Change the Steam interface - from simple pictures to the entire presentation on the screen. How to change the design of the Steam client Change Steam
Well, the question of how to change the interface in the incentive has not yet been fundamentally resolved, but the problem is not in any difficulties. The problem is simply preference. After all, it is important not just to give the changes to yourself on the mountain, and the grass does not grow. It's just that Steam has developed its own design style for a long time - a black background, all the available styles dance from it. Although you can change, in principle, anything and anything.
But in order.
First, change the image of the games
Changing the game's miniature as the primary action of interfering with the standard interface is quite simple.
Firstly, in advance, in any graphics program, we prepare a new graphical representation of the game - a file in jpg format, with a quality not worse than 5 (this is from the kitchen of the format itself, so that the picture of the game does not catch the eye in steam with its unimportant quality). Please note that it is desirable that the picture is at least 460 pixels in width and 215 pixels in height. Otherwise, the information provided will begin to stretch out by the trading platform, and this never leads to anything good, in terms of quality, in the graphics.
Save the file to disk. Of course, we remember where, so that then we do not look for half an hour.
Secondly, we enter Steam and select the required game - do not launch it, but simply select a picture on the general window. Being in the picture, press the right key, calling context menu... Next, in the window that appears, select the "Select another image" command. In the proposed window, find the file of the prepared image on the disk and click on the "OK" button.
That's all, you have a new picture in front of your eyes. The first simple task, how to change the interface, has been solved.
Changing the entire interface as a whole
But Steam allows you to change your interface completely. Only two small but important organizational conditions.
The developer of the site itself and many "third parties" developed a huge number of new interfaces - each of them is a separate small program. There are even graphics applications allowing you to fantasize and create new interfaces yourself. But since there are many such programs and the sources of their origin and delivery are not always exactly clear, check them in advance with antivirus software, it won't be an hour to bring some kind of "infection" to your computer. And new skins, who have come from nowhere, are a wonderful refuge for viruses, they love programs such as Steam, among whose fans around the world there are at least 120 million people every day. Everything is very simple, giving you a super-fashionable skip for Steam, you are just actually being forced into a supernova virus - the “viral story” is as old as the world.
Second. All skins used by Steam are placed in a special folder - ... \ Steam \ skins \. Therefore, before proceeding with the task of how to change the design of steam, just rewrite the skin file in this folder. If you have an entire archive of them, then, of course, unpack it.
In general, Steam has not brought anything new to the "science of interface settings", everything is as usual. But the program did not strive for this. Her task was completely different - how to make the game world more fun, including for business. But this problem was solved and just brilliantly.
How can I change the background of the client's Steam design myself?
Today I propose to talk about the issue associated with the replacement of the standard design of the Steam client. It's no secret that the Steam client is already very long time Supports general customization and background refresh. All of this customization is done through the installation of separate themes that transform the game client very powerfully and colorfully.
Any customization implies a complete replacement of the standard design in the Steam client. By setting new design, be prepared for the fact that your client will greatly transform for the better.
The client will be updated by using special tool or, to put it simply, a skin.
Skins lie in open access and are available to absolutely all Steam players, with no age limit, with the exception of those with strawberries.
Where to get themes for a Steam client?
In the current paragraph, we will try to fully, clearly and clearly understand the issue related to the search, download and update of the standard skin in the client.
In fact, there is already a huge pile of skins on the Internet and you do not need to search for a long time for places where they are in the public domain.
The first source for your search, I suggest you use any of the search engines.
It doesn't matter if it is Yandex, Google, mail or other search system... They all work according to approximately the same algorithms. And to search for themes for steam, you will only need to open one of them and find a search line, where you have to enter a search query to find and download themes for steam. It is advisable to carry out the search with a direct search query in your native language. This will simplify the study of information on skins, and also full description these.
After you find the skins in the search and go to the resources on which they are in the public domain, you have to download them. This is not difficult to do, but be careful and be sure to be wary of those sites on which you are asked to download not an archive, but exe file... Often a lot of unnecessary and sometimes very dangerous software is shoved into such files. If you see that the site or server is serving a file other than the archive, stop downloading, delete this file and perform a full scan of your computer for received viruses or vulnerabilities.
The second source, I would point out directly to the gaming community itself.
If you take some free time and rush through the gaming community, then you will surely find a bunch of themes available for download. At the same time, the chance to run into viruses tends to zero. In addition, if you suddenly begin to have any additional questions related to the design, download and installation in the Steam client, then you can easily ask this question to the author.
If he reads the question, he is unlikely to deny you an answer. After all, it was he who provided this Steam menu customization for download. After spending a certain amount of time, you will probably pick up several skins for yourself at once that you like and which you will put in the Steam client.
