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Steam Big Picture trigger no longer working #1074

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austinpaquette opened this issue Dec 22, 2022 · 5 comments
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Steam Big Picture trigger no longer working #1074

austinpaquette opened this issue Dec 22, 2022 · 5 comments
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@austinpaquette
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What happened?

Steam recently changed the Big Picture interface to use the one from the Steam deck, which might be causing it to no longer detect properly

Step to reproduce

Use the newest version of Steam and test that the new interface opens when using Big Picture and see that the trigger no longer switches audio outputs like it used to

Version

6.4.3

What version of Windows are you seeing the problem on?

Windows 11

Relevant log output

Not currently at home, will update later
@austinpaquette austinpaquette added the Bug Issues which are bug reports label Dec 22, 2022
@Belphemur Belphemur added the Confirmed Confirmed issues label Dec 23, 2022
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Sighery commented Dec 31, 2022

In the meanwhile, I was able to get the same functionality by copying my existing Steam Big Picture profile but selecting as a trigger the Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe. This process will also show up as SP in the Windows Task Manager, but I opted for matching the application path instead. Not sure if this will apply to all systems. I'm also currently using the Steam Client beta, so it could be that the stable branch uses a different path, but this currently works for me.

For more info on how to enable the new Big Picture mode (which has already made it to the stable branch so it doesn't require opting into the Steam Client beta), here is the Steam blog post. The TL;DR is, to the Steam shortcut, adding -gamepadui causes it to launch directly into Deck Big Picture when opening, while adding -newbigpicture causes it to launch on the normal desktop view, but clicking or triggering Big Picture will use the Deck Big Picture mode instead of the old Big Picture mode.

@igordssousa
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A note on @Sighery's workaround. With that Application Path trigger, it will switch devices while Friends window is opened.

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Sighery commented Jan 2, 2023

You're completely right @igordssousa. After doing more testing I found that was the case. I tried adding a trigger for process name "SP", but it seems multiple triggers use an OR condition, so that didn't help, plus it also seems the process name trigger only checks for contains, not a strict match, so other processes were triggering it. So for now I just close SoundSwitch and open it right before going into Big Picture mode

github-actions bot pushed a commit that referenced this issue Jan 7, 2023
## [6.5.0](v6.4.3...v6.5.0) (2023-01-07)

### Features

* **Profile::RecordingCommunication:** Add possibility to set communication device for recording device in Profile.cs ([2ef778b](2ef778b)), closes [#793](#793)

### Bug Fixes

* **Device::Matching:** Fix device matching between deviceinfo and any that inherit from it ([7881f16](7881f16))
* **Device::Selection:** Fix issue with recording and playback device having the same name not appearing in selected devices. ([f1aef5d](f1aef5d)), closes [#1070](#1070)
* **Profile::SteamBigPicture:** Fix detecting the new big picture of steam. ([cd7c31f](cd7c31f)), closes [#1074](#1074)
* **QuickMenu:** Fix resizing the quick menu when the number of items changes ([5b1eaec](5b1eaec)), closes [#1086](#1086)

### Languages

* **Bulgarian:** Add Bulgarian to the application ([74cce0d](74cce0d))
* **Bulgarian:** Added About translation using Weblate ([d1c3fb3](d1c3fb3))
* **Bulgarian:** Added Settings translation using Weblate ([c05edfe](c05edfe))
* **Bulgarian:** Added Tray Icon translation using Weblate ([e523b8c](e523b8c))
* **Bulgarian:** Added Update Download translation using Weblate ([4fdd134](4fdd134))
* **Bulgarian:** Translated About using Weblate ([8bfea2a](8bfea2a))
* **Bulgarian:** Translated Settings using Weblate ([4f79f46](4f79f46))
* **Bulgarian:** Translated Tray Icon using Weblate ([5f2fc01](5f2fc01))
* **Bulgarian:** Translated Update Download using Weblate ([6b05d44](6b05d44))
* **Bulgarian:** Translated Update Download using Weblate ([f587f06](f587f06))
* **Ukrainian:** Add Ukrainian to the list of supported languages ([a3684d3](a3684d3))
* **Ukrainian:** Added About translation using Weblate ([e584982](e584982))
* **Ukrainian:** Added Settings translation using Weblate ([9490b89](9490b89))
* **Ukrainian:** Added Tray Icon translation using Weblate ([b57f6e0](b57f6e0))
* **Ukrainian:** Added Update Download translation using Weblate ([e64d78e](e64d78e))
* **Ukrainian:** Translated About using Weblate ([cc7ac86](cc7ac86))
* **Ukrainian:** Translated Settings using Weblate ([edb8ab4](edb8ab4))
* **Ukrainian:** Translated Settings using Weblate ([c50c67e](c50c67e))
* **Ukrainian:** Translated Tray Icon using Weblate ([d82d954](d82d954))
* **Ukrainian:** Translated Tray Icon using Weblate ([0250383](0250383))
* **Ukrainian:** Translated Update Download using Weblate ([0c80e2e](0c80e2e))
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github-actions bot commented Jan 7, 2023

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 6.5.0 🎉

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Steam changes again how they name the big picture.

Another fix is coming for this.

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