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Dec 21, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Library

Added a new game properties dialog, which replaces the old dialog for all Steam games.
Fixed displaying the coming soon date for a pre-loaded game

Steam Input

Added support for software calibration of the PS5 controller gyro
Fix issue with Dpad emulation in games using the joyGetPosEx Windows API, ex: Shiren the Wanderer
Fix Nintendo Switch origins in Steam Input API not reflecting the current Nintendo/Xbox layout setting

Steam Cloud

Fixed an issue causing files to swap between users under separate Windows user IDs, and also with some file stored in paths with embedded 64-bit SteamIDs

SteamNetworkingSockets

P2P connections now may attempt to negotiate a direct connection (punch NAT), if needed, to prevent connections from having very high latency. Added an option in the In-Game settings panel to control when your IP address is shared.

Server Browser

Fix bug causing LAN server browser search to not show any servers

Linux

Improved performance of processing incremental Vulkan shader database updates
Fixed several issues around skipped Vulkan shader processing continuing in the background after a game has started
Disabled shader processing on NVIDIA while driver issues are being looked into
Fixed long delay in UI response when hot-plugging a controller

macOS

Disabled “Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views” and “Enable hardware video decoding” settings on Apple M1 devices due to poor HW-accelerated performance currently through Rosetta.

Dec 7, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Improved preallocation disk space performance when installing or updating content
Improved performance of Steam overlay, macOS and Linux web browsers
Fixed videos from youtube.com not starting automatically when browsed to

Downloads

Fixed downloading for developers on some networks using local content servers

Library

Fixed some game manuals opening inside of the Steam client instead of in the user's browser.
Fixed shelf dropdown rendering from displaying without a background.

Server Browser

Changes were made to harden the server browser protocol. Gameserver operators and anyone who writes custom clients that speak this protocol (A2S_INFO, S2C_CHALLENGE, etc) can read this post.

Steam Chat

Fixed Windows issue where voice hotkey may be erroneously triggered if unset
Fixed macOS issue preventing setting of voice hotkey when cleared

Steam Input

Added support for PS5 Controllers to Steam Input including trackpad, gyro, lightbar, and rumble functionality
Added a directional swipe mode for use with trackpads and gyro
Improved support for games that use raw input for controllers
Fixed the Xbox Series X controller showing up as 2 separate controllers
Fixed controller input for some games using embedded Chrome

Windows

Fixed unintentional overlay activation in Apex Legends after returning to the game via alt + tab then pressing shift

Linux

Updated steam runtime to v0.20201203.1
Improved the filtering of available compatibility tools in the game properties dialog
Fixed launching of non-Steam games over Proton 5.13 (steam-runtime#287)
Fixed games not getting stopped via the 'Stop' button in the client UI (steam-for-linux#7435)
Added auto-migration of Steam libraries using the old 'SteamApps' directory casing to 'steamapps' when possible (Proton#4206). Users will be warned if the transition is needed but auto-migration fails.
Improved how host LD_LIBRARY_PATH settings are picked up and transformed for the Steam runtime (steam-runtime#274)
Improved host LD_LIBRARY_PATH support (steam-runtime#306)
Fixed blank UI windows appearing at startup on some systems (steam-for-linux#7450)

Nov 2, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Steam Library

Fixed custom logo position and size not working on first game page load.

Steam Overlay

Fixed overlay performance issue with certain framerate/vsync combinations.

SteamNetworkingSockets

Fix bug causing some Windows laptops to fail to connect with certificate errors.

Oct 23, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Fixed remote code exploit in Chromium Embedded Framework freetype library (CVE-2020-15999)

Remote Play Together

Fixed inviting more than one player to a game

Steam Input

Improved support for games using Windows raw input APIs
Unity games using the Rewired plugin should upgrade to the latest release, version 1.1.36.1.

