Questions tagged [steam]
An online gaming, digital distribution, social and DRM platform by developer Valve. This tag should be used for questions about Steam-specific issues with games or any of Steam's features, including but not limited to the digital distribution of games, the desktop PC client, in-game overlay, social features and account management and settings.
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Keep getting the steam errors [missing file privileges] and [disk write error]
Every time I try to update or install a game, it gives me either one of these errors:
missing file privileges
disk write error
I have tried most of the fixes that I found which include:
Repairing ...
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Autonauts on Debian 11: how to make it work with Proton?
I want to play Autonauts on Debian 11 using Steam Play compatibility tools (Proton).
How to make it work correctly using Proton? No version seems to be able to make it work.
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Have a unique name per game on Steam
I have multiple games on Steam and one game, Hell Let Loose, I am in a clan that requires a different name than the one I wish to use. I want to keep my original name and have it be changed only when ...
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Is it possible to update games on Steam remotely?
I know that you can install games remotely, but I can't find a way to update games remotely. I guess it's because Steam has auto-update system, but I have disabled that in the past. Problem is, now ...
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If I install Steam games on my second drive, do I need the folder that was created on the main drive?
If I install Steam games on my second drive, do I need the folder that was created on the main drive?
For example, while I was searching for gigabyte-sized files to clean up my C drive, I found huge ...
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Where does Steam save information on Selected Collections for Non-Steam Games?
I'm aware Steam stores shortcuts in shortcuts.vdf, and I'm aware that this has a section for tags. The actual tags are formatted like this:
\x010\x00GOG\x00\x011\x00Itch\x00\x08\x08\x08\x08
When you ...
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Which console commands disable Steam achievements in Starfield?
In the Steam edition of Starfield with achievements, the console can be activated with the ` key. However, upon opening, I am warned:
Use of certain console commands will disable achievements.
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How do I send touch input from Android phone to a Windows computer via Steam Link?
I'm not sure if I'm just crazy but I distinctly remember being able to send touch input to a game that I'm playing over the Steam Link app a few years ago. It wasn't simulating a mouse but was ...
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If I can only buy games as gifts on Steam and not as keys, where do 3rd party resellers get theirs?
3rd party game key resellers like Kinguin or G2A sell game keys right? Supposedly the key sellers are just other users. I as a user as well cannot seem to buy keys from Steam though? I can only buy ...
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What does "Mobile devices" mean on the Steam product install page?
When installing a game on my Steam library, I noticed a dropdown beside the INSTALL button. On this dropdown, it has two options:
This computer
Mobile devices
However, this dropdown does not appear ...
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How to stop Steam trying to read from a non-existent drive?
I used to run Steam on an external drive mapped as the I: drive, and then I got a new computer and transferred my games to a secondary internal drive mapped as the D: drive. The external drive no ...
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What do Steam OS "minimum system requirements" guarantee in terms of playability? [duplicate]
I want to buy a game on Steam and my device meets the minimum system requirements.
Am I guaranteed that the game will be playable?
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Where is the completed scenario data stored for RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe?
I'm hoping the Stack Exchange community can give a definitive answer on this. I recently purchased a new computer, and I'm attempting to migrate a bunch of game save files to it. I've managed to get ...
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How can I look for Notifications on Discussions that I have started?
Earlier, whenever I would ask a question on Steam Forum, I would get a Filter option to just show the discussions that I subscribed to, or to the discussions that I started. I don't find that option ...
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Any way to use Steam Deck / Steam Controller advanced input without fully launching Steam?
I'd like to develop some advanced boot menus for my Steam Deck, and I'd like to use features like the joysticks and touchpads.
By default, the Steam Deck's inputs (and the Steam Controller that this ...
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Garry's mod library.so not found
I already asked this question on Stack Overflow, but someone told me to ask it here.
So Garry's Mod is not working because some libraries were not found.
