Update News - Steam

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 Client

• Improved GFW integration for titles that support it
  

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 Client

• Improved startup time
  
• Added support for upcoming Left 4 Dead server groups feature
  
• Improved behavior of Steam if a game it launched crashes
  
• Updated localization for various languages
  
• Added error messages for some rare but confusing cases in the install wizard
  
• Fixed cybercafe's having trouble finding games in Left 4 Dead
  
• Fixed bug that caused the UI to not pop-up the achievement notification
  
• Fixed memory leak in the HTML control
  
• Fixed the in-game overlay to work in Vista when playing Fallout 3
  
• Fixed losing mouse input to the menu in Sacred 2 after using the game overlay
  
• Fixed a case where the game overlay could get stuck up while in-game
  
• Fixed a case where the game overlay could cause a game crash after alt-tab
  

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 Client

• Fixed NAT-traversal library using too much CPU during L4D - matchmaking
  
• Fixed several localization issues
  
• Fixed install wizard forcing clients to install the full version of a game instead of the demo version, when the full version isn't released yet
  
• Added l4d.com to the whitelist of chat url's not to warn about
  

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 Client

• Added shopping cart, recommendations & purchasing directly on the web
  
• Added backend support for Left 4 Dead matchmaking
  
• Added backend support for Steam Cloud
  
• Updated localization for various languages
  
• Fixed Steam re-applying command line parameters (like -install) across 'change user' or 'change language' restarts
  
• Fixed Steam refreshing the games list, refreshing the server browser if open, and reloading server brower filter settings
  
• Fixed the friends list placeholder for large clans disappearing when "view online friends only" was turned on
  
• Fixed games list not always refreshing after receiving license updates
  
• Fixed embedded IE control not scrolling or responding to key presses correctly
  
• Improved IE control perf
  

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 Client

• Added support for registering CD keys that do not contain any games
  
• Added support for running an external process when Verifying or Deleting a game
  

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 Client

• Added support for upcoming third-party game
  

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 Client

• Fixed compatibility issue with Windows 2000 and unpatched Windows XP
  

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 Client

• Updated retail install wizard to support upcoming releases
  
• Fixed the storefront refreshing at times when it was not visible
  
• Fixed a potential client crash on new account creation
  
• Corrected text for bans and kicks in chat messages
  
• Fix for the retail installer splash image not falling back to the Steam logo correctly for installers without a custom splash
  

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 Client

• Changed Subscription signup wizard page to not allow the Finish button until the launch button for the signup page is clicked
  
• Added a right-click "View game account" menu option for subscription based games
  
• Added firewall support for Games for Windows apps
  
• Achievement localization support added for future titles
  
• Flipped the command line arguments order for Red Orchestra to be <-mod>
  
• Made the server sponsor URL update when viewed from a GoldSrc game
  
• Fixed a possible memory leak
  
• Fixed error about missing mss32_s.dll when launching some games
  
• Added support for upcoming games
  
• Includes several Steamworks API improvements for future titles
  

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 Client

• Updated the Steam client to use our new store website
  
• Updated the fallback URL for content-server banner ads
  
• Fixed empty login dialog at startup
  
• Fixed offline mode sometimes not working
  

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 Client

• Added Czech and Hungarian language option
  
• Optimized where clients get the list of available applications and subscriptions
  
• Under-the-hood Steamworks API improvements for future titles
  
• Changed desktop .ico files and games list .tga files to be downloaded on demand, instead of being a blocking download during startup
  
• Fixed serverbrowser not refreshing the internet list the first time it was displayed if it was right on startup
  
• Fixed hardware survey not always saving that you said you did not want to participate
  
• Fixed IMs from popping up while in-game
  
• Fixed the bug that removes one character per line of copied text when pasting into a chat text entry
  
• Fixed a crash on shutdown in some Source engine games
  
• Fixed some bad text in Polish in the Friends list
  

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 Client

• Fixed not correctly pausing any current downloads when launching a game
  
• Improved cache mounting checks. This should decrease the startup time when launching Garry's Mod
  
• Fixed startup to only request info about apps once
  
• Fixed rare cache corruption caused by defragging
  
• Fixed vgui crash when hitting pageup/pagedown in a sectioned list-panel
  
• Fixed rare crash when downloading
  
• Fixed -voicerelay steam command line to actually force use of the relay
  

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 Client

• Improved cache defragmenter to both defragment at the OS level and internal files
  
• Improved defrag progress dialog
  
• Improved download status reporting in games list
  
• Increased background update frequency
  
• Improved voice quality
  
• Added audio recording device selection for voice chat
  
• Added push-to-talk support for voice chat
  
• Fixed apps getting stuck at Updating 0% when downloading
  
• Fixed possible crash when resuming from Standby mode
  
• Fixed Steam preventing some PC's from entering Standby mode
  
• Fixed overlay sometimes getting stuck up and not responding to hot-keys after server join
  
• Fixed uninstalled apps becoming installed when viewing their Properties page after Steam restarts
  

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 Client

• Fixed input coordinates being off for the overlay in full screen OpenGL games on the secondary monitor
  
• Fixed possible game overlay crash
  
• Fixed incorrect reporting of app metadata
  

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 Client

• Fixed games failing to launch on Windows Vista from a fresh game install
  

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 Client

• Improved in-game overlay DirectX 8 support
  
• Fixed case where Steam could use 100% of a CPU if your Friend was playing a game your client did not know about
  
• Fixed rare case where the client could not establish a connection
  
• Fixed Javascript URLs from being stored in the browser's History
  
• Fixed Friends crash
  
• Fixed Friends notifications of "you are blocking" and "you have been blocked by" being reversed
  

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 Client

• Enabled ClearType fonts if they are enabled in Windows
  
• Improved in-game status and play time tracking for games with launcher apps
  
• Improved in-game overlay input handling in a variety of games that previously did not capture or block keyboard input correctly
  
• Added D3D10 support to the in-game overlay
  
• Made voice chat requests ignored if you've blocked communications from the caller
  
• Fixed the original Half-Life not getting to 100% complete downloading when it should
  
• Improved server selection logic for Friends and VAC server connections
  
• Improved Steam network connectivity in the face of dropped UDP packets
  
• Fixed the overlay not recognizing the Tab key in some games (breaking the default hot-key)
  
• Improved Friends duplicate name collision detection
  

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 Client

• Fixed Portal: First Slice being unable to launch for some users
  
• Fixed GoldSrc MODs being unable to launch from the Steam serverbrowser
  
• Fixed network issue on startup
  

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 Client

• Added the ability to block all communications from another user
  
• Added an option to timestamp friends messages
  
• Added an option to configure taskbar window flashing behavior on friends messages
  
• Added background detection of game updates while Steam is running
  
• Fixed backups failing for certain games, and made other improvements to it
  

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 Client

• Fixed corrupt backup creation for certain games
  
• Updated game overlay to support Assassin’s Creed