All Products > News

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve
Dec 16, 2021
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Library
  • Fixed game images being truncated by a couple of pixels in shelves and collections

Steam Cloud
  • Fixed issues related to switching between two apps that use shared cloud storage, such as Terraria and tModLoader
  • Fixed issues with library storage of collections and shelves caused by frequent deletion and regeneration of collections and shelves
  • Avoid overly-aggressive reconnection attempts after server resets

Steam Overlay
  • Fixed Steam Overlay not rendering for some DirectX 12 games.

Steam Input
  • Fixed "Controller Configuration" not showing up in the Manage Game context menu
  • Fixed Unity games not seeing controllers at startup

Remote Play
  • Greatly improved VAAPI hardware decoding on Linux
  • Fixed touch control settings not being saved in the Steam Link app

Shader Pre-Caching
  • Fix a crash triggered by having a large number (>64k) of cache files

Linux
  • Updated linux runtime 'scout' to 0.20211207.0: add support for webp in SDL2_image
  • Fixed the starting directory sometimes being incorrect when launching devkit titles
  • Cleanly report an error if a devkit title is configured without a command line

Channels
All News Announcements Client Updates Press Releases Product Releases Product Updates Steam Blog
Syndicated
Eurogamer Kotaku Left 4 Dead Official Blog PC Gamer Portal 2 Official Blog Rock, Paper, Shotgun Shacknews Steam Community Announcements TF2 Official Blog
Search news
Archive
2024
Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun  
May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
Archives By Year
2024   2023   2022   2021   2020  
2019   2018   2017   2016   2015  
2014   2013   2012   2011   2010  
2009   2008   2007   2006   2005  
2004   2003   2002