neilka wrote:Ah-Hah! It IS saying "VR" to me! Yesterday I spied Gabe Newell all day on his knees trying to teach it. More proof the man is after me! Can I rely on your testimony when I sue steam for harassment neilka? You know your stuff! |
How do I get rid of Steam's "VR" category? • Page 2
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Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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mrpon 37,366 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSkirlasvoud wrote:
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@Dirtbox
Do they also have a guy near the entrance putting pork in your trolley?
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FogHeart 1,270 posts
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Registered 14 years agoEssentially there are two types of collection - ones that are user-generated and games are manually added, and ones that are computer generated by the game obeying certain criteria, such as 'installed' and, well, 'games'. The latter have always been ones you can't delete, and with good reason - if you could, then it's conceivable that you could delete every category and then have no way to see any games in your library!
Of course it made sense to have VR games automatically go into their own category - let me tell you, when I'm actually in VR and selecting a game then it's very necessary - but it's the first ever criterion-based category that is only useful to certain players. So the code for having this category 'removable' is lacking just because it's never been needed before.
But look, Valve can be surprisingly agreeable when it comes to changes to the interface. All you have to do is submit the suggestion that the VR category only shows up on systems where SteamVR is installed, or whatver Oculus equivalent there is to that. For my part it does irritate me to have the VR list show up on my laptop. It might happen - not soon, but as we've seen with their tweaking of review system, they take ideas on board eventually.
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Registered 10 years agoI imagine Valve are being encouraged to highlight to consumers which VR games they own, in the hope it would generate hardware sales and other VR compatible game sales in the future. -
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Registered 17 years agoThis annoys me too (not as much as some clearly, but still).
@UncleLou: I have two games in my VR folder, neither of which I bought for that feature. They appear in the main list where I'd expect them to be - why on Earth would I want them listed again? If they did a similar thing for another feature that I have NEVER bought a game for - like Multiplayer - then it would add a huge additional folder to the main list. If they did it for other tags too - it would soon become really annoying. -
Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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Registered 11 years ago... Like Steam subdividing games by genre and controller style? M+K, controller recommended, Indie game, Action, RPG, strategy?
Yup, that'd be a nightmare. I ask myself why steam doesn't do that, but they DO do the "VR" category.
I imagine Valve are being encouraged to highlight to consumers which VR games they own, in the hope it would generate hardware sales and other VR compatible game sales in the future.
BINGO!
I mean, if you select the top heading "Library", you can already switch between music, games, VR, software.
Why doesn't Steam resign VR titles to just that option? Why does the Category HAVE TO BE smack dab in the middle of games? Why doesn't it organise for similar controller styles as well, like Controller and Mouse and Key?
Advertisement is why.
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Registered 10 years agoUncleLou wrote:
I think it is definitely a nudge in the direction of "well, I have some VR-capable games, why not buy a headset?"
@Skirlasvoud I think you're exaggerating, massively. It's just a little, unobtrusive thing to keep the VR games *you already have* out of the main category. It's not a ploy to sell a Vive to you.
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Registered 10 years agoGremmoo wrote:
Guys I came back to my home and on my living room shelf my DVDs were organised in categories that I couldn't change.
Guys I went to the library and they had Stephen King books in horror AND in fiction should I burn the library down
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Registered 10 years agoI had the VR category pop up but thankfully it was for a game I didn't want to play so I could just hide that game.
When the VR category comes up again as it includes a game or games I *do* want to play then I will be very slightly miffed by it. -
ARumFellow wrote:
Guys *I* bought a DVD the other day, and it has the subtitles in multiple langauages, and I just *can't* get rid of the Czech and Polish option in the menu, although I'll never use them. It's a ploy to make me learn foreign languages, I tell you.
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Guys I came back to my home and on my living room shelf my DVDs were organised in categories that I couldn't change.
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Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@UncleLou
Hehehe, this actually getting kinda fun! I like metaphores.
I'd counter with a metaphore where the subtitles are in three different languages below the screen throughout the entire movie, but since the movie is the game in this allegory, the category has stopped bothering me past that.
I guess this indicates that you and I have a different relationship with our Steam Library. You see it as the settings menu: an afterthought as long as you get to start the game.
I see it as my garden. I am a collector. Yes I could plop down there and have a beer regardless, like you probably would have, but part of my enjoyment comes from the fact that I make gardening and those surroundings into an hobby. If I see a weed, I want it plucked, where you might be less inclined.
Enough with the Metaphores though.
Let's just agree on one thing though. I have a personal quibble, and I sought help. Yes, silly little problem that I perhaps, shouldn't waste so much time on... but it is equally silly for someone not bothered by it, to speak up and make a whole point out of acting like it's not a big deal. Steam added the problem and could have just as easily avoided it by giving users options. You lose nothing if they give me the ability to switch it off again.
Allow me the ability to run my garden my way, instead of hang over the fence commenting that I'm getting worked up over nothing when I ask the neighborhood if they've found a solution against that one dandelion I can't seem to kill.
Thanks for the replies everyone. If nothing, the differences and metaphors are funny. By now I've figured it can't be helped, so, this thread has served its purpose.
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Registered 16 years agoNo need to actively get rid of it, just wait six months or so and it will die of natural causes. -
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoHow come I have VR games that are not in the VR list?
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Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Fake_Blood
I think you can do that one yourself, fortunatly enough. Steam won't allow you to delete the VR category, but you can make one yourself. I'm happy you guys have the option.
Right click the game you'd like in its own top list. Click the "set category" option. Then, create your own VR folder! If you want it on top, name it "a VR" or something so it gets alphabetametized.
Then create another category called "Other games" and put everything else in there. (EDIT: You don't even need to do that. Everything is already in a "Games" directory that you can close.)
Close the "Games" folder, open the "(a) VR" folder and presto, whenever you start up steam, your VR games are the first to show on top, while everything non-VR is hidden somewhere else.
Again, happy you guys have that option.
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Phattso 27,426 posts
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Registered 17 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
There seems to be an issue with some games not being tagged for VR. The Star Wars Tattooine thing was like that, I think, although may be fixed now.
How come I have VR games that are not in the VR list?
I want the VR list on top with regular "old" games on the bottom.
My list is always sorted by 'recent' anyway - only way to make headway into my backlog without something further down the list tempting me away. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI was just joking guys. I don't care about the list. -
Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Fake_Blood
I'm not. Which I guess is in of itself a joke..gif)
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Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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Registered 11 years agomAc6 wrote:
Failed to follow instruction exactly and applied a LOT of sticky tape. My monitor is now a ball of sticky tape with a screen in there somewhere. Damn you mAc6
Put SOME sticky tape onto the screen
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charllesferraro 1 posts
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Registered 5 years agoHey man, just passing by to say if you ever feel like going to a psychiatrist hit me up on Facebook and I'll gladly hook you up with some contacts of mine that are very good professionals for that kinda shit.
Don't be afraid. There's treatment for that kind of behavior!
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Skirlasvoud 4,039 posts
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Registered 11 years agoSo nice of you to necro this thread with your first post on these forums charllesferraro. It must've been obsessively important to you.
I'd take you up on your offer, but your contacts must not be that good after all!
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THFourteen wrote:
I would like to revise my estimate
No need to actively get rid of it, just wait six months or so and it will die of natural causes.
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