During the search, you may often come across broken links. It's not scary. Even if you really liked the skin, but the link to download it is not available, then first of all look for this skin on other resources using its name. In the event that the title is missing, try to find any in the screenshots distinctive feature, by which you will search for this skin on the Internet. If in this case nothing worked out, there was one more last chance search through pictures.
To do this, you need to open Yandex for pictures, choose "search by picture", upload there a screenshot with the skin you are looking for and search the network.
If you still could not find the skin you like, then do not despair, there are a huge number of them lying on the open spaces of the network and you will surely like some of them.
How to create your own skin for a Steam client?
Continuing the discussion of the previous question related to the search for a skin, I want to inform you that at any time, you yourself can create a skin for a client. This is a trifling matter, it is done through special constructors and does not require additional knowledge and programming languages from you.
Often, skin creation takes place through the use of an intuitive interface and, in fact, fits into a few minutes of your time. To create skins, online designers are used, for example, the steamcustomize resource, which provides everyone with the opportunity to create a personal skin for a Steam client.
Skinning is a creative process that can captivate you completely. Usually, in the designers, you can select a background for the skin from the available options, or load your own. Also, you will have no problems, get the opportunity to fine tuning skin in the client. You will be able to change the color of the text, the names of the games. Change the background color on the text. Set your own color scheme, the color of buttons and icons and, in general, all graphic elements of the game client.
How to install a client skin in Steam?
To begin with, you must understand that all skins are stored in the steam folder in the skins subfolder. It is in the subfolder that all available client skins are stored. If you suddenly decide to install your own skin to change the entire graphic design of the client, you need to transfer the folder with the downloaded skin to the steam / skins path. If you do everything right, then you can change the client's standard design.
To replace skins, you have to go to the steam settings and find a section called “interface”. Further in this section, look for such an item as “registration”. So at this point, you will have a great opportunity to replace the standard skin. If you did everything correctly, then you will see your topic in the general list.
If, for some reason, the topic has not been displayed, then you will have to check if you did everything right? You have to find the archive with the downloaded theme again. Next, you unpack all the files from it into the skins folder. Also, check beforehand, maybe your theme is not in the folder itself, but as a result of unpacking it got into a folder.
FAQ on the topic
- I downloaded the skin, unpacked the entire archive on the way to the skins folder. I see the theme in the settings, I applied it, but the theme has not changed, why?
There is no need to panic, in fact, you did everything right and installed it as it should be. But it is important to remember that for full application settings, you will need to completely restart the Steam client. This means that you must completely close the client (not minimize, namely close. It is important that the steam process in the task manager is also disabled.) And then restart it. If you did everything correctly, then the skin should have already changed for you. - Will I get banned for using non-original skins on the incentive?
What nonsense! Of course you won't. In fact, you do not interfere with the gameplay, you do not get any advantage. Do not use third party programs, but just replace the customization in the client menu. - Are the skins created in the constructor somehow or somehow different in installation from those that I download from the game community?
The only thing that will differ between these themes will only be their name. Otherwise, they will be absolutely identical. - Is it worth downloading skins for a Steam client?
This is purely everyone's business. If you are tired of the old Steam design and the only thing you want to do when launching the client is to gouge out your eyes, then of course it's worth it.
Let's summarize
The article turned out to be very voluminous, but I hope that the information described in it will be very useful to you and you will use it. If for some reason you have certain difficulties in replacing skins in the client, then there is such a platform as YouTube, on which videos on various topics are constantly being sawn. Surely there is already an answer to your question.
I can also advise in especially difficult cases to use the creation of posts in the Steam community. They will explain exactly and help you.
But in general, replacing the skin is a very cool feature that has always been so necessary in this software... Replacing skins would be a great way to transform a Steam game client.
The existence of the Steam gaming platform dates back to the dawn of the emergence and development of the Internet - in 1999. When gamers fought all day in Counter-Strike and Team Fortess Classic. When 3-4 thousand people were in the game online meant its enormous popularity.
Valve's visionary game makers have realized that networked gaming has a huge future. And rolling up their sleeves, they zealously set to work. The first version of Steam was released to the gaming community in 2002. Previously, the developers failed to implement their plans due to the phlegmatic nature of their partners: they showed participation in the project only in words.
Steam owes its first wave of popularity to the game Half-Life 2. Valve made the right bet. Well, who will pass by the second part of the legendary shooter. We installed the game, installed the platform client as well. A little later, some publishers, realizing the prospect of the enterprise, began to apply to the company to “shelter” their game projects (distributions and additional mods).
In this article, you will learn how to use your Steam account: how to log in and go to the office and in the client, how to set a different email address in your profile, how to register a game, etc.
