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C'est la vie (Or so long, & thanks for all the fish)

15 June, 2023 - Andy | 2 Comments

Howdy gang,

Sorry for the silence. It's been a busy couple of years, but I'm currently writing this while sheltering from a tornado (or two, depending on which news station you tune into!) so I've got some time to kill. Valve just released a new version of the Steam client which completely killed off Steam skinning.

I can't pretend I'm surprised, given how VGUI's been entirely abandoned. Plexed has been in a similar state for a while, but it's been a good run. PC Gamer featured us numerous times and Plexed ended up getting more downloads and attention than I ever expected it to. Teenage Andy would be pretty satisfied, I think. I still am now as an adult.

It's crazy to think about, really. In the time since Plexed 1.0 released I've gone through three radically different career paths and ended up having a life entirely unlike anything I expected (in a good way). I'm working on videogames now and have a company of my own. Ended up being the UI/UX/overall graphic design lead on Arbitrary Metric's (of Paratopic fame!) next game, Roman Sands RE:Build. I'd link it here, but for some reason the Mac Steam client doesn't like copy & paste. Some things never change.

I appreciate you all for your support over the years. Thanks for everything, folks.

If you'd like to keep up to date on the work I do nowadays, feel free to follow my company, desktopGeneration. We do a lot of art & UI/UX work. I'm not sure how hard Valve censors links anymore, so instead of linking I'll just say to check us out on socials- our handle is typically @dsktpgeneration, though our itch account is under the full name.

Anyways, seems like the tornadoes have run their course so it's time for me to come on outta hiding.

Signing off for one last time,
Andy

Plexed vNext Preview 2 is now available!

5 December, 2020 - Andy | 6 Comments

What's this? Andy meeting a deadline he mentioned in a blog post? Is it 2015 right now?

Alright, let's get down to the cool stuff as fast as possible: https://i.imgur.com/FRa0ojU.png

As mentioned in last night's progress report it is now possible for me to skin the library, friends list, and every single part of the Steam website when viewed within the client. You'll notice changes made to the library and a dark background across the Steam site immediately, though there are currently no friends/chat changes in the skin. My work with CSS injection is very early on and my roadmap towards an initial release is only going to include changes to the library, friends, and chat. These are going to be really basic initially, similar to how the changes made to the library are right now but much much cleaner. The dark background across the site is going to be removed for a release just for the sake of consistency until I can get the whole thing done. (Even if I do find this much easier on the eyes!)

I have a lot of ideas going through my head right now but this has more than tripled the scope of the project. I'm excited but trying my hardest to focus on one thing at a time - it isn't easy.

The default accent color for this preview is a cool blue. Should you want to change it, the process is similar to preview 1, but with a few extra steps and options. You'll want to go within the skin's folder and go to \resource\styles\steam.styles and open that in your text editor of choice. (This works with something as basic as notepad). You can either replace the Accent and AccentTR values with colors of your choice, or follow the instructions in the file to use some of the presets I've defined.
[Note: Preview 1's accent color is here as crimsonaccent & crimsonaccentTR]
[Note 2: The PlexedClassic preset you see in there isn't done yet, I'm thinking of doing something a little more for that one.]

After picking your color, you'll want to make note of the first three numbers defined in it - those are RGB values. Copy those and move over to \resource\webkit.css - this can also be opened in something as easy as Notepad. Look for the --Accent definition on line 4, and replace the RGB value with the RGB value from your accent color. Save both files and relaunch Steam with Preview 2 as your selected skin.

I apologize for the extra steps this time around, I set up the accent preset system literal minutes before experimenting with library skinning and until I have a customization app together this is the best way to go about things.

Whew, that was a bit longer than I thought it would be.
Other changes off the top of my head:
- Music player (but not library, yet) is resdesigned
- Top-right controls have been changed around and I added in the announcement button Steam brought in years ago. I suppose I should have added that a while ago.
- Hidden library section is available in the main dropdown menu
- The entire grouper has been cleaned up. Not feeling the fatter downloads bar though so that will probably change.
- Loading symbols should be different throughout the skin.

Anyways, here's the download. I think I'll take a day or two off from work on this to stop myself from going insane, but PLEASE get in touch with feedback! If necessary you can always contact me on Twitter @BennettBlogs or reach me on Discord at Andrew B.#3794.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgwLxNt92X1XiJQVCvo6HmLWZsjdGQ?e=EbMrVI