Minor Gripe With Steam Shortcut

cooliticcoolitic Right behind you Join Date: 2013-04-02 Member: 184609Members
The shortcut for NS2 created by steam doesn't have an icon and the way I deal with it is change the shortcut's icon to match the executable's. I'm sure that this doesn't look good aesthetically for new players so can you guys fix this?

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  • AbsurdonAbsurdon Germany Join Date: 2015-02-09 Member: 201274Members
    edited August 2016
    I think that's a general issue with steam. i personaly don't use desktop shortcuts for my steam games but saw it at a friends pc that all his steam games don't have the right icon by default. I can only guess here but i think it's an issue on how steam shortcuts work as they don't direct to an executeable but are more like a link u can make from ur browser. steam:// ... with some commands so windows has no hint on what the icon should be by default. dunno if there is a workaround

    edit: just saw that uplay does it the same way but the icon seems to be right so jeah still not quite sure what causes that to happen with steam
  • cooliticcoolitic Right behind you Join Date: 2013-04-02 Member: 184609Members
    edited August 2016
    No, throughout my 2 different pc's and windows re-installations, I have never seen this except for NS2.
  • AbsurdonAbsurdon Germany Join Date: 2015-02-09 Member: 201274Members
    true. just tested on my own pc with some games. only ns2 did not give me the right icon
  • BicsumBicsum Join Date: 2012-02-27 Member: 147596Members, Reinforced - Gold
    edited August 2016
    It's a problem on UWEs side.

    There is no IconFile given in the lnk-file. It should be "IconFile=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Steam\steam\games\9c418dc61465964935e86db89e17526584e9d3f8.ico" and there should be an NS2 "9c418dc61465964935e86db89e17526584e9d3f8.ico" in that folder.

    I'm assuming that UWE needs to define an icon file in the steam NS2 release options. IDK.

    I went ahead and converted the included png icon file to ".ico".

    qnmpdrcxgfbz.ico
  • YojimboYojimbo England Join Date: 2009-03-19 Member: 66806Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    Bicsum wrote: »
    It's a problem on UWEs side.

    There is no IconFile given in the lnk-file. It should be "IconFile=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Steam\steam\games\9c418dc61465964935e86db89e17526584e9d3f8.ico" and there should be an NS2 "9c418dc61465964935e86db89e17526584e9d3f8.ico" in that folder.

    I'm assuming that UWE needs to define an icon file in the steam NS2 release options. IDK.

    I went ahead and converted the included png icon file to ".ico".

    qnmpdrcxgfbz.ico

    Thats pretty awesome dude, its the little things that count. thank you.
  • cooliticcoolitic Right behind you Join Date: 2013-04-02 Member: 184609Members
    edited August 2016
    I just change the icon in the shortcuts properties by making it use the executable's icon.

    UWE, you guys gonna fix this?
  • FoxyFoxy United Kingdom Join Date: 2014-08-19 Member: 198032Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Shadow
  • VivisectorVivisector Tacoma, Wa Join Date: 2016-06-27 Member: 219168Members
    Same thing here. I actually had the right icon for a very brief moment, maybe a period of about a month, but before and after that I've consistently had the incorrect icon.
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