Valve Steam Changelog

What's new in Valve Steam Sep 14 2019

Sep 17, 2019

Steam Remote Play:
Fixed audio on the host being muted after a streaming session
Fixed a rare Steam client crash while streaming
Windows:
Fix bug affecting steam client service on new Steam installations, affecting game installation

New in Valve Steam Sep 10 2019 (Sep 13, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Aug 12 2019 (Aug 14, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Aug 5 2019 (Aug 8, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Jul 16 2019 (Jul 17, 2019)

General:
Improve client logic used to choose and connect to download servers, which should yield better download rates for clients with download servers close to them on the network
Improve connection logic in friends list initialization
Fix screenshots in SteamVR Home
Fixed a bug where a P2P connection would not properly migrate to another relay, if the active relay went offline.
Fixed certain web page elements continuing to render in the Steam client when it is minimized or closed to the system tray
Improved reliability of registry saving on Linux and macOS
Fix the SteamVR dashboard obscuring transition overlays when launching a game.
Steam Input:
Added mouse hover to action buttons in Configurator to display which physical buttons are related.
Rework the setting for enabling the Big Picture Mode overlay when using a Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop client. This setting now defaults to off and can be overridden on a per-game basis.
Improve handling of Switch Pro controllers when not universally opted into Steam Input - we will now toggle between DirectInput mode and the extended mode which includes gyro and rumble support depending on whether a game is using Steam Input
Added the GetDeviceBindingRevision function, which allows developers of Steam Input API games to detect out of date user configurations. Configurations with out of date major revisions should be automatically updated by Steam to the latest official configuration, but configurations with out of date minor revisions will be left in-place.
Added Change Player Slot binding to Steam Input. This allows a Steam Input binding to change the player’s x-input slot as seen by a game. This can be mapped to a chord for easy application across all games, and as with all bindings, be set to cycle through slots via an activator. Intended for fighting games and such where a larger set of controllers may need to be regularly and easily swapped across a limited number of player slots.
Rework controller activity detection to require movement of joysticks/triggers instead of just deflection. Should fix wireless PS4/Switch controllers not turning off from inactivity when set down in a way that deflects the triggers or joysticks
Fix an issue with Switch Pro controller joystick input sometimes pulling down when alt-tabbing
Fix a rare crash when connecting a Switch Pro controller
Streaming / Steam Remote Play:
Fix a crash when streaming non-Steam game with touch controls enabled
Fix some other rare crash cases
Fixed a crash when streaming a non-Steam game to the Steam Link app
Big Picture:
Properly hide password entry text in the in-game on-screen keyboard
Fix non-Steam Controllers receiving a Steam Controller configuration on the login screen
Fix the “hide device” option in Controller Settings not being shown in some cases
Fix the alignment of the Steam logo in several notifications
Shader Pre-Caching:
More fixes to reduce the download size of Vulkan pipeline pre-caching data
SteamNetworkingSockets:
Fix bug that would sometimes cause the app to hang

New in Valve Steam Jun 17 2019 (Jul 9, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Jun 14 2019 (Jul 9, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Jun 13 2019 (Jun 17, 2019)

