Steam Client Update Released

[Brick Tamland]

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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