SteamU v0.2.3

A small fix update, for two problems reported on GitHub.

• The Install button of a game opens the install window again (#19).
• Decky plugin tabs no longer cover their content (#16).
• Bug fixes.

Full details in the changelog. Questions and ideas are welcome in the Discussions.

Install or update

• You already have SteamU 0.1.8 or later: a notification offers the update, one press is enough.
• Otherwise: Decky, Developer, "Install plugin from ZIP", and pick SteamU-v0.2.3.zip. Restart your device afterwards.

En français

Une petite mise à jour de corrections, pour deux problèmes signalés sur GitHub.

• Le bouton Installer d'un jeu ouvre de nouveau la fenêtre d'installation (#19).
• Les onglets des plugins Decky ne passent plus par-dessus leur contenu (#16).
• Corrections de bugs.

Installer ou mettre à jour

• Tu as déjà SteamU 0.1.8 ou plus : une notification te propose la mise à jour, un appui suffit.
• Sinon : Decky, Développeur, « Installer depuis un fichier ZIP », et choisis SteamU-v0.2.3.zip. Redémarre ensuite.

SteamU v0.2.2

A small update, mostly for Badge Arcade.

• Badge Arcade: win rates reworked and smoother machines.
• SpotPass: removed the test Miis made by SteamU.
• All system sounds from 3DS, Wii U and Switch can now be imported.
• Shop: automatic music changes.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

Full details in the changelog. Questions and ideas are welcome in the Discussions.

Install or update

• You already have SteamU 0.1.8 or later: a notification offers the update, one press is enough.
• Otherwise: Decky, Developer, "Install plugin from ZIP", and pick SteamU-v0.2.2.zip. Restart your device afterwards.

En français

Une petite mise à jour, surtout pour le Badge Arcade.

• Badge Arcade : taux de gain revus et bornes plus fluides.
• SpotPass : suppression des Mii de test créés par SteamU.
• Tous les sons système de la 3DS, de la Wii U et de la Switch sont maintenant importables.
• Boutique : changement automatique des musiques.
• Corrections de bugs et améliorations.

Installer ou mettre à jour

• Tu as déjà SteamU 0.1.8 ou plus : une notification te propose la mise à jour, un appui suffit.
• Sinon : Decky, Développeur, « Installer depuis un fichier ZIP », et choisis SteamU-v0.2.2.zip. Redémarre ensuite.

SteamU v0.2.1

A small update focused on importing your own files.

• You can now import Badge Arcade from a .3ds or .cia file, with the aes_keys.txt file from Citra or Azahar.
• Storage shows all your drives and lets you choose where to move your games.
• Notifications appear one at a time, repeated controller announcements are grouped and the update notice can be dismissed.
• Fixed bugs on the SpotPass page.
• On Windows, SteamU shows an incompatibility message instead of a white screen.

Install or update

• You already have SteamU 0.1.8 or later: a notification offers the update, one press is enough.
• Otherwise: Decky, Developer, "Install plugin from ZIP", and pick SteamU-v0.2.1.zip. Restart your device afterwards.

En français

Une petite mise à jour, surtout pour l'importation de tes propres fichiers.

• Tu peux maintenant importer Badge Arcade depuis un fichier .3ds ou .cia, avec le fichier aes_keys.txt de Citra ou d'Azahar.
• Le Stockage affiche tous tes disques et permet de choisir où déplacer tes jeux.
• Les notifications passent une à la fois, les annonces répétées de manettes sont regroupées et l'avis de mise à jour peut être masqué.
• Des bugs de la page SpotPass sont corrigés.
• Sous Windows, SteamU affiche un message d'incompatibilité au lieu d'un écran blanc.

Installer ou mettre à jour

• Tu as déjà SteamU 0.1.8 ou plus : une notification te propose la mise à jour, un appui suffit.
• Sinon : Decky, Développeur, « Installer depuis un fichier ZIP », et choisis SteamU-v0.2.1.zip. Redémarre ensuite.

SteamU v0.2.0

SteamU's biggest update yet. Almost every screen is now our own. On first launch, the "What's new" pages show you
around, and you can see them again anytime: Settings, SteamU, What's new.