General:
Fixed Windows cursor sometimes showing as the incorrect type, most often in system tray menu
After workshop updates, 'View News' on the download panel will now navigate to the list of subscribed items, rather than to news for the base game.
Fixed a bug causing Steam UI and some Steamworks games to have occasional performance hitches for users with large friends lists or large numbers of blocked friends
In-Game Overlay:
Fixed a bug where the Big Picture in-game overlay could be abnormally pixelated for titles using the Vulkan graphics API
Fixed mouse cursor intermittently disappearing while mousing over certain windows (e.g. full-screen videos) which caused mouse input to not work in the overlay until restarted
Full-screen views in chat windows now render in the chat window rather than in a separate full-screen window on top of the game
Fixed certain keyboard events being sent incorrectly when in a web browser window.
Fixed dark rendering of windows in the overlay in titles that use the Vulkan graphics API.
In-Home Streaming (AKA Steam Remote Play):
Steam In-Home Streaming is experimentally available outside the home, and is now known as Steam Remote Play. Your Steam clients can now stream games from each other wherever they are, as long as there is a good network connection on both sides and they are close to a Steam datacenter
In-Home Streaming settings have been renamed Remote Play settings
Paired Steam Link devices now show up in the Remote Play settings
You can now remove all paired Steam Link devices
Fixed the PC to PC streaming client hanging when you alt-tab away from it
Added a network status icon to indicate that the network connection is slow.
Steam Input:
We will now download official Steam Input configurations during game installation for Steam Input users. This should fix the issue where Steam Input games would need to be run once before controllers worked in offline mode
Joystick ranges are now saved for Switch controllers after performing controller calibration. This fixes joystick drift when first connecting the controller
Reworked the Controller Options screen to better show device specific options
Fixed a bug that could cause some game’s official configurations to not show up in the configuration browser
Fixed a bug that could cause Steam to open Big Picture Mode immediately when connecting a Steam Controller via the wireless receiver
Fixed some cases where Steam Input’s haptics or rumble could ignore the user’s enable/disable and intensity settings.
Added support for the Astro C40 PS4 controller
Improved rumble on Nintendo Switch controllers – there should now be a wider dynamic range of rumble values
Fixed a case where glyphs shown through Steam Input API are incorrect when converting a configuration between controller types, ex: loading a Xbox controller configuration on a PS4 controller.
Shader Pre-Caching:
Re-worked the shader system to enable downloading and pre-compiling of the whole collection of Vulkan pipelines for a given game. As a result, some shader data downloads will now show in the Steam download manager. Pre-compiling will be enabled in a future Steam update.
Fixed some cases where shader depots could get downloaded even when the feature was disabled.
SteamNetworkingSockets"
Fix bug causing P2P connections to sometimes fail to migrate to another relay when the relay became unavailable or shut down to apply an update.
Fix bug causing repeated connections to the same relay to fail.

New in Valve Steam Apr 29 2019 (May 2, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Apr 16 2019 (Apr 24, 2019)

General:
Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 72.0.3626.121
Fixed the Steam updater window intermittently displaying as a small transparent rectangle if it is shown when the main Steam window is closed.
Fixed store trailer video playback on Windows when DPI scaling is active.
Fixed audio artifacts in web audio / friends notification sounds / voice chat for users with certain headsets that create multiple devices and have mono/single-channel chat output devices
Improved wizard that helps install SteamVR and related components (such as the Windows MR driver) when VR hardware is present.
Fixed an issue with the new Steam networking system where the datagram relay configuration would never become available to the application if it was the first run after starting the Steam client.
Updates to shared installer content will now be listed under “Steamworks Common Redistributables”
Fixed black box covering much of the first page of the dialog when installing multiple games on Windows
Broadcasting:
Reduced latency for 1 on 1 viewing of friend broadcasts to less than a second
Big Picture Mode:
Added a Big Picture Mode library filter for local multiplayer games
Steam Input:
Added a “Controller Connected” notification to the desktop client for Steam Input enabled controllers. This can be disabled under Steam->Settings->Controller.
Added a “Configuration Loaded” notification to the desktop client and Big Picture when launching a game with a Steam Input enabled controller
Add action set layer visualization support to the controller HUD and the ability to bind beeps when applying/removing action set layers
Fix some cases where the Steam Input Configurator could get stuck with a blank view when previewing configurations or when deleting action sets
Fix some cases where adding/deleting action sets and action set layers could scramble which action set layer an “Apply Action Set Layer” binding points to.
Fixed modifier and volume keys not working properly as controller bindings on macOS
Added a “Platformer” variant of the gamepad template for the Steam Link Mobile Touch Controller with pre-laid out on-screen controls
Added filtering of unneeded template results in the configuration browser for controllers that don’t have touchpad or gyro inputs (ex: Xbox One, Xbox360, and Generic Gamepads)
Added the ability to blacklist individual DirectInput and Xinput devices in the controller settings menu. This is intended to be used when a device either erroneously shows up as two devices or shows up as a controller but isn’t one.
In-Home Streaming:
Reduced packet loss and latency on high bandwidth streams
Improved automatic bitrate algorithm to rapidly handle changes in available bandwidth
Vulkan:
Enabled Vulkan pipeline dumping and collection if Shader Pre-Caching is enabled
Steam Networking Sockets:
Fixed issues with P2P connections sending too many keepalives on an idle connection
Linux:
Fixed more instances of 0-byte downloads and missing Proton or data files for Steam Play titles
Added Steam Play configuration settings in Big Picture Mode
Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would be invisible in the Steam Overlay when playing games through Steam Play
Fixed an issue where the Steam Client wouldn’t automatically update or download Proton before launching games through Steam Play
Fixed additional cursor and mouse grabbing issues with the overlay on Steam Play games.
Improve support for Steam Library on NTFS mounts
macOS:
Fixed kernel panic in audio capture driver when streaming on macOS 10.14

