Friends List

[Maddie! Maddie!]

When i open up the Friends & Chat tab most of my friends avatars are black squares with a question mark in them and it's not showing their name either. some are still working for some reason but it seems to only be the ones that are online at the time. If i right click one of the squares and show profile everything works just fine, i tried restarting steam and check for updates but it's up to date and restarting did not work so wth is happening to steam??

[Late]

Same



(Steam > Settings > Web Browser > Delete Web Browser Cache.

Try that and restart Steam.) <--- This worked for me, try it.(ty guy under me)

[Cringe Boomer Dad]

Same here, and it looks like that for my friends as well right now.

[ᴠᴀʀ]

Same here. I think it's happenings to everyone.
It's not a client side issue. This will eventually resolve itself.

(Currently not using Steam beta , Windows 7)

[Phantom]

Steam > Settings > Web Browser > Delete Web Browser Cache.

Try that and restart Steam.

Edit

I haven't tested this in the client [stable release] as yet - but it seems fine on a web browser.

Tested the issue on the Stable release and there was no problem...

Edit 2

Just clear Steam's web cache.

All is fine for me [on the Steam Stable release] - Windows 7.

[Maddie! Maddie!]

Ugghh well atleast i'm not alone

[ᴠᴀʀ]

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Steam > Settings > Web Brrowser > Delete Web Browser Cache.

Try that and restart Steam.

:upvoted:

Thanks, this fixed it. Game icon and avatars are properly showing now.

[IAN]

Same issue here. I was playing Rocket League with a friend and then my friend saw the message that I had left the party. Since then I've been unable to either create a new party in Rocket League, or join any Arma 3 lobbies. Something is wrong. I also can't see what games my friends are playing.

[Maddie! Maddie!]

I tried the "delete web browser cache" and restarted steam but naah still won't work gives me conniptions..

[Phantom]

Originally posted by ᚜ ᐯ₳℟ ᚛ ツ:

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Steam > Settings > Web Brrowser > Delete Web Browser Cache.

Try that and restart Steam.

Thanks, this fixed it. Game icon and avatars are properly showing now.

It was working fine for me, i didn't need to clear the cache here.

Originally posted by Ian:

Same issue here. I was playing Rocket League with a friend and then my friend saw the message that I had left the party. Since then I've been unable to either create a new party in Rocket League, or join any Arma 3 lobbies. Something is wrong. I also can't see what games my friends are playing.

Try clearing Steam's web cache as shown above.

[Phantom]

Originally posted by Maddie! Maddie!:

I tried the "delete web browser cache" and restarted steam but naah still won't work gives me conniptions.. :eaglegag:

Are you opted into the beta updates?

[IAN]

Just done the above, cleared browsing history and cookies. I also went into the download tab and cleared the cache in there as well. Steam crashed, I had to then log in to Steam and the friends list is fixed......about to test Arma.......it's working. Thank you Robin3SK

[ᴠᴀʀ]

Originally posted by Maddie! Maddie!:

I tried the "delete web browser cache" and restarted steam but naah still won't work gives me conniptions.. :eaglegag:

It works for cached stuff (Like images and static content)

You should post details what isn't working for you. Nicknames and status aren't static, they could be dynamic and maybe just a server sided issue (or Cookie), not clientside. So please post details what does and doesn't work for you after trying a suggestion/solution.

Edit: Are cookies here to blame? can someone confirm by first clearing just web server cache, then cookies afterwards if it still didn't fix the problem? Finding it hard to believe cookies are here to blame. scratch that, just clear your cookies, cache and restart steam (It may crash), but after restart all should be back to normal.

[Phantom]

Originally posted by Ian:

Just done the above, cleared browsing history and cookies. I also went into the download tab and cleared the cache in there as well. Steam crashed, I had to then log in to Steam and the friends list is fixed......about to test Arma.......it's working. Thank you Robin3SK

It's probably just a local cache issue.

I'm unsure why a swath of users suddenly experienced this though.

[Maddie! Maddie!]

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Originally posted by Maddie! Maddie!:

I tried the "delete web browser cache" and restarted steam but naah still won't work gives me conniptions..

Are you opted into the beta updates?

:yinyangflip:

Uhhmm i'm pretty sure i'm not

settings - account - beta participation: not participating ( 1 currently available )

[Phantom]

Originally posted by Maddie! Maddie!:

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Are you opted into the beta updates?

Uhhmm i'm pretty sure i'm not

settings - account - beta participation: not participating ( 1 currently available )

That indicates no beta participation.

As suggested above, try to clear the web browser cookies as well...

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1744478429673202629/#c1744478429673248766

Steam > Settings > Web Browser > Delete Cookies.

In addition to that, clear your download cache.