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friends list on over lay keeps freezing
hey everyone need some help here my friends list on the steam overlay keeps freezing when i open the menu to invite or join a game i can click everything else i can even close to get back in the game it just wont let me use the friends list or menu as soon as i open the menu to invite or join a game any suggestions would be helpful thanks
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ReBoot 14 Dec, 2022 @ 10:17am 
Disable HW acceleration for web views & restart Steam.
seymour assis 14 Dec, 2022 @ 10:32am 
just tried it that didnt work unfortunately
seymour assis 14 Dec, 2022 @ 10:32am 
thanks anyways tho
Guntherstreiker 14 Dec, 2022 @ 11:39am 
Same issue here, when i right clic on a contact, i can't close the menu by left clic in other place
The opened menu stay here, and block any other action.
Tried to restart comp, and same issue
Last edited by Guntherstreiker; 14 Dec, 2022 @ 11:39am
-SeightN- 14 Dec, 2022 @ 8:32pm 
Same issue for me. It only started a few hours ago. I am unable to join games through the friends list using 2 different steam accounts and computers. I re-installed the games, restarted steam, checked and un-checked remote play, checked my firewall... nothing is working. I did nothing other than to try to remote play unrailed.
Guntherstreiker 15 Dec, 2022 @ 1:41am 
If you tested in 2 differents comp with 2 differents accounts and tried fresh reinstall, then it means that this bug which affects only some users like us can be fixed only by steam support.
Last edited by Guntherstreiker; 15 Dec, 2022 @ 1:41am
TechyOracle 15 Dec, 2022 @ 6:44am 
Try making your friends list wider in the steam overlay. I don't know how much wider it needs to get, but I saw somewhere someone saying how they did that, and it no longer kept freezing when you clicked on it in the steam overlay.
Guntherstreiker 15 Dec, 2022 @ 6:50am 
Yes you're right it fix indeed the problem ! Many thanks :)
-SeightN- 15 Dec, 2022 @ 7:27am 
And for some reason that worked for me as well. Thank you!
Guntherstreiker 15 Dec, 2022 @ 7:32am 
In fact, it works well when i'm on desktop, but not as well during game.
Cheap fix tbh, i hope steam will correct this
lau 15 Dec, 2022 @ 8:36am 
Same issue for me
HUX-A7-13 15 Dec, 2022 @ 8:59am 
So it isn't just mac users having this problem? Huh, maybe it was the newest update that happened. really hope they fix it cause it is really annoying. I have restarted steam 5 times and even did my computer, nada.
For years, shortly after steam client was updated, every time I play Duke Nukem Forever or any other game, I can no longer invite my friends to play.

In fact, when I press the invite button, this embarassing thing you see here happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpJpW-biE0 .

In fact, before the client update,I would invite dozens of players at once, and everything was fine for everyone, but for years now, I've been unable to invite practically anyone because I can only invite one friend at a time,after which the steam overlay closes within a millisecond (you can barely notice it if you slow the video) and then I have to reopen it every time. Because the overlay suddenly closes for no reason,I have to reinvite one at a time, making it almost impossible to organize a tournament,matches and even play a single game.

Over time,this bug has heavily damaged our community.

I ask you to help solve this long-standing bug and suggest me what to do because this thing is shameful and unqualifiable
Wren 24 Sep @ 10:56pm 
This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.
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