ValveSoftware/SteamOS

Steam UI causes games to stutter when it appears or disappears

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Bradaloop commented

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1757650573
  • SteamOS version: 3.7.13
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: No
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When doing anything that causes Steam UI to appear over a game, the appearance and disappearance of this UI causes a momentary stutter in the game being played. This can be seen when the volume indicator is brought up, when opening the Quick Access menu, or when notifications appear - such as for friends coming online or for chats.

This was seemingly meant to be fixed in Steam OS 3.7.13 - at least for the volume slider - but I still see this stuttering behaviour on my system.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Easiest way to see this is by adjusting a game's volume:

  1. Adjust the deck's volume
  2. Notice game stuttering when the volume UI appears and then subsequently when it disappears.

Bringing up the performance overlay (and adjusting to Level 4) shows these hitches visually on the App frametime graph.

kisak-valve commented

Hello @Bradaloop, this issue is already being tracked at #1165. Closing as a duplicate.

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