Linux

Fixed Proton 5.13 on systems that do not define XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (steam-runtime#284)

Fixed Proton 5.13 'Force Exit'

Fixed Proton 5.13 sub-dependencies download bug happening on first install

soldier runtime 0.20201022.0:

Fixed libtheora performance problem (misconfiguration)

libcapsule: fixed start failures caused by leftover NVIDIA driver pieces (steam-runtime#282 steam-runtime#275)

steam-runtime-tools: pick the correct DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY, fixes Gnome+Wayland and related problems (steam-runtime#283)

scout runtime 0.20201022.1

Oct 19, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Fix videos failing to switch to fullscreen on Windows after a monitor connection/disconnection

macOS

Fix Steam overlay causing crash at startup of certain OpenGL games

SteamNetworkingSockets

Fixed bug causing SteamNetworkingMessages() to always return NULL

Fix bug causing some Windows laptops to fail to connect with certificate errors.

Oct 7, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Fixed the Steam Client window starting minimized when the client is run after first install on a Windows machine

Library

Improved the alignment of controls in the play bar on game pages

Fixed one instance where achievement unlock percentage was not shown on game pages

Added Edit Review button to personal review on game pages

Changed the context menu when viewing screenshots to browse to file if the screenshot exists locally

Chat Filtering

Steam and games which leverage the Steam Text Filtering API now filter strong profanity and slurs shared by users you don't know, replacing them with hearts and asterisks. You can enable their display in the Community Content Preferences, where you can also customize what words are filtered, and whether to filter messages from Steam Friends. For more background on these features, read our blog post.

Downloads

Changed download throttling setting to be a custom value in Kbps

SteamNetworkingSockets

Fixed a crash bug if app shutdown exited very soon after starting, while SDR network configuration fetch in progress

Fixed bug with certificates expiring on long running processes such as dedicated servers

Steam Overlay

Fixed a crash when switching between Direct3D 11 and 12 or vice versa in Serious Sam 4

Fixed macOS crash when certain Metal framework API's are used by game

Steamworks SDK

Fixed some Javascript key fields not being set correctly by ISteamHTMLSurface

Linux

Scout steam runtime v0.20200910.0

Various correctness improvements to the runtime information tool (Help > System Information)

Fixes to DNS resolution in container runtime mode

Many improvements to robustness and shared directories when running in container runtime mode

Windows

Avoid a crash or GPU reset hitting some Windows 8/8.1 users with certain GPU drivers when Vulkan shader cache tries to query support

Sep 3, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Library

Fixed an issue where the game list is sometimes displayed much too wide.

Soundtracks

Fixed a display issue with some track names when users were running in Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, or Simplified/Traditional Chinese.

Aug 29, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded. This update has been re-released with a fix for EA Play on August 30th.

General

Added support for EA Play
Fixed acquiring free DLC from Steam store using in-game overlay web browser
Fixed bug that could cause Steam to crash at shutdown time
Fixed runaway memory usage in steamwebhelper process when a corrupt proxy auto-config script is encountered
Fixed bug that could cause Steam to hang at shutdown time
Fixed game installation failing in certain cases when creating symbolic links
Fixed Steam client account button formatting incorrectly when Steam Wallet balance changes
Fixed a possible crash in Steam Overlay when taking screenshots in DOOM: Eternal
Fixed Download Region being forced to “Argentina” in certain circumstances
Fixed license issue with EA Play First Trial after full game has been purchased
Fixed Steam client window initially showing as translucent rectangle when opened on a secondary display set to a different DPI value than the primary display
Improved updating game content when disk space is low and another Steam library folder on a different disk is available
Improved handling of game launches from executables or other launchers. This fixes several issues including the game not receiving the Big Picture version of the overlay even if Big Picture is active

Library

Improved sorting for games with non-English titles
Added the ability to dismiss a Play Next library suggestion
Added Steam Points Shop link on supported games
Added ability to grant Community Awards to Activity and Community feed content
Stop displaying entries in a game's activity feed for friends that have been unfriended or blocked
Games with manuals will now include a link to the manual in the Additional Content section of their game details page

Soundtracks

Fixed an error where some tracks with localized Japanese names would show the international name instead of the localized name when running in Japanese
Fixed errors with the display format and ordering of tracks with metadata when using the built-in music player
Improved support for track, album, and artist metadata extraction from all supported audio formats

