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Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Oct 30, 2013

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

General

Updated Downloads section, including download-queue management and quick links to throttling and app update settings
Added "High Priority" app update setting - Steam will prioritize automatic updates for that app
Added support for displaying default button text for default HTML controls in the Web control
Update notification indicator when opting into/out of notifications for an app
Updated SDL with the 2.0.1 release, improving game controller support
Moved server browser max pings /minute setting from "Downloads" to "In-Game" tab of Settings dialog
Improve in-game performance when enumerating community items for some users who have used a very large number (thousands) of workshop items in Portal 2 or hero builds in Dota 2
Fixed issue retrieving stale data for a Steam Workshop file, immediately after publishing a Steam Workshop file
Fixed failing to run a game if it had a very long optional command and triggered the warning dialog
Fixed crash on exit for the overlay
Fixed running some install script steps on 2nd game install
Fixed issue with ever-increasing playtime for games that aren't running
Fixed a crash on certain malformed friends messages (thanks Arnaud Dovi and HP's Zero Day Initiative)

Big Picture

Added Big Picture Offline Mode indicator / Go Online button in top row, visible when in offline mode
Added a RESET option when configuring a game controller
Added option to join Steam Client Beta's from the Settings page
Added button to check for Steam Client updates from the Settings page
Improved transition when launching a game
Fixed screensaver not enabling sometimes when a game controller was being used
Fixed errors when refreshing your Steam login
Fixed Javascript alerts and dialogs showing incorrectly when using the web browser
Fixed being unable to click Accept on the SSA dialog if running Steam for the first time
Fixed UI loop when using the History button of the Account settings page
Fixed custom categories not showing when selected in the All Games view
Fixed launching game while another game launch was already in progress

Windows:

Fixed a bug where maximizing would lead to an incorrectly sized window if the Steam window was on a secondary monitor that has the primary taskbar positioned on it
Workaround to post fewer win32 message in the in-game overlay for games that don’t reliably drain the queue

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