What's new

• Settings: all your console settings, in a page made for SteamU. The row of tiles at the top stays, LB and RB
  switch sections, and SteamU is a section like the others.
• Storage: a redesigned page. Your drives, all your games, freeing up space, picking several games at once.
  When you uninstall a game, you can see how it is going.
• Controllers: a redesigned controllers page.
• A brand new shop: a shop made for SteamU, with the whole Steam catalogue. Buying still happens on Steam's own
  page.
• Your wishlist: your account's real wishlist, in the shop.
• Plugins and themes: they have their own shop too, right next to the games. Plugins from outside the Decky
  Store are still listed, but installing them is off by default.
• Mii SpotPass: your Mii travels and other Mii come to say hello. It stays off until you turn it on. Only your
  card is sent (your Mii, a nickname you choose, a sentence, your region), never your Steam account, friends or
  games. You can remove or report a Mii you met.
• Mii Maker makeover: a simpler, faster interface, with a search through your Mii.
• A livelier plaza: new icons, Mii that come to life, a new floor, closer and wider zoom steps, and the wheel
  turns with your finger.
• The library: your games on shelves. You can create, fill, rename and delete your collections.
• Your theme colours: windows, questions and even stick lights use your colour. Inside an app, its windows use
  the app's colour.
• Smoother: menus open faster and stay smooth, even at low power.
• Our own startup: a short SteamU logo video, light, grey or black to match your look, instead of Steam's home
  screen.
• Our game page everywhere: Steam's game page is replaced, even when a launch fails.
• HOME Menu in game: resuming the game is faster, without going through another plugin.
• Importing your files: system sounds can also come from the sound banks of a backup of your own console.
  tar.bz2 and tar.xz archives open, and an archive we cannot read is reported.

Notable fixes

• The home screen remembers the order of your games: a streamed game that goes away no longer leaves a hole, it
  takes its place back when it returns (#9).
• Shortcuts from outside Steam no longer show as empty tiles: their name first, then their icon.
• An empty slot added by mistake can be removed.
• Account screen: one press of A picks the profile, and the avatar no longer disappears after a restart.
• Volume and brightness have their own indicator, in the HOME Menu too; Steam's no longer shows up as a second one.
• Launching a game shows "Launching…".
• Sounds import on SteamOS with nothing to install: the missing tool is now included (#11).
• A downloaded theme no longer falls back to the starting theme, and SteamU tells you whether a theme really has a
  background picture.
• Only one music at a time, even at startup and on the welcome pages.
• Leaving an app really closes it: open it again and it starts from the beginning.
• With your finger, the edge of a button works too, and a long press no longer opens the browser menu.
• A touch no longer opens the search by mistake ("1" or "2" typed on their own).
• Unifideck: Xbox Cloud games have their small cloud, and a game whose status is unknown is no longer shown as
  installed.
• With no imported file at all, everything stays tidy: what needs one sends you to Import.

Install or update

• You already have SteamU 0.1.8 or later: a notification offers the update, one press is enough.
• Otherwise: Decky, Developer, "Install Plugin from ZIP File", and pick SteamU-v0.2.0.zip.

En français

La plus grosse mise à jour de SteamU. Presque chaque écran est maintenant à nous. Au premier lancement, la page
« Nouveautés » te fait faire le tour, et tu peux la revoir quand tu veux : Paramètres, SteamU, Nouveautés.

Nouveautés

• Les Paramètres : tous les réglages de la console, dans une page propre à SteamU. La rangée de tuiles du haut
  reste, LB et RB changent de rubrique, et SteamU est une rubrique comme les autres.
• Le Stockage : une page repensée. Tes disques, tous tes jeux, faire de la place, en choisir plusieurs d'un coup.
  Quand tu désinstalles un jeu, tu vois où ça en est.
• Les Manettes : une page des manettes repensée.
• La boutique toute neuve : une boutique propre à SteamU, avec tout le catalogue de Steam. L'achat se fait
  toujours sur la page de Steam.
• Ta liste de souhaits : la vraie liste de ton compte, dans la boutique.
• Plugins et thèmes : eux aussi ont leur boutique, juste à côté des jeux. Les plugins hors du Decky Store
  restent visibles, mais leur installation est coupée par défaut.
• Le SpotPass des Mii : ton Mii part en voyage et d'autres Mii viennent te dire bonjour. Il est coupé tant que
  tu ne l'actives pas. Seule ta carte part (ton Mii, un pseudo que tu choisis, une phrase, ta région), jamais ton
  compte Steam, tes amis ni tes jeux. Tu peux retirer ou signaler un Mii rencontré.
• Le Mii Maker fait peau neuve : une interface plus simple et plus rapide, avec une recherche dans tes Mii.
• Une place plus vivante : de nouvelles icônes, des Mii qui s'animent, un nouveau sol, des crans de zoom plus
  proches et plus loin, et la roue qui tourne au doigt.
• La bibliothèque : tes jeux rangés sur des étagères. Tu peux créer, remplir, renommer et supprimer tes
  collections.
• Aux couleurs de ton thème : les fenêtres, les questions et même les lumières des sticks prennent ta couleur.
  Dans une appli, ses fenêtres prennent la couleur de l'appli.
• Plus fluide : les menus s'ouvrent plus vite et restent fluides, même à faible puissance.
• Un démarrage à nous : une courte vidéo du logo SteamU, claire, grise ou noire selon ton apparence, à la
  place de l'accueil de Steam.
• Notre page de jeu partout : la page de jeu de Steam est remplacée, même quand un lancement échoue.
• Menu HOME en jeu : la reprise du jeu est plus rapide, sans passer par un autre plugin.
• Importer tes fichiers : les bruitages du système se prennent aussi dans les banques de sons d'une copie de
  ta propre console. Les archives tar.bz2 et tar.xz s'ouvrent, et une archive qu'on ne sait pas lire est signalée.

