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nian Oct 15 @ 10:25am
Album covers are not cached correctly (constant reload / lag)
ISSUE
When scrolling through the soundtrack collection in the Library view, the album covers constantly reload which leads to noticeable lag.
It can take up to one second to display the next set of album covers.
This consistently happens for all album covers, even when scrolling backwards to covers seen just seconds before.

This even applies to the soundtrack icons in the game list.
Scrolling quickly through the game list is always noticeably less smooth when encountering the soundtrack collection. I can clearly see that the soundtrack icons always load slower than other cached icons which are instantly displayed.

OS
Windows 10
Steam Version: 1760396898

STEPS
  • Make sure "Games" and "Soundtracks" are displayed in the Library
  • Click on a large game collection and scroll through it
  • Click on the soundtrack collection and scroll through it
  • Notice the clear difference in speed for loading album covers vs game covers while scrolling

RESULTS
Album covers for soundtracks are constantly reloading while scrolling through the soundtrack collection, almost as if they are never cached.

EXPECTED
Album covers and icons load with exactly the same performance and speed as game covers and game icons.
No more constantly repeating reloads happen while scrolling through soundtrack collections or the side bar.
Last edited by nian; Oct 15 @ 10:49am
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nian Nov 29 @ 2:54am 
Still happening in the latest beta 1764367608.
nian Dec 3 @ 12:55pm 
This issue is especially noticeable if the connection to the Steam servers is slower than usual.

After every restart of Steam and often even when simply scrolling through the soundtracks in my library, Steam takes several seconds to display the soundtrack covers.

There is no need to contact the Steam servers every single time in order to load the album covers!

How is it that normal game covers get properly cached and load super fast from my SSD, but soundtrack album covers are seemingly never cached at all?

Please investigate and fix this issue!
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