OS: Linux Mint 21.1 Kernel: 6.2.0
I apparently ...
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Install a game from Steam to ScummVM
I bought a game on Steam and I would like to play it in ScummVM (on an Android device).
I've installed the game on my PC and copied the files (*.LFL) but ScummVM does not recognize them.
Is there a ...
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Hitman 3 on Steam/Proton via Linux Fedora 38
When trying to play Hitman 3 (2021) on Linux Fedora 38 via Steam Proton, the following problems sometimes occur for me:
Game does not start properly. After starting, there is a short black screen but ...
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Does openening "Steam-Family-Shared" Rockstar-games link my Steam to the owner's Social Club account, or can I link my own, if I buy the game myself?
So, before I got my own computer, I bought RDR2 on Steam on my brother's computer, so that I could play. Now I finally got my own and want to play, so we put on "Family Library Sharing". ...
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Crash of Duke Nukem Forever in Ubuntu Steam - Proton experimental - Nvidia RTX 3060
I have an issue. My old laptop died and I bought a new PC with a MAG B550 Tomahawk motherboard, a Ryzen 5 5000 with Radeon and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.
I installed the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and ...
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Steam opening games in background when using controller
This is only happening when playing with a controller. It appears as though gamepad commands are going out of the game and triggering things in Windows.
This happens with Steam Big Picture and the ...
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Batman Arkham Origins closes immediately after splashscreen | Address = 0xc4a3e7 (filename not found)
I've wasted the better part of my day trying to run Batman Arkham Origins single-player, but the game immediately closes as soon as I run it
There is no visible error message, but via a log file ...
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Can you play offline and earn Steam achievements for Hogwarts Legacy?
Do I need an internet connection in order to play Hogwarts Legacy or can I simply play it offline without internet? And will I still earn my Steam achievements if I play offline?
There is this ...
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Any solution how to get Family shared games to me on Steam via API?
I found this one API Method
GET api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/GetOwnedGames/v1/?key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&skip_unvetted_apps=false&steamid=76561198056238570&format=json
i found ...
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Can I skip the launcher when launching Baldur's Gate 3 from Steam?
I don't want to have to go through the "Larian Launcher" when I want to play Baldur's Gate 3 in Steam. How can I skip it?
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Swapping who you're family sharing with [duplicate]
I'm family sharing with two different people, they both own Binding of Isaac, and I do not. I want to play Binding of Isaac, but one of the two people is playing the game already. Is there anyway to ...
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How do I track progress for individual achievements on Steam?
I've seen it on a TF2 video that I can't find anymore, but I found another occasion of someone doing this here:
At the bottom right, it shows "Achievement ...
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Can you upgrade the walls in existing buildings?
I'm using a farm house as my home base and am trying to upgrade the exterior doors and walls. I was able to upgrade the exterior doors. When I point the upgrade tool (nail gun in this case) at a wall, ...
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Slim down steam overlay
I would like to remove most of the stuff that comes "out of the box" with the steam overlay. Specifically the Friends, Achievements, Guides, Screenshots, Community Hub and Discussions boxes.
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What happens if a shared DLC with Steam Family Sharing isn't available anymore, and the sharing stops?
A member of my family shared his game library with me with the steam family shraing. He has the Stranger Things DLC for the game Dead By Daylight, so i now can play the characters on that dlc. I ...
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My dedicated TF2 server will not connect to Steam servers. (Error = 8)
I am trying to set up a dedicated TF2 server on one of my computers and I cannot figure out what the issue is.
I am using Linux (Debian 11) and the computer is wired to my router.
Upon starting the ...
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Downloading windows version of steam games on a mac to copy over to a pc
I am sharing an internet connection with a few roommates and have a data cap. I would love to be able to use my MacBook to download games onto it, create Steam backups and install them on Windows.
I ...
