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How to change this picture in steam (I don't know what it's called) (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/steam@lemmy.ml
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Hi all. This is probably silly, but how in the world do you change this circled image? Right-clicking on the whole thing then clicking "manage" can only set the one already there, not this empty one.

EDIT: I have failed to mention that this game isn't a steam game, it is a "non-steam game" that I added to steam.

EDIT2: Just found out that hovering over the game and keeping the cursor on it makes it go through a series of pictures, which leads me to believe that that is an "album" of several pictures for each game that gets downloaded with each game.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

That looks like the horizontal grid. All the custom images are in a folder in Steam (see below for the location). You should be able to copy an image into that folder, and as long as it's using the correct name format, Steam should use that image just fine. You'll need to know the game's ID, but you should be able to figure that out by cross-referencing other custom images

  • Image folder location: (steam directory)/userdata/(user id)/config/grid/

  • horizontal grid format: (game id).(file format) (ex: 2284631436.png)

  • vertical grid format: (game id)p.(file format) (ex: 2284631436p.png)

  • hero (aka wallpaper) format: (game id)_hero.(file format) (ex: 2284631436_hero.png)

  • logo format: (game id)_logo.(file format) (ex: 2284631436_logo.png)

  • how to find game id: there's no easy way to find it, but you can set a custom image for the game with any of the other options, then look into the folder to see what the custom image is called. You then should be able to figure out what the game id is by comparing it to the name format

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    So, this is a non-steam game that I have added to it. So, all the paths you have mentioned are not there in this case. They even have different file structure. I was hoping that steam has a folder somewhere for these games where I can go in and add images

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    The path should be the same for non-steam games as well

    2284631436 (the example id that I used) is the "game id" of Firefox on my steam deck, which I added as a non-steam game

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hmmm, I'll need to dig into those folders one by one then to find out which one is the non-steam games folders. Also, I've found a folder called "grid" buried somewhere in the steam folder, but that one only has the images I've already set

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    There shouldn't be a need to look through multiple folders. Check the path that I listed, it should be that one.

    From what you describe, it sounds like you've already found it once on your own. That folder contains all the custom images (the default images are presumably stored somewhere else). Just put your custom image into that grid folder and name it the correct thing. It'll work.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The simplest way is to launch the game, then go back to your steam library home. You should now have the gray image there. Then you can just rightclick and there will be an option to select custom art.

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    • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    I know that I've done it. I think it was Boop. Honestly Steam frankly sucks for this and I've given up trying to making it look good. Tried GoG Galaxy's outside launcher integration, gave up on that too, and I've been really pleased with Playnite for many years.

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    [–] -4 points 1 year ago*

    segma

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    That landscape image is called a grid, and you can change it when that game is the first one in your Recent Games list (the one game showing in grid view instead of the normal poster view). If you right-click the grid image in Recent Games, go to Manage, and then click Set Custom Artwork, you can change the grid image.

    Any games you want to do this to, you'll have to start them and then immediately quit them so they're the first game in your Recent Games list. That's the only time grid view shows up for any games now.

    Before Steam started doing posters for games, your library was composed of nothing but grids. Nowadays, the only time you see a game's grid is when it's your most recently played game. So there's not really a need to change it, unless it stays at the top of your Recent Games for a long time and it's bugging you.

    By the way, you can go to the SteamGridDB to find grids, posters, logos, background images, and icons for every game on Steam. It pulls metadata for every game, then people can upload their own custom artwork and logos. So you can find unique artwork to improve your library. Or add posters to older games that have been abandoned before Steam switched away from grid-only display.

    I don't like having games with blank images, so I update every missing poster, background, and logo that I can in my library.

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