Steam

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54454819

On machines where you start Steam manually in order to play a game, do you keep Steam running in the background after play session is over? Meaning if you no longer play any game for the moment, and just keep it running to be ready. Or do you close Steam, after the play session?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/steam@programming.dev/p/1936946/no-audio-through-steam-link-on-quest-3

So I'm trying to use the steam link on my quest 3 as the quest link (or whatever its called, the one in the quest's settings menu) has jittery movement. However steamlink has no audio. Posting an image below but it says the audio device is disabled and clicking the panel it doesn't look like it's disabled (I don't really know what I'm looking for). In VR settings I have audio mirroring set to system default, and in remote play settings I also have play audio on host but no luck. I am able to hear things just fine when streaming to my steam deck.

Edit: So pairing my airpods to my pc then using using that to play audio (from the pc) seems to work with enabling audio mirroring and playing audio on the host pc, tho I'd rather not have to wear ear pods, but it's better than no audio.
Also tried steam link through my phone where I can get audio if it's played out of my wired headphones but setting it to steam streaming speakers would cause no audio.

Someone asked what the average delay between first Beta update and then before it lands on Stable is. I can't say that for all updates, and just listed all Beta updates since 24th of June this year (about 5 months span). I also listed all other stable Regular and Major updates as well.

Let's look at the recent PC Steam Client stable Update news history: https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/steam/

First set filters (untick [ ] Steam Client Beta to see stable updates only):

Note, the Regular Updates are the big updates I think. In the below list, I list all small updates until last Regular one, then continue listing Regular only. Ah, while looking through the list I found there are also Major Updates. I think these are the biggest ones. After first Major, I will only list Major too:

Small

• Today: 2026-10-16 (+3 days since last Small Stable)
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-15
• Small Stable: 2026-10-13 (+42 days since last Small Stable)
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-13
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-12
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-10
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-09
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-07
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-05
  • Small Beta: 2026-10-01
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-29
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-27
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-25
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-22
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-21
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-18
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-16
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-10
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-09
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-06
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-02
  • Small Beta: 2026-09-01
• Small Stable: 2026-09-01 (+27 days since last Small Stable)
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-31
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-26
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-18
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-13
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-11
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-07
  • Small Beta: 2026-08-05
• Small Stable: 2026-08-03 (+7 days since last Small Stable)
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-29
• Small Stable: 2026-07-27 (+5 days since last Small Stable)
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-24
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-23
• Small Stable: 2026-07-22 (+1 days since last Small Stable)
• Small Stable: 2026-07-21 (+28 days since last Small Stable)
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-21
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-20
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-15
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-14
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-10
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-08
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-06
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-02
  • Small Beta: 2026-07-01
  • Small Beta: 2026-06-25
  • Small Beta: 2026-06-24
• Small Stable: 2026-06-23 (+13 days since last Small Stable)
• Small Stable: 2026-06-10 (+9 days since last Small Stable)
• Small Stable: 2026-06-01 (+5 days since last Small Stable)
• Small Stable: 2026-05-27 (+5 days since last Small Stable)
• Small Stable: 2026-05-22

Regular

• Today: 2026-10-16 (+151 days since last Regular Stable)
• Regular Stable: 2026-05-18 (+192 days since last Regular Stable)
• Regular Stable: 2025-11-07 (+367 days since last Regular Stable)
• Regular Stable: 2024-11-05 (+103 days since last Regular Stable)
• Regular Stable: 2024-07-25

Major

• Today: 2026-10-16 (+842 days since last Major Stable)
• Major Stable: 2024-06-26 (+378 days since last Major Stable)
• Major Stable: 2023-06-15 (+267 days since last Major Stable)
• Major Stable: 2022-09-22 (+1089 days since last Major Stable)
• Major Stable: 2019-09-30

"NO MORE OLDER POSTS FOUND." I reached the bottom, just like in real life. The duration for Regular and longer times are calculated with https://www.timeanddate.com/date/durationresult.html . BTW there were no Ai involved in making this post.

What is the conclusion? An average makes no sense here, as Stable Small Updates can be 5 days or up to 42 days. At least since last summer of this year.

Who is at fault here? Yes, Bethesda for its pricing, but shouldn't Valve point that out for me (and the publisher)? Or is this a bug maybe? Usually buying such a multi package gives you (and me) a cheaper price than both individual products on their own, in addition to their individual special offering.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53187140

I just learned (and successfully tested) that we don't need an account to use PaySafe. I thought that was mandatory in order to pay anywhere, like PayPal is. And Steam allows paying (or adding to wallet) directly from the PaySafe code. Meaning, we can buy the code in a local shop anonymously and just add it to the account.

When asked to pay in Steam, just select PaySafe as the method, then the webpage to PaySafe will open where you enter the code from the receipt. After a minute or two, you should get a notification (usually through email). It's almost as easy as using a Steam Gift Card. At least here in Germany, Europe.

This is relevant for me, because physical Steam Gift Cards are official discontinued (the rest in the market will be usable, they just don't produce any anymore). And PaySafe works for me. In fact, I wonder to where I can pay with PaySafe else, outside of Steam. But that is a bit off-topic here off course...

Did you know this? Can you use PaySafe in your country? I hope PaySafe will stay as it is. What about the other Gift Cards, will they go away too or can people buy them for the consoles and other shops like Epic Games on PC?