Originally posted by Veno <3 Hero:

Originally posted by bidulless:

hello

no need -vgui imo

pretty sure you need -vgui for june 21st version, i used to be on that version and i recall needing it

ok
Good to know, thx for feeback
so june release is working with -vgui -nofriendsui and steam.cfg + package folder renamed.

hello

ok made another test , was useless but anyway....
inside manifest , i replaced the version number of the old one by the last one and it does not connected the chat client part .useless but at least now we know that changing this value is not anought to lure the steam client about it version number as this value is may be used but surelly compare to another one inside js but an empty string is doing the job well better..

Originally posted by DSDDukeNukem:

Originally posted by bidulless:

hello
What does about steam is telling ? second line under build date ?
april release ;
without steam running
make a new shortcut of steam with steam.exe -nofriendsui
go inside your steam folder and rename folder package as packagesavec and good idea to make a new one with the same old name package just in case of.
be sur you have a valid steam.cfg at the root of your steam folder
then just click the shortcut and that's all

steam client
version: June 21 2023
API version v020
package: 1687386907

so definitively not the version I thought I was on I mentioned above (1689034492).
Ok. So I made an empty "package" foldder, and a new short with -nofriendsui -vgui.

The chat is back but at the price of having a very old interface, and no more group chats:
https://imgur.com/a/3yTB598

I suppose it's the price to pay. I hope by november, if our method here still works, they'll have fixed the huge memory leak with new UI and improved RAM consumption (because it's really the only reason I don't go on it).

hello

no need -vgui imo

Originally posted by MrBAG:

Originally posted by bidulless:

hello

Can you play a game please and also send a chat to one of your friends and answer him.
so we can have 2 versions working , april and may

Here: https://imgur.com/a/RpzmuCx

Hello

Perfect thx

Originally posted by DSDDukeNukem:

Originally posted by bidulless:

Hello

Imo any release before the full cef ( 11 september is good to be used )

I guess I'm a donkey. I made a new shortcut without -vgui, but with -nofriendsui
Then I went in my steam root folder, renamed "package" in "packagesaved", and lauched steam. I landed on new UI, but with no connection to chat. Guess I made a oppsie somewhere

hello
What does about steam is telling ? second line under build date ?
april release ;
without steam running
make a new shortcut of steam with steam.exe -nofriendsui
go inside your steam folder and rename folder package as packagesavec and good idea to make a new one with the same old name package just in case of.
be sur you have a valid steam.cfg at the root of your steam folder
then just click the shortcut and that's all

hello
posting from my sandboxed steam
last version is 1694466342
going back to old

Originally posted by DSDDukeNukem:

Originally posted by bidulless:

Hello
Do you have a steam.cfg file with 2 lines inside it at the root of your steam folder ?

Yup, with
BootStrapperInhibitAll=enable
BootStrapperForceSelfUpdate=disable

I made it myself on August 2nd when I rolled back to this version, so steam doesn't update to the one with -vgui removed. I think I forced package install at the time with version 1689034492 according to Lightwo's table, as I've seen it was the last before -vui removed. But apparently, I should have used another one.

Hello

Imo any release before the full cef ( 11 september is good to be used )

Originally posted by mv:

renaming steam_client_*.manifest in package folder also does the job

Hello
I want to do a last test xd
can someone post the last version number of the steam client here plz ?

Originally posted by lightwo:

I can confirm that using -vgui and -nofriendsui does work on Linux 1689034492.

Hello

Cool xd
april, may and july are confirmed working on windows with -nofriendsu, and package folder renamed + steam.cfg

Originally posted by DSDDukeNukem:

Oh mother of. I'm so stupid. I didn't realise I should have checked my version of steam. Veno's screenshot made me check, I'm running the June 21st version, not July 28th. Api is in V.20 tho. I wonder I if should try to force update to july 28th or stay like this. Am afraid now xD

Hello
Do you have a steam.cfg file with 2 lines inside it at the root of your steam folder ?