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Isn’t this technically the original _Steam_ UI, not just Counter Strike?
by Edd314159 2y ago
Isn’t this technically the original _Steam_ UI, not just Counter Strike?
- jamesfinlayson 2y agoIt was added to Half-Life (and not long after to Counter-Strike) in March 2000 or so. Not sure when Steam first launched but I think there was a beta from 2002?
- bakugo 2y agoYes, the Steam client was originally built on top of the same VGUI library used in Valve's games, and used the same style as HL1/CS/etc back then.
- c_r_w 2y agoWas VGUI built on GTK back then? It looked exactly the same as other GTK apps I was using in the early 00s.
- jamesfinlayson 2y agoNot sure - the VGUI code in the Half-Life SDK was a bunch of header files and a .lib file but I'm not sure what actually implemented it. Back in the early 2000s I assume it was either Windows-specific or rendered using DirectX/OpenGL.
- rtehfm 2y agoTrue, but the original Steam was created for managing updates to Counter Strike and their anti-cheap system (VAC if memory serves me right). Also back when having a low WON ID (now SteamID) was a badge of honor (like having a low Slashdot account ID).
- Ringz 2y agoSorry for the useless comment but I really like the idea of a „anti-cheap system“. I will use it in my next presentation for shareholders. /s
- nxobject 2y agoI'm sure the behavioral economics people at Activision and EA trying to get kids to buy more cosmetics would have a lot to say about that...
- WorldMaker 2y agoYeah, still feels like even today Steam could pop up something in this style somewhere when you press a less common button or cause a less common error. Kind of like how Windows would occasionally have even Windows 3.x style dialogs up until last year in Windows 11, and still has a few stragglers from Windows 9x era.