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Usage Guide
Download the latest version of Depressurizer from the project's Release page.
The first time you run Depressurizer, it will ask you for your Steam directory. If it is not automatically and correctly detected, fill this in.
Next, it will ask you to set up a profile. The easiest thing to do here is to simply select your profile from the "Select User" list and click OK. However, if you also want to manage any non-Steam games that you have added to Steam, first click the "Ignored Games" tab and uncheck "Ignore external games".
After a moment, you should see the game list fill up with all your games. You can now categorize them as you wish.
When you are ready to save your changes, you MUST FIRST COMPLETELY CLOSE STEAM. You can this by clicking on Steam > Exit in the client, or by right clicking the Steam icon in your system tray and clicking Exit.
Once Steam is closed, all you need to do is click on File > Save in Depressurizer. This will save your profile and, if you haven't changed any settings, will also automatically update your Steam config files with your changes. When you re-open Steam, your games should be organized.
By default, Depressurizer will automatically load and update your profile the next time you launch the program.
There are several ways to manually modify your games within Depressurizer.
1) The Game Panel
Changes made to the checkboxes at the bottom of the screen will automatically apply to ALL selected games. The checkboxes will update to reflect the current categories of the selected games.
Entering text and clicking the "Add Category and Assign" button will create the entered category if it does not exist, and then assign all selected games to it.
2) Drag and Drop
If you select games in the list, and drag them to a category in the list on the left, you can add them to the selected category. You can drag them to "favorites" to set them as favorites, or to Uncategorized to clear their categories.
If you hold Ctrl when you drag items, you can remove them from the selected category instead of adding them.
3) Context menu
If you right click on the game list, there are options to add categories, remove categories, or alter the Favorite setting for the selected games.
Auto categorization in Depressurizer is based around different schemes that determine what categories to add to (or remove from) each game. These schemes are configurable, and are referred to as "AutoCats".
You can auto categorize some of your games by selecting them and clicking the Auto categorize button below the game list. This will apply the AutoCat selected in the list below the button.
You can auto categorize all games by using the "Autocat All" item in the Tools menu.
To modify, delete or create new AutoCats, click the "Edit AutoCats..." item in the Profile menu.
There are currently two types of AutoCat:
Genre: This type auto categorizes games based on the genres it is assigned in the Steam store. It has several configuration options.
Prefix (optional): This is just a text prefix added to the beginning of all genre names assigned by this scheme.
Max Categories: This is the maximum number of categories that will be assigned to each game. If a particular game has more categories, they will be ignored. 0 indicates no maximum.
Remove Others: This will remove other categories ONLY if they could potentially be added by this scheme. If a game already belongs to a category that has the name of a genre, with the Prefix, it will be removed before new categories are added to it.
Ignored Genres: If you don't want a particular genre to be added as a category, select it here.
Flags: This refers to the items on the right-hand side of the Steam Store pages that indicate certain features. For example, all games with the "Local Co-op" feature listed will be placed into a "Local Co-op" category.
Prefix (optional): This is just a text prefix added to the beginning of all genre names assigned by this scheme.
Included Flags: Only the items selected in this list will be used.
Definitions of Terms and Procedures
When you Download your game list, the program is going to the Steam Community site to get a list of your games. This does not alter any categories, it only adds games to your list.
When you Import from Steam, the program is loading category and other information from your Steam config file. This is not guaranteed to have entries for all your games, but it includes data for any game that is currently categorized, favorited, or hidden. If ALL of your games fall into one of these categories, this can be a way to get a full list if you can't download. Note that if Steam is running, the imported data may not be up to date. This step is also where your non-Steam games are loaded, if you have them enabled.
When you Save, you are saving your Depressurizer profile data. By default, this ALSO exports to Steam, but this can be disabled in your profile settings.
When you Export, you are manually pushing your data to Steam.