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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 53 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It is news to me that people feel this strongly about steam big picture mode.

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago

I actually love BPM, but the button to enter is right next to the steamvr button so I usually pull a "this little maneuver is gonna cost us a minute" whenever I misclick and it's often when I'm late for a VR social event.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

On the windows xbox controller, the huge raised button in the middle turns on big picture mode. I'm not aware of any way to disable that button. It's a huge pain in the ass if you accidentally touch it and get yanked out of whatever you were doing.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can absolutely turn that off in steam settings.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Where did they add the option? It certainly wasn't there last time I tried to figure it out, though that was admittedly a long time ago.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Seems like it is a little more convoluted than I recalled. I thought you just turned off focus steam, but if you go to controller, test inputs, and then reconfigure the inputs from there, you can just skip the guide button setup so that it doesn't do anything when pressed.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love this latest feature of steam where if I press the xbox button in a game (windows store game, not even steam) instead of opening the game bar, steam pops up and goes "hey did you want to open big picture?" Like no mother fucker, I've told you 30 times now, stop it.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

You could have changed your mind though. Are you sure you didn't change your mind?

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have never even heard of steam big picture mode.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's about a decade old but it's the couch version of Steam, completely navigable with a controller. If you've ever seen a Steam Deck, that's just Big Picture Mode.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

I believe Steam Deck got a completely new interface that also later replaced the old Big Picture mode. It also of course has a more complex setup, since it's not running in a desktop environment, but that's more about the overlay and running games.