14 DAY TRIAL // The latest beta update that Valve has released for the Steam client allows users to make use of the preload function to download games ahead of time to any directory.
Up to now, Steam could only preload games to the default home directory of a user's Steam library, which usually resides on the computer's C: drive, unless modified by the end user.
This means that Steam users who actually used a secondary drive to install games were unable to take advantage of the preload functionality, which Valve wanted to fix. As such, after the update, Steam users will be able to put preloaded games pretty much wherever they wanted.
This is certainly a welcome addition, removing the need to employ third-party software in order to achieve something that should have been done through the client to begin with, for those who use smaller SSD drives as their primary.
The new beta update adds some more functionality to the Steam client, such as a library section for browsing and managing user-captured screenshots, in Steam's Big Picture mode.
In addition to this, various tweaks made to In-Home Streaming include the ability for users to toggle windowed mode and then resize the window to their convenience, and brightness controls for darker titles such as Dark Souls 2 and Thief.
The entire list of fixes and additions made to the Steam client can be found on the Steam Forums.