Authorization
1. To log into your Steam account, open the official website of the service in your browser - http://store.steampowered.com/.
2. On the right side of the "header" of the page, click the link "Login".
3. Enter your username and password for your account.
4. At the bottom of the form, click the "Login" button again.
Attention! If you haven't logged into your account for a long time, the service will ask you to go through verification. In this case:
- Go to email attached to the account.
- Copy the code in the email from Steam.
- Enter it in the "Steam Guard" panel.
2. Download and run the platform client.
3. Enter your account name and password.
4. Click "Login"
Login and nickname
In the Steam system, these two concepts differ in function.
Username is a pseudonym.
You can change it if you want. This is done like this:
1. Click the login in the profile.
2. In the drop-down list, select "View Profile".
3. On the page that opens, click "Edit ...".
4. To change the alias, enter a new option in the "Profile name" line.
If you want to know which nicknames have been used before, open the "View profile" section. And then by clicking the mouse open the drop-down menu (the "down arrow" button) near the current nickname.
Attention! You can remove the used nickname and put another one from the list that was used before.
Change email
To attach another email address to your account, do the following:
1. In the client window, open the Steam section.
2. Select "Settings" from the list.
3. In the subsection account, click "Change contact address ...".
4. Enter your password and new e-mail. Click Next.
6. To complete verification, return to the client panel. Paste the copied code. Click "Next" again.
2. Review the general information. At the bottom of the page, click the "Ok, go to ..." button.
3. Click on the "Games" subsection. Select the genre you are interested in (for example, Action).
Note. Free games are in the "Free" section.
4. Click on the avatar of the game you like.
5. If you chose a free game:
- click the "Play" button in its panel;
- start the installation in the window that opens.
If the distribution is paid:
click "Add to cart";
choose the version "... for yourself" or "... as a gift";
specify the payment method: in the list, click the payment system used;
click "Continue".
click the box "I accept the Agreement ...";
follow the service prompts to complete the purchase and install the game on your PC.
Account statuses
Limited - the profile has certain restrictions on the use of the service functions if no purchases have been made. Assigned by default after registration.
Unlimited is a status for Steam customers who regularly purchase games.
General - "Steam Family Sharing" status. Allows other users to download games from your account library.
To connect it:
1. Click in the application: section "Steam" → Settings.
2. Go to the "Family" subsection.
Did you know that you can completely change the interface on Steam, thus making it more interesting and unique? In this article, we have selected a couple of ways with which you can slightly diversify the client interface.
How to change the interface in Steam?
Firstly, in the Steam itself, you can set any images for your games. The main thing is that the picture should be approximately equal to 460x215 pixels. To change the game splash screen, click on it right click mouse and select the item "Select another image ..." from the menu
Secondly, you can download and install skins. You can find them both on the official Steam website and freely available on the Internet.
1. When you download the skin, you will need to drop it into the folder:
C: // Program Files (x86) / Steam / skins
2. Go to the client settings and in the "Interface" item select the new design that you downloaded.
3. Save the selected design and restart Steam. After restart new topic will be applied.
Ready! Such in simple ways you can change a little appearance Steam and make it more user-friendly. In addition to downloading ready-made skins, you can create your own if you are a confident PC user. You can also show off to your friends the unusual design, because your client will be unique.
Is it possible to change mail on Steam? Can. There are two ways - with and without account verification, when you don't need to go to your old mail. This is relevant if you have lost access to your email address.
Instructions from Steam
Below will be described the official instructions offered by the Steam developers in order to change email address in a programme. Here's what to do.
- In the client, select the upper left menu Steam, where you need to click on "Settings".
- Next, in the "Account" tab, click on "Change contact address ...".
- And here we have to choose how to change the address - through confirmation in the old mail or without going into it.
Let's look at both options.
Change confirmation mail
In this case, we choose the first item. A code will be sent to the mail, which must be entered in the specified field.
After entering the confirmation code, we write new address Email.
The new address will also need to be confirmed - a letter will be sent to the new mail for this.
Changing mail without confirmation
It happens that you have lost access to the mail to which Steam is attached. In this case, select the second item - "I no longer have access to this address."
In a new window, enter the address of the new mail, and also Additional information- old address, phone number, if you registered an account via phone, as well as additional information.
It is necessary to write everything that can help change the mail to a new one. You can attach any files - for example, screenshots of account usage. Steam support must make sure that you are the real owner of this account.
After sending the data, you need to wait. The support people will appreciate if you are the real owner of the Steam profile and if you can change your email address.
In general, this is the only legal way to change mail on Steam - with or without confirmation of the old mail.