New in Valve Steam 18 Feb 2019 (Feb 20, 2019)

New in Valve Steam 1 Feb 2019 (Feb 2, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Jan 4 2019 (Jan 9, 2019)

New in Valve Steam Nov 8 2018 (Nov 13, 2018)

General:
Fixed friends chat and other UI being visible when authorizing an in-game mictransaction
New Steam Chat:
Unread messages or active voice chats will now update your Steam tray/taskbar icons to indicate these states
When displaying a Steam store link in a chat window, extra information about the game, such as screenshots, video and price, are now displayed in the chat history
Windows:
Significantly improved performance and decreased memory usage for HTML based UI (Store, Community, etc) in the main Steam desktop window
Steam Input:
Added the ability to change controller type in the “Define Layout” screen. This only affects the glyphs and configurations recommended for the device and the limits of whatever low-level API the controller is read through still apply. For example if a PS4 controller is currently treated as an Xbox controller because of a driver or non-Steam Input remapping software presenting the device over Xinput reclassifying it to a PS4 controller will only correct the glyphs and the gyro/trackpad will not work.
Fixed an issue with devices with digital triggers and buttons bound to trigger outputs
Added Steam Input per-game settings to the desktop client’s game properties page.
Big Picture Mode:
Added the new chat functionality to Big Picture Mode. If you’re using a custom Big Picture Mode controller configuration please update to the new recommended configuration under Settings->Base Configurations->Big Picture Mode. Hit X/Square to browse configurations and apply the recommended configuration.
Added "Invite to Game" action to Big Picture chat
Chat scaling is now done automatically based on whether Big Picture is running on a large monitor (>40" diagonal) or running in VR with the option to override regular and VR scaling settings individually
Default chat controller bindings for Steam Controller/Xbox are:
X: Accept game invite from friend
Y: Start/end voice chat
B: Exit chat panel
A: Select item under cursor
Start: Submit entered text
Back: Open emoticon list
Left Bumper: Switch to web browser
Right Bumper: Return to main menu
Left Trigger: Open context menu under cursor
Right Trigger: Click/double click at cursor
Left Trackpad/Stick: Scroll the UI, press to show/hide the friends list
Right Trackpad/Stick: Mouse cursor, press to show/hide the on-screen keyboard
Long press of joystick/D-pad press:
Up: Invite currently selected chat friend to game
Down: Close the current chat tab
Left/Right: Switch between chat tabs
VR:
The VR overlay keyboard is now opened when the Show Keyboard button is activated
Added a Back button to the left of the Show Keyboard button that shows while running in VR

New in Valve Steam Oct 12 2018 (Oct 14, 2018)

New in Valve Steam Oct 10 2018 (Oct 12, 2018)

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

New in Valve Steam Sep 8 2018 (Sep 12, 2018)

New in Valve Steam August 28th Update (Aug 31, 2018)

