Augmented Steam: The successor of Enhanced Steam

You may comment what you (dis)like about it and/or why you (don't) use it.
I'm mainly just curious!

5 years ago

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Do you use Augmented Steam?

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I still use the outdated Enhanced Steam

I use it, not on my gaming laptop because it doesn't work on the browser I have installed on that one, but on my desktop, yes.
And when I say it doesn't work, it actually does but the options don't save for some reasons so I'm stuck with the default options so it's not really useful as is.

It adds great functionalities to Steam, some of which really should be native, imo.
On the other hand it also adds a lot of stuff I don't need that makes Steam move like a pregnant elephant, hence why the options are essentials for me.

On the whole it's very useful though, especially when it comes to evaluating new games and searching.

5 years ago
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What browser do you use on your laptop? Is it up-to-date?

5 years ago
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I use Firefox and it's not up to date, no. I can't update if for reasons lol (they have to do with updates and extensions I really need that I couldn't use under newer versions) so it's really fine.
As long as I can use it on my desktop, I'm golden. It's a great extension

5 years ago
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I see. Maybe it can still be fixed though. What version of firefox do you have and are you willing to debug it? Is AS up-to-date too?

5 years ago
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Firefox 62 and it's a portable version. Maybe that's the problem too, I dunno. AS is the latest version.
I'm ok with debugging it but I don't want you to spend any time on this.

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Augmented Steam runs on Firefox 55 pretty nicely, have not updated for the same reason as you, although last i checked FF57 was the version that they blocked the old extensions from running in, unless the ESR version went up to 62.

5 years ago
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Definitely will go to FF 55 then. Thanks for the tip

5 years ago
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Hmm, thought you indicated you were using FF62? If you are and are not having problems with your addons then for the most part you shouldnt have trouble upgrading to the latest versions of FF. It was 57 that dropped support for the old style (more powerful) addons. (I dont know when the ESR release for that period ended however.)

The first version of AS had some weird issues like not saving settings properly. If you're having that trouble you might need to manually go in and clear up the mod folder for ES and AS and then reinstall AS. Very rarely settings files can get corrupted in my experience.

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I was wrong, it was FF 52. I shouldn't post about numbers when I have had less than 4 hours of sleep lol.
I'll also try to uninstall and reinstall AS. I think it's possible I had ES still, even though disabled so maybe that might have been an issue.
Anyway thanks for all the help

5 years ago
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No, reason : Regional prices

5 years ago
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What do you mean? That's one of the reasons people use it (to compare prices), and one of the reasons I used to as well.

5 years ago
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I mean unless bundled, my regional price on steam mostly way lower than any retail store historical low
so no point of using it

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nice for some...

5 years ago
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....no if you hang out around Steamgifts

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I'm sorry for bothering you.

5 years ago
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nah, I'm used to it

5 years ago
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augmented steam has a lot of nice features other then price history. such as player counts, average hours, better inventory, performance stats, and overall a lot more info

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You mean features that a loner-with-potato-notebook-who-never-play-multiplayer-game-and-don't-have-many-friend would never use?

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I don't browse the Steam store without it.

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i was still using enhanced steam up until yesterday. i didn't even realize it had been abandoned. can't really say i dislike anything about it.

5 years ago
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No. Reason: I try to minimize add-on and script usage for security reasons.

5 years ago
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Not yet, still waiting for that big ass font review bug getting fixed.

5 years ago
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I thought it was from that. Now confirmed. LOL Thanks.

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+1

5 years ago
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Will be fixed in the new version. Most likely comes out tomorrow.

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Fixed with v1.3.1

5 years ago
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is it the same feature of the steam inventory helper?

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No, but it is planned to add the features of SIH to AS. Though, that may take a while.

5 years ago
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Hmmmmm, let me just bookmark this discussion so that I can download this when I get home ...
Thanx Revadike :)

5 years ago
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You're welcome :P

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I don't use it because I didn't know it existed.

5 years ago
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Now you do! Hehe

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Using the Steam Store without it would be a PITA

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Pain in the ass.

