Any way to change back to old Steam ingame overlay?

[Yuki]

Is there any way to change the in game Steam ingame overlay?

[Levi]

You can still use the old UI, which will also bring back the old overlay.

1. Make a shortcut of Steam
2. Right Click the Shortcut (Properties)
3. In target field, add a space then -vgui
4. Restart Steam if it was open
5. Run shortcut.

[Knightspace]

Only if you return to old UI.

Which will stop working in a month or two.

Don't you love forced updates?

[Levi]

Yes, sooner or later there will be an update that will break the functionality of this parameter.

Hopefully by then, all of the bugs/issues will be fixed/reported.

[Yuki]

Originally posted by Knightspace:

Only if you return to old UI.

Which will stop working in a month or two.

Don't you love forced updates?

I wouldn't even mind the ui that much if it wouldn't be so damn slow

[vizthex]

any reason why? The new one is vastly better imo.

lets you move stuff out of the way, has the nice notes feature, and you can organize the toolbar to your liking.

my only complaint is that i can't have a default preset every game uses since i don't like having my friends list open in the overlay (especially in singleplayer games).

[Mountain Months]

Originally posted by vizthex:

any reason why? The new one is vastly better imo.

lets you move stuff out of the way, has the nice notes feature, and you can organize the toolbar to your liking.

my only complaint is that i can't have a default preset every game uses since i don't like having my friends list open in the overlay (especially in singleplayer games).

nah it lags like crazy and uses a lot more resources, not to mention it's buggy. old UI is snappy and just works right. literally zero reason to change it

[vizthex]

Originally posted by Mountain Months:

Originally posted by vizthex:

any reason why? The new one is vastly better imo.

lets you move stuff out of the way, has the nice notes feature, and you can organize the toolbar to your liking.

my only complaint is that i can't have a default preset every game uses since i don't like having my friends list open in the overlay (especially in singleplayer games).

nah it lags like crazy and uses a lot more resources, not to mention it's buggy. old UI is snappy and just works right. literally zero reason to change it

i've never had it lag nor "use a lot more resources". Clearing your download cache might help.

and sure, there's not really "a reason" to change any UI - but it's done anyway because the new UI is better 99% of the time. True for all software.

and i think Valve wanted to standardize all the UI elements, so they overhauled it for that reason.

[Archetype: Earth]

I'll tell you why I prefer old overlay.

1. Previous gives you information on overall hours in-game (very useful to me)
   
2. Old overlay allows much quicker exit from game by pressing "Force quit" and Enter, while new UI doesn't support pressing Enter to close app
   
3. New UI has a lot of buttons, which confuse me when I want to open anything

[vizthex]

Originally posted by ArcheType: Earth:

I'll tell you why I prefer old overlay.
1. Previous gives you information on overall hours in-game (very useful to me)
2. Old overlay allows much quicker exit from game by pressing "Force quit" and Enter, while new UI doesn't support pressing Enter to close app
3. New UI has a lot of buttons, which confuse me when I want to open anything

1) The current overlay also does that in the Game Information panel (which is enabled by default, but if not just click the i-icon in the overlay UI)
2) Why not just.... close the game normally? Or alt+F4 if it's really that big of a deal.
3) That just sounds like laziness on your part imo. They're all labelled and fully configurable in the settings. I learned it within 30 seconds or so and found the settings on my own by going to the settings menu. Knew beforehand Steam (and Valve) love giving people options, so it stands to reason the new overlay would also come with options.

It's the same stuff as the old overlay with a shiny new coat of paint. This one's been a lot more functional, and the notes feature is a godsend. Didn't realize just how much I'd use it lol.