Steam Client Update Released

**siosios** · 07-03-2014, 05:29 AM

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

General

Fixed in-game overlay sometimes not activating on first hot-key press after game launch
Games can be preloaded to any available Steam Library folder
Fixed downloading games in development
Fixed some cases where Steam wasn't asking the user if they wanted to let the game update when re-launching after a game crash
Fix "Recently Played" list generation
Removed defunct “Media” filter from the library filter menu
Added Tools to the Installed and Recently Played library lists
Fixed a bug in the in-game overlay which could lead to a game crash in ShellExecute calls with unexpected parameters
Changed in-game overlay to prefer first created and still in-use swapchain and avoid presenting on multiple swapchains at once
Fixed memory issue and crash when voice API's were sent corrupt data, thanks to Luigi Auriemma from Revuln for the report
Fix buffer overflow from malformed voice packetsFixed installing games with very large files from retail disc

Big Picture

Added new library section for browsing and managing user screenshots
Decreased sensitivity of trigger buttons for fast paging in library all games view
Decreased sensitivity of analog triggers for mode switches in daisywheel text input
Fixed hotkeys involving ctrl/alt/shift modifies not functioning in the in-game overlay as intended
Windows: Ensure that we try to forcefully take window focus back on game exit, which deals with some cases where games with launchers could lead windows to restore focus to a random non-Steam window
Windows: Performance improvements for the in-game overlay in D3D9ex, D3D10, D3D10.1, and D3D11 game
Fix a case where the system context menu for the Big Picture window could be activated on game exit and input would then go to it rather than Big Picture
Fix the Remove Friend and Block All Communication buttons in the Profile actions section to functionFix a rare crash during login inside of Big Picture if Steam is set to start up in Big Picture mode

In-Home Streaming

Worked around a crash in the latest NVIDIA driver (337.8
Implemented brightness controls for games like Dark Souls II and Thief
You can toggle windowed mode on the client with Alt-Enter and resize the streaming window
Desktop shortcuts will stream games if they are currently available for streaming
Added 2’ streaming EULA dialog so you don’t have to go to the remote computer to accept it after installing a game
Fixed the menu bar showing on the client on Mac OS X 10.6
Worked around NVIDIA driver crash when streaming games from laptops with NVIDIA GPUs
Fixed the escape key canceling fullscreen mode on Mac OS X
Fixed window size when leaving fullscreen mode on Mac OS X
Streaming uses UDP ports 27031 and 27036 and TCP ports 27036 and 27037
Implemented streaming controller support for games using the Unity engine
Fixed black screen with some launchers when using the Windows 7 Basic theme
Fixed "The streaming client exited unexpectedly (2)" in some cases where D3D9 and OpenGL aren’t available
Added support for XInput based arcade sticks and wheels on Windows clients
Added support for NVIDIA hardware encoding for D3D fullscreen games on GeForce 650+ cards and the latest beta NVIDIA driver (340.43)Enabled fast desktop capture on Optimus laptops with the latest beta NVIDIA driver

OSX

Fixed a crash affecting some users running OS X Mavericks
Fixed crash plugging and unplugging a game controllerFixed incorrectly ellipsizing strings in labels

Virtual Reality

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