I hate the new Big Picture

[A Moogle In Disguise]

It seems to be an unpopular opinion but I really loved the old big picture mode. I still use the steamlink regularly and it works extremely well with big picture mode (at least it used to)

This new big picture mode is a lazy copy and paste of the steam deck interface, they even refer to your machine as the steam deck and some of the interface is not designed for a big screen, like the controller config, so it now looks awkward with text overlapping in some instances.

Microsoft did something similar with their Windows OS, making Windows 8 (and everything afterwards) share the same interface with their mobile OS, but at least they tweaked it enough so it's unique to the PC. New big picture is just complete laziness. I wouldn't mind if it worked well, but it's clunky and kind of broken in areas (like switching through tabs in your library)

Plus a lot of non-steam games don't work properly anymore. Steam reacts to your controller input even in the background with the game is running, but after exiting the game suddenly it decides not to react.

This makes the steamlink pretty much unplayable, and I hate that the convenience of the steamlink has been replaced by the Steam deck. Seems like a big middle finger from Valve to their old loyal customer, only care about customers of their latest product. I hate gaming on a tiny handheld screen and I don't always want to play games alone at my desk, but I guess there's no future for a gamer like me, Steam has decided.

I know the old big picture still exists, but Steam has said they'll be doing away with that in future updates.

Anyway, I wanted to get that off my chest. I lost a lot of respect for Valve. Please let me know if you feel the same, or disagree or whatever. I'd like to hear some other opinions.

[grcgchilly]

i totally agree with you i cant use my controller anymore with my games, which i spent a lot of time configuring for all my games . especially my trucking sim games . all i get is a black screen when i select view big picture mode then my computer seems to lock up, then i have to use task manager to shut it down then restart my computer. this really sucks. i have a steam deck and love it but lets leave it out of big picture mode. so i can use my pc with my tv. i cant play any of the trucking sim games until they fix this crap.

[katyrag]

Originally posted by grcgchilly:

i totally agree with you i cant use my controller anymore with my games, which i spent a lot of time configuring for all my games . especially my trucking sim games . all i get is a black screen when i select view big picture mode then my computer seems to lock up, then i have to use task manager to shut it down then restart my computer. this really sucks. i have a steam deck and love it but lets leave it out of big picture mode. so i can use my pc with my tv. i cant play any of the trucking sim games until they fix this crap.

some proble here :!

[Ima Noid]

I had the same problem - even the sound's crap. I posted about it and got a link from someone @ the beta. That's the only thing that works for me.
IDK if Steam's lost it's mind, or if someone else is losing it for them. https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3758852882959705178/
Apparently, Steam's eager to remove that beta branch too.

[Grimm]

same bro

[droneattack]

I just tried it again just to be sure. it's absolute trash.

[𝕎𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕫]

You can't even shut down the SteamLink anymore with the new UI... just end the stream or shut down the whole PC... so annoying...

[Madvessel]

Originally posted by grcgchilly:

i totally agree with you i cant use my controller anymore with my games, which i spent a lot of time configuring for all my games . especially my trucking sim games . all i get is a black screen when i select view big picture mode then my computer seems to lock up, then i have to use task manager to shut it down then restart my computer. this really sucks. i have a steam deck and love it but lets leave it out of big picture mode. so i can use my pc with my tv. i cant play any of the trucking sim games until they fix this crap.

This controller issue has me screaming

[El Pingas]

Yes. The new steam big picture is trash. The bad part is that we will be probably forced to update eventually. Right now the launch command to still use old big picture still works, but who knows for how much time

[Unknown]

Originally posted by El Pingas:

Yes. The new steam big picture is trash. The bad part is that we will be probably forced to update eventually. Right now the launch command to still use old big picture still works, but who knows for how much time

How do you do this?

Right now it seems to get stuck every time I exit a game, especially Indie or old games.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Same, I never use it but decided to have a look, useless and cant do anything once Big Picture is running. Only way out is to Task manager delete process.

[A Moogle In Disguise]

Originally posted by Unknown:

Originally posted by El Pingas:

Yes. The new steam big picture is trash. The bad part is that we will be probably forced to update eventually. Right now the launch command to still use old big picture still works, but who knows for how much time

How do you do this?

Right now it seems to get stuck every time I exit a game, especially Indie or old games.

That happens to me too! It's pretty much unusable. To use the old version, create a shortcut to Steam on your computer, go to its properties, and insert "-oldbigpicture" at the end of the string of text in the "Target" textbox. Then restart.

[Unknown]

Originally posted by A Moogle In Disguise:

Originally posted by Unknown:

How do you do this?

Right now it seems to get stuck every time I exit a game, especially Indie or old games.

That happens to me too! It's pretty much unusable. To use the old version, create a shortcut to Steam on your computer, go to its properties, and insert "-oldbigpicture" at the end of the string of text in the "Target" textbox. Then restart.

Thank you!

[AustrAlien2010]

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:

Same, I never use it but decided to have a look, useless and cant do anything once Big Picture is running. Only way out is to Task manager delete process.

Try pressing Alt+Enter.
I set big picture mode in window mode, to avoid such glitches.

To do this:
(In Big Picture Mode) go to Settings: Display: and enable Start Big Picture mode windowed.

If this doesn't help, then (in Steam) go to View: Settings: Interface, and verify if there's a checkmark in front of Enable GPU rendering in web views.

[droneattack]

You used to be able to bind Alt-Enter to a button on your controller but the new Big Picture doesn't let you change bindings.

[Surx ✿]

same bro