Steam Overlay is in Big Picture Mode.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Why is my Steam Overlay in Big Picture mode when I am using KB/M?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Go into Steam settings and you can uncheck the box to use the default overlay.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Go into Steam settings and you can uncheck the box to use the default overlay.

But I want to use big picture when I am using a controller, the problem is that big picture is launching even without a controller plugged in or connection.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Do you want it to start up in Big picture mode when launching Steam by default, or no?

You can start up in Big picture mode by default when launching Steam, go into settings > interface > check the box to start in big picture mode, or uncheck if you don't want it to start up by default when launching Steam.

If you're using an Xbox controller, you can press the home button to launch the big picture mode after you launch Steam, if that what you want to do.

When in Big picture mode, you will be using the Big picture mode overlay, hence the Big picture mode.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Do you want it to start up in Big picture mode when launching Steam by default, or no?

You can start up in Big picture mode by default when launching Steam, go into settings > interface > check the box to start in big picture mode, or uncheck if you don't want it to start up by default when launching Steam.

If you're using an Xbox controller, you can press the home button to launch the big picture mode after you launch Steam, if that what you want to do.

When in Big picture mode, you will be using the Big picture mode overlay, hence the Big picture mode.

I don't want it to start up in big picture, nor does it.

I am saying that my Steam overlay is in big picture when using keyboard and mouse without a gamepad plugged in. I want Steam overlay in big picture mode when using a gamepad, but when i'm not using a gamepad, I don't want it in big picture mode (which it is in).

Sorry if I am not explaining things well, here is a simple diagram of how I want it:

Controller Connected > Big Picture Steam Overlay

Keyboard & Mouse Connected > Normal Steam Overlay

How it is now:

Controller Connected > Big Picture Steam Overlay

Keyboard & Mouse Connected > Big Picture Steam Overlay

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Alright, well there's no settings/option to detect for switching overlay, on desktop you can only use one, or the other, when in BP mode you can only use BP overlay.

Steam settings > In-Game > Uncheck the box for "Use the Big Picture Overlay when using Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop. This will use Steam overlay when you're not in BP mode, or launch the game in BP mode.

You still be able to launch BP mode with controller such as Xbox by clicking the Home button.

If you like, you can go to the suggestion, and idea forum, and put in a suggestion for adding an option settings to enable to have detect to switch between overlay whenever you plugin your controller, or unplug it.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Alright, well there's no settings/option to detect for switching overlay, on desktop you can only use one, or the other, when in BP mode you can only use BP overlay.

It's either you use Steam overlay, or BP overlay. While in BP mode you will always use BP overlay. But when out of it, you can choose to use by default either one you want when not using BP mode when you launch your games outside of BP mode.

Steam settings > In-Game > Uncheck the box for "Use the Big Picture Overlay when using Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop.

You still be able to launch BP mode with controller such as Xbox by clicking the Home button.

My problem is that it is launching BP mode overlay with a KB&M.

"Steam settings > In-Game > Uncheck the box for "Use the Big Picture Overlay when using Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop."

That is the only way I have found to launch normal Steam overlay when using normal Steam even without a controller connected, but does that mean when I launch the overlay with a controller connected it won't be the BP mode overlay?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

It shouldn't bring up the BP mode unless you setup in the controller settings to it,

Far as I have been doing this as I always have my controller connected, or even replug it. I left the box uncheck it never brings up the BP overlay, but I normally just press shift tab since my KB is in front of me all the time.

Also to answer that question no it won't open the overlay when using the controller, you have to shift tab.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

It shouldn't bring up the BP mode unless you setup in the controller settings to it,

Far as I have been doing this as I always have my controller connected, or even replug it. I left the box uncheck it never brings up the BP overlay, but I normally just press shift tab since my KB is in front of me all the time.

Also to answer that question no it won't open the overlay when using the controller, you have to shift tab.

It does bring up BP overlay for me unless I uncheck the option you gave, and I am using KB&M with no controller connected.

And when I do use a controller, I want it to bring up the BP overlay.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Yea there's no options to auto switch you have to check / uncheck the box everytime you want to use / don't want to use BP overlay on desktop. But you can just launch BP mode with controller and get your BP overlay that way by launching the game in BP mode, then just exit BP mode when you don't want to use it.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Yea there's no options to auto switch you have to check / uncheck the box everytime you want to use / don't want to use BP overlay on desktop. But you can just launch BP mode with controller and get your BP overlay that way by launching the game in BP mode, then just exit BP mode when you don't want to use it.

Oh, I see. Well I probably am never going to be using a controller without BP mode, so I guess that will have to do

[victor987]

in steam uncheck "Use the Big Picture Overlay when using Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop" in settings/in-game

BUT if you're using home button from a controller u cant, for controllers only BPM works