PlayingGameName/gameextrainfo not being returned?

[JayVDZ]

This doesn't appear to be an issue with the library, but the API from what I can see, but all the same I thought I'd raise the issue here to see if anyone else is getting this?

When calling GetPlayerSummariesAsync(), the PlayingGameName property is not set for a summary, even though there is a PlayingGameId set.

Making the call to the Steam API itself shows nothing returned for the gameextrainfo attribute, i.e:
http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=xxxxx&steamids=76561197960392732

Is anyone else experiencing this?

[JayVDZ]

Wrongly linked API docs above. Should be:
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/webapi/ISteamUser#GetPlayerSummaries
Though this doesn't define the return data.

As a workaround, using the ISteamUserStats/GetSchemaForGame method with the previously obtained gameid, I get a game name, but in the case of the game I just tried (Cities: Skylines) it returned the wrong name (Colossal Order Game). Not sure what to do at this point. Continuing to rummage around he API for better game info.

[babelshift]

I will take a look at this more today and tomorrow.

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[JayVDZ]

Thanks. It looks like the API no longer supports this attribute, so the PlayerSummaryModel.PlayingGameName attribute should probably be removed.

I got round this by using SteamApps.GetAppListAsync() to lookup the name using PlayerSummaryModel.PlayingGameId

[babelshift]

As you've suggested, it looks like this API has dropped the gameextrainfo property from the resulting JSON. As an example, here is what is returned for my account when playing Prison Architect. I think that your solution of making an extra call to find the game details is the only solution.

As for your wrong game name, I think it's actually correct, but the developer named their game oddly. The developer of Cities: Skylines is actually "Colossal Order", and it appears that they created the Steam package with a generic name while it was under development. You can confirm this by looking at the achievements in that GetSchema call and seeing that they align with Cities: Skylines.

{
  "steamid": "76561197960361544",
  "communityvisibilitystate": 3,
  "profilestate": 1,
  "personaname": "aro",
  "lastlogoff": 1515297892,
  "profileurl": "http://steamcommunity.com/id/aro/",
  "avatar": "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/a9/a9e5bf672bb4c7837b9fbec8a76bc1184fb3b99f.jpg",
  "avatarmedium": "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/a9/a9e5bf672bb4c7837b9fbec8a76bc1184fb3b99f_medium.jpg",
  "avatarfull": "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/a9/a9e5bf672bb4c7837b9fbec8a76bc1184fb3b99f_full.jpg",
  "personastate": 1,
  "primaryclanid": "103582791435784710",
  "timecreated": 1063378043,
  "personastateflags": 0,
  "gameid": "233450"
}

[babelshift]

Let me know if you need more help. Thanks.