Steam tricks

Shortcut for bigpicture mode

The param -bigpicture starts steam in bigpicture mode.
simply create a .desktop file for it.

Download Old Game Versions

NOTE:

steam games are installed as bases, then patches. recreating an install can be tricky

- search game:  https://steamdb.info/

- (tab-bar)> Depots:
  - click 'id' you want to install

- (tab-bar)> Manifests:
  - copy 'id' of version you want to install

- open steam console: steam://nav/console
  - open Steam Client Bootstrapper
  - use download_depot command  #  download_depot <appid> <depotid> [<target manifestid>] [<delta manifestid>] [<depot flags filter>] : download a single depot
  - type:
     - download_depot {appid} {depotid} {manifestid}
  - you will be informed of download dir. swap downloaded with the real steam game dir

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=889624474

https://github.com/mmvanheusden/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI

Bookmarks in steam overlay

http://ubeogesh-things.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-add-bookmarks-in-steam-overlay-ui.html

SSH in Steam Overlay

See Gateone.