Steam News

Steam Update Released

December 17, 2003, 3:05 pm - Erik Johnson - Steam Client Update

Steam was be updated this evening at approximately 7:00 PST. This update will not have any direct impact on any games. The next time you restart Steam you will automatically download this update.

STEAM:

• Fixed bug in create account wizard where it would stall if a failure had previously occurred


• Switch minidump generation back to small memory dumps, instead of full memory dumps


• Localized content caches now mapped into app dependency list dynamically


• Add progress bar for cache validation


SERVER BROWSER:

• Added history tab showing servers most recently connected to


• Added ability to add/remove columns from server lists


• Added secure server & ip address columns (off by default)


• Set bots column to be hidden by default


• Changed location filter control to appear on every page, but disabled when appropriate


• Changed location filter to use '' instead of 'world', to match the other filters


• Double-clicking between column headers in ListPanel now resizes the column to fit the widest text


• Fixed HTML control not laying out properly the first time the scrollbar was made visible


HLDS UPDATE:

• Improved load balancing randomization


• If InstallRecord.blob is not found, it will verify the current install instead of starting over from version zero