Steam ingame overlay glitch

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

Hey all,

Lately I have been getting VERY annoyed by the steam overlay glitching horribly while trading items [on, for example, TF2]. The steam overlay flashes on and off constantly, I can't hover my mouse over an item to see its properties or the steam overlay disappears straight away again, and 9/10 of my trades end up in failure because simply the steam overlay glitch gives me no chance to click or do actually anything.

Is there any knowledge on how to fix this glitch?

[Spike]

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[spoof]

I would just play windowed and do stuff in my normal browsers and client windows.

you have a directx or driver problem or maybe security software trying to block stuff like that in the overlay.

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

yes but people offer trades through TF2, that doesn't go through the separate steam system.

But I don't know what could've caused this. First it responds normally, and then it all went glitchy without I have installed or changed actually anything.

[spoof]

you have to explain what plugin or 3th party trade plugin that is.
I been trading and playing for years windowed ,I don't get what you mean.

if you have an online computer things change all the time , I seen many tf2 and a steam update.
thats change.

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

Yes but I deliberately set driver updates on non-automatic, so I know that none of my drivers did update without my consent.

And what I'm talking about is just the usage of shift-tab inside TF2 [if someone offers you to trade on TF2, you get forwarded to the trade interface into that overlay]. If I'm trading through that, 9/10 times the whole overlay goes funky and flashes off and on.

[spoof]

not sure were you get the driver update things from , but that setting could be your problem too IMO.
now that you mention it.

playing windowed I use the same trade interface as you only less sluggish.
I must not understand you no clue what you mean if it is something different

[Joga Bonita]

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[Dark]

Happens to me too, steam being steam sometimes.

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

@spoof, I meant with that, is that no change on my end is to blame, as I control myself what's being updated or not.

[Schwartz*]

same problem here...

[spoof]

and I said.
"if you have an online computer things change all the time , I seen many tf2 and a steam updates
that is change"

online computer things change all the time.

ik zal het in het nederlands zeggen , in de week voor deze post heb ik 4 tf2 updates en een steam update gezien , dat is verandering of je nu wil of niet.
en zo zijn er meer dingen die veranderen op een online computer.

[Dllune]

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

It doesn't happen just at TF2 it happens in every game.

[spoof]

you not getting it I am not saying that at all do you even read?

you claimed this
"without I have installed or changed actually anything."
and I said an online computer changes all the time , there was a steam update too thats change.
so put that out of your mind.

if the steam.exe updates your firelwall or other security changes with it.
thats all change if you like it or not.

you can't troubleshoot with a mind set and stuck in the wrong place , good luck with it.

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

If the glitch occurs due to an update from steam, then it is not on my end... plus, several more people also reported that they have the same issue going on.

I have checked all my firewall setings and my anti-virus or security settings, nothing is blocking. Do you actually know what *flashing* I am talking of?