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Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Jul 8, 2013

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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