Oct 11, 2018
Client Update - Valve
A new steam client has been released and is being automatically downloaded.
This update has been re-released on October 12th with a crash workaround for the AMD driver on Windows.
General
New Steam Chat
Steam Link
Big Picture
Steam Input
Linux
This update has been re-released on October 12th with a crash workaround for the AMD driver on Windows.
General
- Updated embedded Chromium version in Steam to Chromium 68
- Added Vietnamese and Latin American Spanish as Steam client UI languages
- Allow language selection before game install if current Steam UI language isn’t supported
New Steam Chat
- Added ability to test your microphone in Friends Voice settings dialog
- Added support for mute on/off toggle hot-key setting when using Open Mic voice transmission mode
- Don’t try to start chat or open the friends list if Steam is started in offline mode
- Chat tabs are now scrollable using the mouse wheel
- Fixed a bug where if you are offline for Friends & Chat clicking Friends & Chat in the overlay would activate the desktop friends window
- Fixed a bug causing duplicate sounds for friends coming online or going in-game
Steam Link
- You can play local co-op by streaming to multiple devices simultaneously (high quality 5 GHz WiFi network required)
- You can use your Android phone as a touch controller for games by tapping to disable audio and video in the Steam Link app
- Fixed stopping streaming from the in-game Big Picture overlay
- The streaming protocol now uses UDP ports 27031-27036
Big Picture
- Fixed loading custom controller layouts from the Big Picture Mode “Define Layout” screen
- Fixed displaying numbers in the Family View PIN entry screen
- Fixed using controllers and keyboards on the Manage DLC screen
- Prevent exit of Big Picture Mode while games using its overlay for controller support, friends list integration, or other Steamworks API features are running
Steam Input
- Added the ability to switch controller order for XInput controllers in the in-game Big Picture overlay
- Fixed intermittent crash occurring when controllers are rapidly connected and disconnected
- Fix an issue with Generic Gamepads that have digital triggers where the trigger could get stuck on
- Fix an issue with Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers that could cause loss of input while rumbling
- Fix an issue where applying a configuration in the in-game overlay would open in the main Big Picture window instead of the overlay
- Fix an issue on Linux that could cause gamepad emulation to break when using Steam Input for generic gamepads
- Fix previewing configurations for non-Steam Games. Note - you will still not be able to apply the configuration unless you have a matching shortcut in your library.
- Fix some cases where inputs would be misaligned when previewing configurations
- Fix some 3rd party PS4 controllers showing up as having low batteries when connected over USB
- Fix an initialization issue with the Nintendo Switch Pro controller over USB
Linux
- Fixed a Steam Cloud save issue with DOOM (2016) preventing specific files from getting properly saved
- Fixed install scripts for Steam Play games sometimes not properly running after using Big Picture mode
- Fixed missing DLC for some Steam Play games
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