Corrections notables

• L'accueil retient l'ordre de tes jeux : un jeu en streaming qui part ne laisse plus de trou, il reprend sa place
  en revenant (#9).
• Les raccourcis hors de Steam n'apparaissent plus en tuiles vides : leur nom d'abord, puis leur icône.
• Une case vide ajoutée par erreur se retire.
• Écran de compte : un seul appui sur A choisit le profil, et l'avatar ne disparaît plus après un redémarrage.
• Le volume et la luminosité ont leur indicateur, aussi dans le menu HOME ; celui de Steam ne se montre plus en
  double.
• Un lancement de jeu affiche « Lancement… ».
• Les sons s'importent sur SteamOS sans rien installer : l'outil qui manquait est maintenant fourni (#11).
• Un thème téléchargé ne revient plus au thème de départ, et SteamU te dit si un thème a vraiment une image de
  fond.
• Une seule musique à la fois, même au redémarrage et sur la page de bienvenue.
• Quitter une appli la ferme vraiment : rouverte, elle repart de son début.
• Au doigt, le bord d'un bouton répond aussi, et un appui long n'ouvre plus le menu du navigateur.
• Un toucher ne lance plus la recherche par erreur (« 1 » ou « 2 » tapés tout seuls).
• Unifideck : les jeux Xbox Cloud ont leur petit nuage, et un jeu dont l'état est inconnu n'est plus montré comme
  installé.
• Sans aucun fichier importé, tout reste propre : ce qui en a besoin t'envoie vers l'Importation.

Installer ou mettre à jour

• Tu as déjà SteamU 0.1.8 ou plus : une notification te propose la mise à jour, un appui suffit.
• Sinon : Decky, Développeur, « Installer depuis un fichier ZIP », et choisis SteamU-v0.2.0.zip.

SteamU v0.1.10

Updates from the interface: this version updates itself. When a new version is out, a pinned notification appears in SteamU: "See more" shows what's new, "Install" installs it through Decky. You can turn the check off in Settings, SteamU, Privacy.

• Home screen: Xbox Cloud Gaming games from Unifideck now appear as playable, with a small cloud showing they are streamed. Thanks @lieserlV (#10).
• Home screen: Unifideck games whose status is unknown (for example a GameVault server that is offline) are no longer shown as installed. Thanks @lieserlV (#10).

Install

1. Download SteamU-v0.1.10.zip below (Assets).
2. In Decky Loader: Settings → Developer → Install plugin from ZIP file, pick the zip.
3. Restart Steam (or the console).

Please use this zip rather than building SteamU yourself from the source code.

SteamU v0.1.9

Updates from the interface: this version updates itself. When a new version is out, a pinned notification appears in SteamU: "See more" shows what's new, "Install" installs it through Decky. You can turn the check off in Settings, SteamU, Privacy.

• Launching a game from the home screen no longer goes through Steam's game page and its loading spinner: SteamU's launch screen stays until the game's first picture, and when the game closes you are back on the home screen (B no longer leads into Steam).
• Plaza: icons no longer disappear when the plaza is opened again quickly.
• Home screen: the Miis get the same fix (their clock no longer runs backwards when the screen opens).
• SteamU's own apps open with a 1 to 1.5 s launch screen.
• Home screen: games from Unifideck (Epic, GOG, Amazon...) that are not installed are recognised as such. Thanks @lieserlV (#7).

Install

1. Download SteamU-v0.1.9.zip below (Assets).
2. In Decky Loader: Settings → Developer → Install plugin from ZIP file, pick the zip.
3. Restart Steam (or the console).

Please use this zip rather than building SteamU yourself from the source code.

SteamU v0.1.8

Updates from the interface: this version updates itself. When a new version is out, a pinned notification appears in SteamU: "See more" shows what's new, "Install" installs it through Decky. You can turn the check off in Settings, SteamU, Privacy.

