Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

  • Added Steam Trade (see here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6748-ETSG-5417)
  • Added Inventory view on Steam Community profiles, to see your TF2 items
  • Added Inventory privacy controls to the Community profile settings page. You can also choose to display Steam Gifts with the rest of your inventory or keep them private (the default).
  • Added Inventory History page. Accessible from a link when viewing your own inventory, this shows past trades you've made.
  • Added drag-drop of items from your inventory into chat
  • Added bucketing of friends in the friends list – right-click on a friend as select 'Tag as…' to organize them into categories.
  • Added Brazilian-Portuguese and Bulgarian language support
  • Added a much improved dialog for when a game is being converted to use the updated content system
  • Added a new sound for when the other user ends a voice call
  • Updated the existing dialing/ringing sounds for voice calls
  • Fixed a case where Steam Guard would unnecessarily re-ask for activation in the Steam Client.
  • Fixed offline mode not working if there was no remembered password
  • Bumped skin version to 4
  • Fixed a crash if the audio device is removed during a voice chat
  • Fixed fresh installs not getting server lists from in-game
  • CPU optimizations for users with very long friends lists
  • Fixed the 'View Pre-Load info' menu item for games to correctly open the Pre-load info dialog
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

  • Fixed "Game not available" error when starting "Sniper Elite"
  • Fixed retail disc install not using all available files causing additional downloads in some cases.
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

  • Fixed downloading Sniper Elite (Error was: missing decryption key)
  • Fixed Steam hanging while creating new account
  • Reduces errors uploading screenshots on slow connections
  • Fixed steam://openurl and steam://openurl_external links opening black pages in the existing window in the in-client browser at times (really!)
  • Fixed Cloud sync errors that could occur when games were first installed on a new machine
  • Fixed checking Windows Media player version when starting trailer with external player
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Features
  • Initial client side support for upcoming improved content delivery system (groundwork for future performance/reliability improvements to downloads)
  • Added find text in HTML pages ( CTRL+F )
  • Added “copy link” option to web browser right click menu
  • Added suggested friends from Facebook display in client, if you’ve linked with Facebook
  • Added the ability to push screenshots to Facebook after upload
  • Additional HTTP API support for Steamworks partners
  • Added check so screenshots for unreleased games can only be uploaded as private in the client.
  • Added Facebook info when receiving a friend invite.

Bug Fixes
  • Improved responsiveness of loading web pages in the client and in-game overlay browser
  • Fixed a bug confusing cached HEAD request response with GET requests in Steamworks HTTP interface
  • Improved fallback to different servers if first client connection attempt is to a down server
  • Fixed a bug not immediately logging off on shutdown in some cases, leaving your state online until a timeout period was passed
  • Improved line breaking/wrapping for most Asian languages
  • Fixed a rare crash on shutdown in the browser control
  • Fixed the store and community sometimes using English in the overlay instead obeying the user's language setting
  • Improved Japanese font rendering on the Store and Community for users on Windows Vista or later
  • The Steam client now detects if you’re not logged into the Steam Community or Store web pages, and automatically re-authenticates
  • Fix a crash occurring if a multiuser chat got enough participants with long enough names
  • Ensure user is logged in properly when accessing Steam web sites from the in-game overlay
  • Facebook suggested friend UI improvements
  • Fixed media playback using external player
  • Prevent redeeming gifts of DLC or expansion packs for users who do not own the base game
  • Fix the friend aliases dialog in the case where it’s the first time you have used it for a given user.
  • The friend aliases dialog now retrieves friend aliases from the server, and now works for chat participants or group members with whom you are not friends.
  • Fixed screenshot UI memory leak
  • Reduced memory usage after ending a game session in which a large number of screenshots were taken
  • Made the screenshot manager prioritize loading screenshots that are visible rather than just loading them from newest to oldest (so you see what you've just scrolled to if you scroll around while loading)
  • Fixed steam://openurl and steam://openurl_external links in web pages not only opening the link in the default browser, but also loading a blank black page in the Steam browser.
  • Fixed screenshots in D3D10/11 games with B8G8R8A8 or R10G10B10A2 backbuffer formats (Fear 3, Dirt 3)
  • Fixed Team Fortress 2 not being playable in certain regions
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
  • Fixes Steam not waiting for an in-progress Cloud sync to complete before launching a game.
  • Fixed parental control check for Games For Windows games
  • Fixed an issue where a user with no friend and no invite sent would not be able to view and accept a pending invite.
  • Fix game file validation when opted into a game beta
  • Improved Steam Guard feedback for expired email codes
  • Improved overlay compatibility with Direct3D 11 games using the latest D3D SDK version
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
  • Fix browser cookies not persisting across Steam client restarts
  • Windows - Fix rendering of select boxes in web control being broken
  • Mac OSX - Improved mouse scroll for trackpads/magic mouse
  • Mac OSX - Improved Lion support
  • Fix bug in local-file validation that affected some games
  • Change Steam to not initialize the microphone output device when voice is used in Team Fortress 2
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
  • Fixed rare in-game overlay crash starting up with a group chat open
  • Mac OSX - Fixed config loading/saving of steam settings from games
  • Mac OSX - Fixed overlay stopping games from seeing when keys go ‘up’ after the overlay launches
  • Mac OSX - Fixed rare occurrence where overlay did not track the mouse position
  • Mac OSX - Fixed case where overlay could lose the root folder containing layout resources and stop displaying.
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
  • Mac OSX - Fix validation problems preventing some users from launching TF2
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
  • Prevent Windows 7 audio ducking in games when Steam voice chat is used
  • Fix a common crash caused by certain Flash using websites in the in-game overlay browser
  • Increased default in-game overlay browser window size when running in a large screen resolution
  • Fix a bug with Steamworks networking connections not resuming immediately when more than 4 are created at once
  • Improved Steamworks networking relay connectivity fallback
  • Improved messaging around disabled accounts
  • Added account creation path for users who have played Portal 2 on PlayStation 3
  • Mac OSX - Several small bug fixes to retail installer
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam
  • Changed Steam Voice chat to use the SILK voice codec
  • Fixed Mac OSX overlay occasionally disappearing after 10+ minutes in game
  • In game overlay for Mac OSX now handles cursor visibility better; specifically in the Sam & Max series.
  • Fixed Mac OSX overlay responding correctly when window is reactivated by mouse click.
  • Maximizing the Windows client should no longer prevent the user from accessing an auto-hidden taskbar
  • The overlay will now automatically return to the game when accepting a friend invite
  • Improved voice ducking prevention
  • Fixed position of game invites in the chat dialog
  • Improved handling of last modified times for cloud files.
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