Steam Client Update Released

[Brick Tamland]

Steam Client Update Released

 

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

 

General

• Added Steam Broadcasting. See http://steamcommunity.com/updates/broadcasting for more info.

• Added in-game FPS counter to Steam Overlay

• When Steam has internally scheduled a game update to be queued sometime in the future, the UI will now display a note to the user indicating that time

• Fixed a crash preventing 64-bit Steamworks games from launching on older AMD processors

• Fixed starting Steam if instance is already running in other local Windows user session

• Fixed restoring game specific hardware mouse cursors when exiting the in-game overlay

• Fixed errors in web views not localizing properly

• Fixed occasional crash when trying to validate your email address

• Fixed rendering the Steam Overlay in some D3D8 games.

• Updated Windows Compatibility warnings

• Improved synchronization and smoothness of video playback

• Reduced CPU usage when drawing animated images or videos

• Reduced CPU usage when interacting with the main Steam client window

Big Picture

• Fixed to ask the user if they'd like to launch immediately or begin updating the game if an update is available but the game has been played recently

• When running in 720p mode scale embedded web views so they are readable

• Fixed EULA display occasionally failing to display

• Revised navigation on profile menu

• Fixed crash when entering a screenshot description

• Fixed displaying screenshots for games added by shortcut

In-Home Streaming

• Fixed severe frame drop in OpenGL games that occasionally occurred on some hardware

• Reduced impact on game frame rate in D3D9c games when not using hardware acceleration

Linux

• Fixed a rare bug where Steam could delete user files when failing to start

SteamOS

• Fixed some combo boxes in steam client settings accepting text input when selection must be made from dropdown

 

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