Steam Client Update Released

[Brick Tamland]

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded. The following changes are new in this update:

 

General

• Added support for regional EULAs

• Improved caching of leaderboard API requests

• Improved handling of warnings on unrecognized links in chat

• Fixed bug causing Windows service log message "Error: Failed to poke open firewall"

• Fixed installing games from older retail discs

• Fix message shown when you unblock someone

• Improved keyboard accessibility in block/unblock success dialog

• Fixed removing empty sub folders after game updates

• Fixed SteamGuard UI problem preventing login in rare configurations

• Fixed launching games dialog getting stuck in "Preparing to launch..." state

• Fixed installed apps detecting content updates

• Fixed inability to install games or force updates outside of the auto-update time window, if specified

• Fixed repeated attempts to apply pending updates to a game that is currently running

Windows

• Improved Steam overlay compatibility with 64-bit games, especially under Windows 8.1

• Fixed a hang that occurred when opening the overlay for the second time in some games

Mac OS X

• Improved initial startup time when launching Steam

• Fixed crash in some newer games when launched from Steam

Linux + SteamOS

• Updated the steam-runtime for Ubuntu 14.04 compatibility

• Fixed potential hang when using certain UI toolkits that relied on SIGCHLD

• Fixed a game crash occurring when more than ten processes were attached to the Steam overlay, fixing "CID The Dummy" on Linux

• Added support for setting voice input device in Big Picture

Big Picture

• Load correct localized eula if the language changes in the Choose Language panel

• Fix progress % displayed for items that are queued for download

• Fixed a bug in Web browser where big pages would be erroneously clamped

• Fixed UI for pre-loading games

• Added login help support for forgotten password and account name

Virtual Reality Mode

• Added Virtual Reality mode to the View menu and removed the vr command line option. This will only appear if SteamVR is installed and if a supported HMD is detected

• Added support for switching from desktop mode to VR, then back to desktop and into Big Picture

• Added support for detecting when an HMD has been plugged in after Steam has started

• When running in VR mode Steam will now open only the VR window and not the normal Big Picture window

• Moved VR mode log files under the Steam client install directory

 

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