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Steam App ID of a non-Steam game added to Steam in SteamOS on Steam Deck
Similar to this question, I need to find a non-Steam game ID so I could locate its Proton prefix inside /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/ in SteamOS on Steam Deck.
I can find the ID ...
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Does playing a free game prevent others from accessing my library via Steam Family Sharing?
My brother and I recently enabled Steam Family Sharing, so that we can play each other's games.
However, I regularly play a game that's entirely free; no paid DLC, no microtransactions, no ...
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How can I open the Steam console from the flatpak version of Steam?
In Linux (Fedora Silverblue) I have attempted to open the Steam console using a terminal with the command "steam -console", which this steam community thread suggests, but that did not work. ...
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What is happening when Steam downloads a little but modifies a lot?
When updating a game on Steam, there's 2 metrics per game that the client is keeping track of: how much was downloaded and how much was written to disk. I know compression exists and there are some ...
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How does Steam Input measure time?
How are units of time measured in the Steam Input menus? For example, if I set an action's Fire Start Delay to to 100, how long will the delay be?
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Is there a way to tag already uploaded artwork on Steam with the game title?
I have uploaded some artworks to my Steam profile.
During the uploading process, there are multiple options one can choose from, starting with having to choose a game, or opting for it being non-game-...
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Stuck on "Connecting Steam Account" after switching to Offline Mode
After enabling Offline Mode in Steam (while offline) it restarts and idles at a dialog box "Connecting Steam Account: ..." Relaunching and rebooting the machine does not work. Neither does ...
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How to upload saves to Steam Cloud without having the game installed locally?
I need to upload a save file to Steam Cloud for use on Geforce Now (that reads saves from Steam Cloud). The game won't install locally on my Mac, so I need to do it without installing the game. Is ...
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What happens if you have played a game installed through itch.io and use a Steam key? [closed]
I got a game through Itch.io and have played it on my computer. Later I realized I could get it on Steam so I was going to use the Steam key that was provided with my purchase of the game, but when I ...
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Cross region steam gifting?
My friends live in different regions. Almost none of us are in the same region.
Is there anyway we can gift games to each other?
Humble-bundle and G2A seem like options, but lack the games I want to ...
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Can I hide the "Currently In game" from Steam?
I don't want to hide my online status.
I want to hide the currently in-game which appears on a game on my profile page.
Any way to do that?
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How to use Steam's old Login UI in 2023?
Steam updated their login UI a little while back and made it worse with more annoyances, but there was still a way to use the old login UI. All one would have to do was add "-noreactlogin" ...
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How can I get Steam to work on my MacBook Air via PlayOnMac?
I can't run Steam on PlayOnMac on my 2020 MacBook Air M1 8GB RAM. I want to be able to use my MacBook for playing Half-Life when I don't have access to my gaming PC. When I run Steam, it just gives me ...
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Among Us runs without any GUI and only has audio, how to fix?
Somehow my Among Us got broken.
When I open the video game Among Us it runs without any GUI window and only has audio, how do I fix the video game?
The only thing I see when it opens is:
a new item ...
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Discord doesn't show Rich Presence of game run with Flatpak Steam
So I got a problem:
When I launch a game on Steam, Discord is always able to pick up the game (like Papers, Please or Dude, Stop!), but not any other detail (like the actual/proper name of the game, ...
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What is the difference between these values on Steam?
Downloading Warhammer: Vermintide II, I noticed how the percentages as displayed in 3 different places have 3 different values:
Download bar on the Downloads tab of the Steam client (click for ...
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"Cannot find a compatible graphics card" Error when launching Dirt 5
I am trying to play "Dirt 5" through steam but I get an error which reads:
"Cannot find a compatible graphics card"
I am using an AMD Radeon R9 200 Series graphics card.
I am ...
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The Stanley Parable freezes after a few minutes of playing
I just purchased the original The Stanley Parable, so I can try the game out for myself without having to... go on some sketchy website and download it.
After purchasing it, I installed the game, ...
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