5 years ago
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Not exactly ;)
Although I love the Pita that is meant for eatyeaty ^^

5 years ago
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meat tastes the best in a pita

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A quick look into the logic my brain utilizes:

Read the description;
Voted ''I still use the outdated Enhanced Steam'';
Realized what I read;
Uninstalled Enhanced Steam;
Installed Augmented Steam;
Changed my vote to ''Yes''.

All within 3 minutes of opening this discussion.
Feeling sharp today, yessireeee......

5 years ago
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same

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Haha, enjoy the update!

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5 years ago
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You like to keep it clean. I can appreciate that.

5 years ago
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Happy cake day!

5 years ago
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First time hearing about it but I use it as of now

5 years ago
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Cool, let me know what you think about it.

5 years ago
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I very much like the cost comparison, and the market lowest price option is very cool. I've seen it has a quick sell option in the inventory but haven't teied it yet. I like how it highlights the games you own/wishlisted. Pretty useful add-on

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yes. i use it. but...
do something with text size in game reviews! i can't read full text, i can do it only if i open it

5 years ago
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This will be fixed in the next version.

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Fixed with v1.3.1

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ok, thanks.
but seems like it was simple removed :) i like the idea, and it be better if we can choose size or font, and that all worked well ;)

5 years ago
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Haha, the change was definitely unintended!

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I've been using the addon for a long time and wouldn't want to go without it. The feature I use the most is the bundle info but the DRM warnings etc are good to have too. There was only a short timespan when I had it disabled because it massively increased the loading time but since that's been fixed I'm a happy user again.

5 years ago
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no, I don't use add-ons of any kind.. I'm ok with the normal Steam experience so far

5 years ago
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Switched back to Enhanced because of that font bug.

5 years ago
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It's likely fixed by tomorrow.

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How can anyone even stand to use Steam without it? It adds almost basic functions still.

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Gives options to filter, remove from wishlist on the store page, link to past bundling of a game, HLTB data - imo it's close to essential. Steam works without it but it's... like getting used to your flat always being cold, especially in the mornings, then finding out that the landlord messed up the heating so your "it works, I got used to it" life turns into something actually pleasant.

5 years ago
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you dont choose what i comment or dont comment
but once you go augmented it hard to go back
CYBERPUNK HYPE WILL KILL IT

5 years ago
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I mainly refer to the historical low prices, link to steamdb, user profile links to SG/ST etc... I have been using ES/AS and the SteamDB extensions, along with some collection of userscripts, for so long I'm not sure which features are native to Steam anymore or come from which add-ons, honestly. :)

5 years ago
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No, last time I used ES it increased load of each Steam page up to 20 seconds. Since I uninstalled it, it was perfect for months. I don't see such behavior from other addons like SteamDB extension. AS - i kind of expect same as ES.

5 years ago
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Except AS is entirely rewritten from ES

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There is a bug that causes steam store pages to occasionally take 20-30 seconds to load, but its not related to Enhanced Steam or Augmented Steam as far as i can tell. Its a bad steam cookie. If you clear your Steam cookies when this happens, the problem goes away instantly. (Now it could have been caused by ES or AS in the past (~once a year), but the problem continued even when ES and AS were disabled. The only fix for me was to clear Steam store related cookies.)

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That's funny. I've replaced the old ES with AS literally a few minutes ago. ES started bugging out a bit and changing the fonts in some random places, so I had to finally do that.

I'd have done it sooner, but I had no idea that there even was a successor to ES.

EDIT: Aaand it looks like the fonts are also bugged in AS, but it's supposedly getting fixed soon.

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Fixed with v1.3.1

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In the ERA forum When i was explaining the utility of using enhanced steam Madjoki corrected me that ES was not longer developed and told me about AS. I have been using it since.

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ERA forum?

5 years ago
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resetera. the sucessor of neogaf.

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I don't use any kind of browser add-on for steam because I almost never browse steam through a browser. I only look around steam through the steam client itself.

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