• SteamU can now update itself from GitHub. When a new version is out, a pinned notification appears; "See more" shows what's new, and "Install" installs it through Decky.
• You can turn off the update check in Settings, SteamU, Privacy.
• If SteamU's safety net has to stop it, a short crash report is saved in your Downloads folder by itself, and a notification tells you about it the next time it starts.
• Crash reports now include Decky's log.
• HOME Menu: "Close Software" works again without the Pause Games plugin (reported on a ROG Ally).
• Resetting SteamU and "Erase everything" now ask you to pick between two real buttons, with "Cancel" chosen first: pressing A twice no longer erases everything.
• Themes, "Delete theme": B cancels the request instead of closing the panel, and the A key is drawn on the chosen button.
• HOME Menu and quick settings: they no longer leave work running in the background once closed, and the paused game's picture no longer takes memory afterwards.
• Resuming a game no longer resumes it twice in a row.
• Texts that stayed in French are now translated: HOME Menu, quick settings, friends, your page, notifications, folders, game page, themes, arcade, casino, Mii Maker, plaza and credits.
• Dates and times follow Steam's language.

Install

1. Download SteamU-v0.1.8.zip below (Assets).
2. In Decky Loader: Settings → Developer → Install plugin from ZIP file, pick the zip.
3. Restart Steam (or the console).

Please use this zip rather than building SteamU yourself from the source code.

SteamU v0.1.7 (test)

This old version cannot update itself. Install the latest release once; from v0.1.8 on, SteamU updates from its own interface.

• No more double sign-in screen: when Steam has just shown its own "Who's playing?" (and PIN), SteamU skips its welcome screen (#2).
• Settings → Storage: the selected game row is readable in light mode (#3), and the game list now fills the card (several games visible instead of one).
• Game logos no longer flicker on zoom changes and scrolling.
• While a game is in the foreground, SteamU pauses its home screen, Miis, animated background and animated tiles (about 100 frames per second of GPU time given back to the game).
• Lower idle CPU on the home screen with large libraries; below 8 W of TDP the animated background and animated tiles hold still.
• Changing the grid zoom quickly no longer stutters; at 5 to 8 rows, tiles no longer touch.
• Plaza: Miis talk much less, speech bubbles vary and come with long silences; a short fade between the plaza and the home screen.
• CSS Loader battery themes no longer mix with SteamU's battery icon; LEDs no longer cause a small hitch every 10 seconds.
• Updating SteamU without restarting Steam no longer breaks the top bar; play time on the game page is rounded to the minute.

Install

1. Download SteamU-v0.1.7-test.zip below (Assets).
2. In Decky Loader: Settings → Developer → Install plugin from ZIP file, pick the zip.
3. Restart Steam (or the console).

Please use this zip rather than building SteamU yourself from the source code.

SteamU v0.1.6 (test)

This old version cannot update itself. Install the latest release once; from v0.1.8 on, SteamU updates from its own interface.

• Tested on Bazzite KDE in Desktop Mode with Big Picture at login.
• SteamU now waits until Steam has finished signing in (account choice, PIN) before showing anything (#2).
• Light mode: Steam texts that stayed white on light backgrounds now follow the theme's text colour (#3).
• On a new home grid, system apps (Customize, casino…) come first; Settings → SteamU → Troubleshooting → Move system apps back to the beginning does it on an existing grid (#4).
• No battery shown on machines without one (#5).
• Library: the category row scrolls when there are many categories (Unifideck…), thanks to @lieserlV (#6).
• Tiles no longer flicker or turn blank on zoom changes and scrolling (logos may still flicker briefly).

Install

1. Download SteamU-v0.1.6-test.zip below (Assets).
2. In Decky Loader: Settings → Developer → Install plugin from ZIP file, pick the zip.
3. Restart Steam (or the console).

Please use this zip rather than building SteamU yourself from the source code.

SteamU v0.1.5 (test)

This old version cannot update itself. Install the latest release once; from v0.1.8 on, SteamU updates from its own interface.

• Main fix for issue #1: the home screen no longer decodes full-size game artwork. Each tile shows a copy shrunk to its on-screen size, made in a bounded queue (tiles on screen first) and kept between sessions. Custom and animated artwork (SteamGridDB, non-Steam shortcuts) is shrunk too; animated artwork shows its first frame. Large libraries (hundreds or thousands of games and shortcuts) no longer load everything at once.
• Startup is lighter, and SteamU stops loading right away when its crash safety triggers.
• Diagnostic report: also records your library size, Game Mode or Desktop Mode, and the crash-related lines of Steam's logs. If the home screen won't open, use the button from the Decky panel (Quick Access → Decky → SteamU → Diagnostic report).

Install

1. Download SteamU-v0.1.5-test.zip below (Assets).
2. In Decky Loader: Settings → Developer → Install plugin from ZIP file, pick the zip.
3. Restart Steam (or the console).

Please use this zip rather than building SteamU yourself from the source code.