Can't accept game invites anymore.

[Euphytose]

I can't accept game invites anymore, I just receive a text saying "X invited you to play Y game", but that's all. I can't do anything with it, it's not clickable.

[nathanc213]

My mate is having this same issue, whenever i invite him he just gets the text. However if he invites me i get the invite.

[slades.]

Im having the same problem

[Zukabazuka]

Running the new UI or are you using the old UI with command line?

[Euphytose]

I should have updated this thread, my bad.

I found a workaround that I posted here: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1762481957311583914/

[I3lueVein]

fix this ♥♥♥♥ steam you wankers

[wuddih]

https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/settings
fix your privacy settings to public. you're welcome.

[Euphytose]

Originally posted by wuddih:

https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/settings
fix your privacy settings to public. you're welcome.

It's not up to us to do something. Setting the profile to public is just a workaround. Private profiles didn't have any issue with game invites before this big update. Now, private profiles don't show in-game status, with no option to change it, and this is why it has problems.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

Originally posted by wuddih:

https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/settings
fix your privacy settings to public. you're welcome.

It's not up to us to do something. Setting the profile to public is just a workaround. Private profiles didn't have any issue with game invites before this big update. Now, private profiles don't show in-game status, with no option to change it, and this is why it has problems.

It was an unintended bug. A low priority one at that.

[Euphytose]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Euphytose:

It's not up to us to do something. Setting the profile to public is just a workaround. Private profiles didn't have any issue with game invites before this big update. Now, private profiles don't show in-game status, with no option to change it, and this is why it has problems.

It was an unintended bug. A low priority one at that.

:qr:

Do you know how many people have a private profile?

[Phantom]

Game details are now private by default upon registration on Steam.

Many new users simply don't change this because they're not aware of it or simply don't care.

[Euphytose]

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Game details are now private by default upon registration on Steam.

Many new users simply don't change this because they're not aware of it or simply don't care.

:yinyangflip:

Game details aren't the same thing as game status. If I play a game now, people only see me as "online". Which is a good change, but there's no way to manually show the game unless you do something really complicated with the friend invites, that I found completely by accident.

[Phantom]

External audiences will see you as online.

[zZzooey.exe]

In privacy settings you can keep your games public or friends only and they can see you ingame. However other box you can tick hides your game list and hours played only. So you can combine this to your liking.

[Euphytose]

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

External audiences will see you as online.

:yinyangflip:

I'm not sure what the point of this post was. I said that right above it. And I also said you can bypass that if you want, but it's needlessly complicated and people will never know they can do that unless they read a guide.

Originally posted by ん:

In privacy settings you can keep your games public or friends only and they can see you ingame. However other box you can tick hides your game list and hours played only. So you can combine this to your liking.

Still not what I want.

Before the update, private profiles would show their in-game status. I want that back, as an option. Or a one time "show status" in the overlay every time you launch a game.

[zZzooey.exe]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

External audiences will see you as online.

:yinyangflip:

I'm not sure what the point of this post was. I said that right above it. And I also said you can bypass that if you want, but it's needlessly complicated and people will never know they can do that unless they read a guide.

Originally posted by ん:

In privacy settings you can keep your games public or friends only and they can see you ingame. However other box you can tick hides your game list and hours played only. So you can combine this to your liking.

Still not what I want.

Before the update, private profiles would show their in-game status. I want that back, as a option. Or a one time "show status" in the overlay every time you launch a game.

So...what is purpose of being privated towards your friends? Bit off topic but im just curious.
Also I think it was never itentional to take away a feature from players, and Id say they will probably ''fix'' it.