Steam Client Update Released

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A new Steam Client update has been released and will be automatically downloaded. The specific changes are listed below.

 

General:

• Added a confirmation dialog when launching a game via a steam URL with optional command line parameters, so the user can be sure the game is launching with the options they want

• Added a "friendly machine name" when Steam-Guarding an account

• Changed data format of client updates to improve compatibility with flawed proxy servers

• During login, if Steam can't be reached and the user has entered a username we've never seen before, pop a dialog and ask them to login again

• When returning to the login dialog and we've cleared the username field, put the keyboard focus on the empty username box instead of the password box

• Updated Web controls user-agent to better reflect the code it is based off

• Updated to Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0 Release Candidate

• Fixed failing to update a game properly if an unexpected folder exists in the install directory for a game and we want to replace it with a new file

• Fixed green inbox count not always including the count of offline messages available

• Fixed selecting X unread chat messages to always bring the newly opened chat dialog into focus

• Fixed memory leak when an update for Steam was pending

• Fixed uploading some large files to the Steam Cloud

• Fixed memory leak when hovering URLs in the HTML control

• Fixed workshop items not clearing from the download status label when completed

• Fixed crash when getting lots of friends updates and you have a large friends list

• Fixed password reset error when sending trade requests also causing the new device message to display

• Fixed crash on launch for some third party DRM protected games under Windows

Linux:

• Added support for 64-bit Linux titles

• Fixed finding Steam client skins on Linux

• Fixed crash looking at community images on Linux

• Fixed Linux Steam overlay not restoring the proper mouse cursor in certain situations

• Fixed resource leak on game exit leading to graphics corruption on Linux

Big Picture

• Add support in big picture mode for Brazilian payment methods

• Change the action icon on the games page in the library to be a download icon when a game is updating

• The play button on a games library page is now disabled if the game is not available on your platform

• Fixed being unable to launch some games after a download is complete

• Fixed focus issue with the startup UI when the intro movie terminates early

• Fixed updating background images in the library details view even when not visible while a game is running

• Fixed potential crash in library details if a game has guides available and you quickly enter and exit the details view

 

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