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Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve
Oct 14, 2015
An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General
  • Fixed the client hanging on startup when in offline mode
  • Fixed a client crash when launching Steam through some installers

Big Picture
  • Initial phase of store redesign to match updated Big Picture interface
  • Overlay now closes after accepting friends invite to a game
  • General improvements to the invites section of the friends page
  • Fixed the truncation of some labels when the UI language was not English
  • Fixed the display settings menu not having a header
  • Fixed footer bar to hide in case there was no gamepad input for some time
  • Fixed Free-to-Play games showing a “Purchase” button in library
  • Fix to prevent guides panel from always sliding in when bringing up the in-game overlay

In-Home Streaming
  • Improved streaming performance on wireless networks
  • Fixed desktop capture mode when Windows UI scaling is enabled

Virtual Reality Mode
  • Turned off the Big Picture screensaver in the VR dashboard.
  • Changed desktop and VR mode launches of VR applications to show that the old application is quitting first. The old application was already quitting, this just smooths out the UI.

Linux
  • Fixed a crash on exit for some X11 users

Steam Controller
  • Fixed mode-switch bindings not functioning properly

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