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Steam Grid Downloader | ||
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Auto Steam Grid | ||
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The Steam client has a neat grid view for your games, but it comes looking like | ||
this: | ||
The Steam client has a neat grid view for your games, but it requires | ||
continuous internet access and customization has to be done game by game. | ||
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![Boring grid](http://i.imgur.com/SyWiY.jpg) | ||
![Steam screenshot with filled grid](http://i.imgur.com/abnqZ6C.png) | ||
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Steam allows you to set custom images for each tile, but doesn't give any by | ||
default. There are many tile images available online, but you still have to | ||
change each game individually. | ||
Not anymore. This nifty program caches all your game images so you don't need | ||
internet access, searches for the ones that Steam is missing and it also | ||
applies overlays based on your categories. | ||
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Not anymore. This nifty program fills the grid for you, automatically: | ||
Just extract it anywhere, customize the overlays to your liking (or leave the | ||
defaults) and run `steamgrid.exe`. It'll automatically detect your Steam | ||
installation, local users, their games and categories and work all the magic. | ||
Not a single keypress required. | ||
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![Filled grid](https://thefrugalnerd.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/steamlibrary.jpg) | ||
Features | ||
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Just [download the executable](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boppreh/steamgrid/master/steamgrid.exe) and run it, no installation required. The program | ||
detects and downloads everything automatically, going as far as doing Google | ||
image searches to fill the gaps in the official repositories. The images you | ||
may already have will not be touched. | ||
- Automatically detects Steam installation even in foreign language systems. If | ||
it doesn't work for some reason with you, just drag and drop the steam folder | ||
onto the executable. | ||
- Detects all local Steam users and customizes their grid images individually. | ||
- Loads your game list from your public Steam profile (make sure you have one!) | ||
- Downloads grid images from two different servers, and falls back to a Google | ||
search as last resort (don't worry, it'll tell you if this happens). | ||
- Loads your categories from the Steam installation. | ||
- Applies transparent overlays based on the game category (make sure the name | ||
of the overlay file is the name of the category). | ||
- If you already have any customized images it'll use them and apply the | ||
overlay, but keeping a backup. | ||
- 100% fire and forget, no interaction required. | ||
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If you encounter any problems please open an issue or email me. All critics and | ||
suggestions welcome. |