the games somewhere else then move them back. I've had some success with that in the past.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Thankyou crunchyfrog,appreciate your response, yes it was the update with new Storage manager.
5 years never had any issues.

I noticed it showed Forest Village and Skyrim installed on C drive when it wasnt, I had moved installation files ages ago to my 5 tb E drive.
Steam on E drive was listed in my library folders as default.
Is anything supposed to remain in C drive when moving installation files to E drive?

I shall do as you suggest since I have only those games installed on C drive.
I will also remove the steam setting enable cloud where applicable maybe cloud is messing with the storage manager.

since my last post.
Looked at every single acf file to see if they were in the right appdata on E then C drive and games matched them.

Once all the games matched the acf and the storage manager. Local C and E Steam
I moved the userdata files and the common files outside on Friday, and uninstalled Steam 4th time
reinstalled steam and for a while the library worked with forest village and Skyrim I was over the moon.
Spent the week redownload 1 TB of games lol. 4 games and steamworks.
But as soon as I added the screenshots back to forest village and skyrim toes up again.
So its related to the creenshots?

[crunchyfrog]

Hmm, never heard it realting to the screenshots. That shouldn't affect anything to do with manifest files or the game files. So I can't comment on that.

Might be something else you sovled along the way, I guess.

As long as you stick to what you've done you should be rosy.

[Nx Machina]

No idea if it is related to screenshots but i have been on the Steam Client beta since the client released on 19 Oct 2019, so have had all the patches and been on the new downloads ui since 29 July 2021, new storage manager and never had this issue with Skyrim or Skyrim SE.

Report it as a possible bug, a weird one.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Hi guys tested moving the three games to my E drive expansion drive STEAM. waited 24 hour no change.
There are no games now on my C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common

Forest village does not have a library.
Elder ScrollsV Skyrim and Elder ScrollsV Skyrim Special also does not have a library.
Out of the 200 or so games I own only these 3 have this problem.

I've given up now and will just play Forest Village from a desktop shortcut or r/click those games play.
To view screenshots I can open the screenshot uploader from another game then select Forest Village from the list.
Maybe one day it fix itself.
Steam doesnt have a bugs discussion that I'm aware or I would have posted this in that section.

It started after the new storage Manager was installed.
Around the 14 or 16 Sept 2021 replacing the library folders.
Thankyou

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Try this, just move userdata folder to somewhere else out of Steam folder, now delete everything except for Steamapp folder in the steam folder, run the Steam.exe and see what happens when click on your 3 games.

I'm wondering if user data folder containing anything that might be an issue.

Another thing can try if those games are not installed check to see if you have the game app manifest file for them via Steamapp folder, delete them if you see the 3 games files, the numbers are the game ID number then launch Steam to test. If have them installed, just move the files out of the Steamapp folder and launch Steam to test.

LIF Forest = 496460
Skyrim = 72850
Skyrim special = 489830
Skyrim VR = 611670

Have you tried Steam beta?

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Hi Dr.Shadowds those also was in my thoughts so I have done that already 3 times thanks though.
I have written up everything I did above for anyone to read and see if they can think of something else.
There's only a format of my drive which I wont.

I did think about the beta Steam. Does that reqire a steam install? What would does it differ from Steam?
I've spent 4 days on this pretty tired now :)

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Jaunitta 🌸:

Hi Dr.Shadowds those also was in my thoughts so I have done that already 3 times thanks though.
I have written up everything I did above for anyone to read and see if they can think of something else.
There's only a format of my drive which I wont.

I did think about the beta Steam. Does that reqire a steam install? What would does it differ from Steam?
I've spent 4 days on this pretty tired now :)

When you switch between beta or non beta it replaces files with their respective version, there no reinstall at all.

To opt into beta click on Steam settings on first page you see button to opt into beta.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Ah ok I will try that then.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Its downloading only a small 107 megs something may have updated.

NOT FIXED still goes to black screen will roll back and restart my pc

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Try this, just move userdata folder to somewhere else out of Steam folder, now delete everything except for Steamapp folder in the steam folder, run the Steam.exe and see what happens when click on your 3 games.

I'm wondering if user data folder containing anything that might be an issue.

Another thing can try if those games are not installed check to see if you have the game app manifest file for them via Steamapp folder, delete them if you see the 3 games files, the numbers are the game ID number then launch Steam to test. If have them installed, just move the files out of the Steamapp folder and launch Steam to test.
LIF Forest = 496460
Skyrim = 72850
Skyrim special = 489830
Skyrim VR = 611670

Could I have reached the cloud limits? As both games have a lot of screenhots?

I tried this again as it worked before but once I restored the screenshots the 3 games library stopped working.
I only removed the 760 folder last time and when I restored it problem reappeared.

So again.
I completely removed the Userdata folder this time elsewhere then deleted everything except for the Steamapps and the Steam.

This time I have not restored the screenshots.

Clicked on Steam it downloads again the " 3 libraries work again, " it's wonderful to see the Artwork and the commujity stuff.
No screenshots restored for all games though.

Something in the screenshots Userdata or just 760? for those 3 games as you say >> "I'm wondering if user data folder containing anything that might be an issue" agree