Default window icon on Linux via Steam

[Kinmoku]

Hi all,

I have a couple of playtesters on Linux reporting that my game's window icon is staying as default. This is through Steam client FYI.

Icon is set to "steam" while other games have the Steam app ID:

Icon=steam (my game)
Icon=steam_icon_[steamappid] (other games)

I changed my window_icon.png and it works on Mac and Windows, but I do not have access to Linux myself so I'm unsure what's going on here. Do I need to set up the icon somewhere else? I'm using Ren'Py 7.6.

[jeffster]

On Linux it should be the same. There is a setting in options.rpy, and we can change either that setting or the default picture:

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## The icon displayed on the taskbar or dock.

define config.window_icon = "gui/my_icon.png"

and the icon is shown on the taskbar and on the window decoration/handle bar.

PS. I didn't test your game via Steam though.

[Kinmoku]

On Linux it should be the same. There is a setting in options.rpy, and we can change either that setting or the default picture:

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## The icon displayed on the taskbar or dock.

define config.window_icon = "gui/my_icon.png"

and the icon is shown on the taskbar and on the window decoration/handle bar.

PS. I didn't test your game via Steam though.

Yeah, the icon doesn't show on Linux through the Steam client. It does for Mac and Windows, though. I'm unsure about Linux without the Steam client...

[jeffster]

I'm unsure about Linux without the Steam client...

Linux without the Steam client shows icons properly, using latest Ren'Py, and I don't know of any such problems in the recent past.

[Zetsubou]

If it's only not working on Steam, then check the "Client Icons" in steamworks in the community section.
For Windows it's a single ,ico file. For Mac a .icns file. For Linux it's a .zip file with several files in it called 512x512.png, 256x256.png, 128x128.png, and so on.
I think that only affects icons within the Steam client (and the desktop icon it creates).

[Kinmoku]

If it's only not working on Steam, then check the "Client Icons" in steamworks in the community section.
For Windows it's a single ,ico file. For Mac a .icns file. For Linux it's a .zip file with several files in it called 512x512.png, 256x256.png, 128x128.png, and so on.
I think that only affects icons within the Steam client (and the desktop icon it creates).

Ah, I think this is probably what I've missed. There are ico and icns files here but no zip. I'll try this, thank you!