VGChampion
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I never use skins but I'm kind of tempted to see if I can find one based off the old green skin. I miss that old boy.
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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|
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Lord British
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Truespeed said:
The alternative is emulation and yeah, of course it's better and more customisable to use Fusion, or whatever. It's just nice to legitimately own these games for what is essentially chickenfeed. They play flawlessly (for me, some people have stuttering problems it seems) and pad support is perfect.
Glass Rebel
Member
SalsaShark said:
Stallion Free said:
Last time I felt like this was when my parents were constantly fighting and being passive aggressive to each other. I was 8 then. Everything is coming up... I... g-gotta go mates... it's gotten dusty in this room...
Chavelo said:Crazy Taxi PC version doesn't have the original soundtrack?
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Crazy Taxi PC version doesn't have the original soundtrack?
Hmmm...
+ Window Mode master race.
It's possible to replace the songs - takes a bit of effort, though.
For those considering getting the Dreamcast pack, the configuration tool is broken for all games except Crazy Taxi (I think, I only have Sonic Adventure DX, but according to what's been said on the Steam forums, the config tool only works for Crazy Taxi), it's been more than 6 months since the release and SEGA hasn't fixed the issues yet.
There's a workaround, which involves the user copying the config.ini file into the documents\SEGA\"INSERT GAME NAME HERE" folder and manually editing the file, but with the config broken the games only detect XInput gamepads, that is, XBox 360 controllers and those based on it.
Oh, and the graphics quality for Sonic Adventure DX is quite a bit worse than the PS3 and 360 versions, it's even worse than the 2004 PC version.
There's a workaround, which involves the user copying the config.ini file into the documents\SEGA\"INSERT GAME NAME HERE" folder and manually editing the file, but with the config broken the games only detect XInput gamepads, that is, XBox 360 controllers and those based on it.
Oh, and the graphics quality for Sonic Adventure DX is quite a bit worse than the PS3 and 360 versions, it's even worse than the 2004 PC version.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Gvaz said:
But why would I want Steam to look like I'm still running Windows 95?
The Steam default skin is very grey already, why would you want to make it even less colourful?Gvaz said:Wow, the "I'm wrong about everything ever" brigade is out in full force!
Look, here's why you're all wrong:
This is the face of true beauty.
For me, default is fine, although the Pixel Vision skin that was posted before looks nice too.
jaundicejuice
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Steam Windows ME edition.
Joe Molotov
Member
Snuggler said:
bitches be jealous of my wolf skin
Looks better than Compact.
RoaringHawk
Member
Gvaz said:
jim-jam bongs
Member
Snuggler said:
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I like how the wolf is like, "Really?"Snuggler said:
bitches be jealous of my wolf skin
Glass Rebel
Member
The problem with some of these skins is that they have some nice looking elements (e.g. I like the list view in the compact skin and the Store, Library etc. tabs in PixelView) mixed with some ugly shit. I think I'll go with PixelView for some time but I still think the default one is the best from a design standpoint.
jim-jam bongs
Member
SapientWolf said:
"Bitch, please. I only play Source engine games."
Snkfanatic
Banned
Ok I like Steam Compact....a lot. Thanks for the heads up on it
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Gvaz said:
I just threw up inside.Snuggler said:
bitches be jealous of my wolf skin
Theres too many in there to change to 2011 or 2012Twinduct said:
I much prefer the minimalistic look of windows 95 to windows 7 (not arguing the features of windows 7 which is like comparing a $100 bill to a $1 bill) because at least windows 95 doesn't have fucking hugeass UI elements. No I don't need huge goddamn elements on my screen, minimize that shit.jim-jam bongs said:
Here's what I think of when I see the default steam skin:
jim-jam bongs
Member
Gvaz said:
I was kidding anyway. Mostly.
It's just interesting to me because it represents a particular UI aesthetic which is obsessed with providing a container for every graphical element. That aesthetic was really common during the 90s, whereas these days most UI designers try to free things from containers as much as possible.
And I like the huge elements but my PC is a comfy couch PC at the moment
Glass Rebel
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jim-jam bongs said:I was kidding anyway. Mostly.
It's just interesting to me because it represents a particular UI aesthetic which is obsessed with providing a container for every graphical element. That aesthetic was really common during the 90s, whereas these days most UI designers try to free things from containers as much as possible.
And I like the huge elements but my PC is a comfy couch PC at the moment
I read this wrong at first (without the second PC) and was reminded of a friend whose roommate built a server into his couch. Yup.
Metalmurphy
Member
botlite said:
Are those ugly buttons on the top right part of the skin, or you're running on a Mac?
jim-jam bongs
Member
Yeah the big UI is fantastic for comfy couching it. I even have my Windows 7 cursor so it's about the size of a small coin, makes life a lot easier.
Awesome. Reminds me of the Coke machine at Carnegie Mellon University:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/
Glass Rebel said:
Awesome. Reminds me of the Coke machine at Carnegie Mellon University:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/
Glass Rebel
Member
jim-jam bongs said:
Not that awesome when you consider that it apparently fried once because they were using the (hot as shit) couch in the summer and their sweat seeped through the couch and reached the server. Fucking nerds.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Glass Rebel said:
hahahahahaha
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Just thought I'd put the word out. I bought Deus Ex HR from here and it worked without a hitch. $27.00, customer service was great, received my key in 15 minutes and registers via Steam. I use to be very leery about these websites but realized the only ones to stay away from are Valve's games and possibly COD. I am not aware of any other publisher that has requested for Valve to disable or remove games from people's accounts purchased via key sites. Also, if they were to do that this site would just refund you the money or give you a new key. Just putting the word out.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
3chopl0x said:
I just removed compact because the detail view wasn't showing the image of said game
No one's saying the skin couldnt be a bit better visually, but its the only one that reduces the bars on the top to a point where i feel comfortable. I hate that big ass bar that occupies what could otherwise be precious actual-screen space.
I also dig the grid view with the icons closer to each other.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
SalsaShark said:
But the detailed view is messed up with compact. I like seeing the background of a game in detailed view but compact disables it =(
classicdms
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How do you get the grid boxes so close to each other. I have compact installed and it's still got too much separation for me.SalsaShark said:
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