[IMPORTANT] Latest Steam Update and Lag

The latest steam update, released 29.11.07, is causing problems for some users who are using the Steam Friends Overlay. These problems include massive CPU and Network usage for both single and multiplayer games, rendering the games to the point of unplayability.

If you are one of these people who are affected by this update, you should turn off the steam friends overlay (settings > in game) and it should fix the problem until valve releases a fix.

 

isnt this an old issue, not saying unimportant just already announced

 

More like a reoccurance of an old issue I guess. Some people have only had it happeningsince latest steam update (me included) according to the steam forums.

 

I didn't know about this. What you mean massive CPU usage and network usage. They just get super laggy or what?

 

massive CPU & network usage = lots of lag because the Steam Friends overlay is taking processor cycles/bandwidth away from whatever game you may be playing, causing it to slow down.

 

Im too mean to have any steam friends anyway.

 

If you end the steam overlay process it sometimes crashes the game. :/

 

That's why you just turn it off in steam

 

never had any problems here though
(well except for the map loading and steam overlay at once crash )

 

Steam Overlay used to crash my Empires because it was ON, Solokiller.

 

So, that means it crashes game on and off.

 

Lol. :D

Steam knows how to do shit. :D