Steam Input

Fixed an issue where Switch Controllers could lock up in games that send rumble off commands each frame
Added an implementation of Jibb Smart’s Flick Stick. To use bind the right joystick to Flick Stick and the Gyro to Mouse.
Added Flick Stick template configurations for PS4 and Nintendo Switch controllers
Added support for using Flick Stick and Mouse Joystick modes with Steam Input API games

Linux

Fixed "Clear Download Cache" action having no effect
Fixed a regression with transparent visual selection for SteamOS overlays and on-screen keyboard causing invalid rendering on NVIDIA configurations
Fixed “STOP” button in the Library having no effect for non-Steamworks titles
Fixed localization placeholder string appearing on the game launch dialog during Vulkan shader processing
Fixed a bug where Vulkan shader processing could sometimes get stuck
Reduced Vulkan shader processing memory usage with the AMD radv driver
Updated fonts to fix vertical alignment
Steam runtime 0.20200720.0
pressure-vessel: bring host VDPAU and VA-API drivers into the container
pressure-vessel: Improve mechanisms for comparing runtime libraries with host
pressure-vessel: Choose a correct libgcc_s.so.1 and libxcb.so.1 for newer runtimes

Vulkan Shader Pre-Caching

Fixed processing progress indicator display on game launch
Now processes local source pipeline database on driver update

SteamVR

Added check to automatically set SteamVR as the default OpenXR runtime if it is installed and nothing else is already set as the OpenXR runtime.
Added check to automatically enable access to SteamVR from app containers (such as Chrome sandboxed processes and UWP apps.)

Steamworks SDK

Removed sending duplicate lobby game data to the Steam backend for newer Steamworks titles

Jul 9, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Note: This update has been re-released on July 31st

Reduced sensitivity of chat filtering in supported games

lowered CPU overhead of some Steam Input API call patterns. This works around a performance issue in Death Stranding

Note: This update has been re-released on July 28th to fix an issue with launching games.

Note: This update has been re-released on July 24th to fix an issue with chat in certain games.

Note: This update has been re-released on July 15th to fix an issue causing web views to crash and reload in certain conditions on 32-bit versions of Windows and new installs of Steam.

General

Fix Steam chat windows sometimes not showing when activated if the chat window was created during a full-screen game
Removed the "Music Details" menu option. Soundtrack content can still be accessed through the Library.
Fixed an issue with repeated "Friend is now playing" notifications when playing a game with a friend that is in Invisible mode or has their game library set to private.

Steam Input

Fix inverted Softpress activators firing when inputs are inactive.
Add visualization of Softpress activator values in the configurator when adjusting the threshold value
Improve the Mouse delta binding feature to allow for larger mouse deltas, this should allow for binding a controller action to a 180 degree turn first/third person camera games
Add a Soft Press activator that triggers on a threshold for an analog value, allowing for an arbitrary number of analog threshold bindings. This activator is available under the Soft Pull binding slot for triggers and the Outer Ring binding slot for joysticks or trackpads and overrides the normal threshold settings for those binding slots when bound
Added a relative mouse delta binding – this is useful for mouse/kb style games where you want to click on right click context menu option

Remote Play

Fixed invisible I-beam cursor on some computers
Added tooltips for the controller overlay buttons

Big Picture

Fixed broken localization token for uninstalled games
Fixed the overlay activating after taking a screenshot

Windows

Fixed an issue where if the Origin overlay and Steam overlay were both activated over a game at once the windows cursor could get stuck drawn over the top of a custom in-game cursor

macOS

Fix OS detection when running on macOS 11 beta. Steam will currently treat it as macOS 10.15.

Linux

Updated 'scout' steam runtime to 0.20200604.0
Improve security of the /tmp/dumps directory (used by the client to write crash reports - CVE-2020-13982)

Jun 5, 2020

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Fixed multiple issues around CS:GO and Dota 2 when running in China

macOS

Fixed creating shortcuts that include non-ASCII characters

Steam Input

Fixed regression related to dpad mode and user created deadzones

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