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Steam Client Update Released


Brick Tamland
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An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

 

General

  • Fixed some password entry fields being too short for existing passwords

  • Fixed games being installed to a different Steam Library folder than was indicated in the UI

  • Fixed trade links causing Steam web views to become unresponsive

  • Fixed incorrect scrollbar skins sometimes appearing in web views

  • Fixed blurry text in web views under Windows

  • Fixed a client hang when viewing a Library page with a corrupted workshop thumbnail image

Minor Changes

  • Adjusted colors and other visual details per community feedback

  • Improved handling of suspicious links in chat text

  • Fixed small-mode UI not refreshing when new games are added to the library

  • Fixed some UI selection issues when switching between downloads and games views

Mac OS X, Linux, and SteamOS

  • Fixed frequent client crashes while playing peer-to-peer networking games

  • Fixed client crashes when installing games or apps with many small files

  • Improved client startup time and Steamworks API response time for games

Mac OS X only

  • Fixed overlay compatibility issue with some games

  • Fixed crash when displaying age-check and other dropdown menus in the client

  • Fixed disconnections caused by OS X Mavericks putting Steam into "App Nap" mode, which prevents Steam from receiving chat and other network messages

Big Picture

  • Fixed daisywheel text entry to continue generating capital letters while holding the left trigger

  • Fixed a failure to capitalize the first word of a line when typing with daisywheel text entry

  • Fixed some small memory leaks and decreased overall memory usage

  • Fixed UI navigation errors in the friends invite panel for some users

  • Fixed some navigation and transition issues in the profile and activity feed

In-Home Streaming

  • Improved software decoder performance when using Intel QuickSync hardware encoding

  • Fixed issue in the Windows DXVA decoder that could cause occasional black screen flashing

  • Added Intel hardware decoding support using VAAPI on Linux and SteamOS. This requires the i386 intel-vaapi-driver package version 1.3.2 or newer to be installed on the client computer. This will be added to SteamOS in an upcoming update.

Virtual Reality Mode

  • Enabled the Virtual Reality Mode menu option in more cases where it appears that the user has used VR before

  • Added an item to the options menu to re-center the UI in front of the user

  • Added error reports to make it easier for users to diagnose VR mode problems

 

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