General:
Windows users on 64bit operating systems now get a 64bit steamwebhelper.exe process
Fixed one case where the built-in browser could crash during initialization or video playback
Fixed some cases users would not auto-login to Steam web pages inside the Steam Client
Fixed cases where text was blurry in web/chat/friends windows for users with nVidia FXAA forced on for Steam or system wide
Fixed Steam UI freezing when system accent color is changed on Windows
Fixed querying for available disk space in macOS when running on an APFS filesystem
Fixed Steam shortcut handling when using non-US keyboard layouts on macOS
Ensure DRM support is available on playback of a Steam Video after first launch of a new Steam client install
New Steam Chat:
Fix for a bug where receiving a new message from a user who you don’t have a chat window open with could undo cursor/mouse locking to the game window in some games. The game didn’t actually lose focus, but your mouse might suddenly move out of the game window and cause you to click on another app or a second monitor and then change focus when this would occur.
Fixed some cases the friends list or chat dialogs would take focus on startup, after a crash, or after a reload in an unintended manner
Fixed the friends list showing when Steam was launched from a games desktop shortcut that should not show Steam related UI
Fixed users with certain sound cards or audio drivers on Windows sounding staticky or stuttery after a little while in Voice Chat
Fixed several cases of steamwebhelper.exe related crashes
Rich presence features (View Game Info, Join Game, Launch Game) now work on macOS and Linux
Added Command-Left/Right text entry shortcuts and Command-[Shift]-Z undo/redo shortcuts on macOS
Invite to Watch now appears in friends’ context menus when the user is running a non-Steam game
Fixed old chat UI appearing in the overlay when trying to chat from inside a game (like /w in Dota)
Fixed clicking on an achievement notification bringing up the old friends list UI
Outgoing friend invitations are now shown in the invitations tab on the friends list
Fixed taskbar jumplist entries for Online, Away, and Invisible not working if the user was in offline mode.
Steam Input:
Improved automatic gyro drift compensation, it should now correct actual drift quickly but also be much less likely to erroneously correct desired user movement
Prevent Switch controllers already connected over Bluetooth from double connecting over USB and auto-disconnect USB connection if controller is connected over Bluetooth
Fixed jumpy gyro mouse movement for Switch controllers
Fixed phantom Xbox 360 controller on Mac OS X
Fixed a bug where dismissing the on-screen keyboard on the desktop would snap focus onto the Steam client window
Steam Link:
Added support for touch control on the Steam Link app: https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/4/1735462352489233412/
Big Picture:
Fixed Big Picture mode closing when a game launcher exited during an NVIDIA GameStream session
Cancel Steam Link authorization if Big Picture is closed without responding to the dialog
Fix missing strings in settings dialog for 1440p and 2160p streaming resolution
Fixed a problem where the "Login" button in Big Picture would be unresponsive in some situations
Linux:
Added preliminary support for the new Steam Play Beta; refer to this announcement for more information

New in Valve Steam August 9th Update (Aug 13, 2018)

New in Valve Steam August 1 Update (Aug 2, 2018)

Friends & Chat:
Fixed displaying invisible persona state in the top right of Steam Client’s main window. Previously displayed online or in-game even though, to other users, the client was offline.
Added 'Do Not Disturb' mode. When selected, the user will receive no notifications from friends or groups, incoming chat messages will not open new chat windows or play an incoming message sound.
Added 'Offline' as a selectable status. This will log the user's client out of Steam Friends and the user will appear as offline to their friends.
Added the option to not automatically log into Steam Friends at Steam Client startup.
Fix for inadvertently opening the friends list at client start even though it was previously closed when Steam was shutdown.
“Remember my open chats” setting no longer applies when Steam loads at machine start
Updated the Windows taskbar online status options to match the new chat options
In-Game voice settings, which only impact a handful of Steamworks games using old Steam Voice APIs, are now only shown in the overlay for games that use them, to avoid confusion with new chat voice settings. Find friends and chat voice settings from the gear icon in the top right of the Friends List.
Users who are not using new friends chat will not see the option to initiate voice chats in one-on-one chats, the old voice chat system is no longer available.
Fixed “Friends & Chat” button not opening anything when Big Picture mode or SteamVR was active.
General:
Warn users when certain Windows compatibility mode flags are set on the Steam executable, and disable GPU accelerated rendering in web views by default if the user continues to run with those flags.
Fixed a bug where Steam could try to open “about:blank” in your system browser leading to a confusing “what do you want to open this with?” dialog.
macOS:
Fixed incorrect version of SDL included in last release that was preventing some games from starting properly.
Overlay:
Fixed validation errors with Direct3D 12 applications on Windows
Steam Input:
Fix an issue with updating firmware on the Steam Controller Dongle.
Re-enable PS4/Switch Pro Controllers as generic controllers (no gyro/touchpad) when connected to a Steam Link App device that doesn’t allow full featured support.
Disable anti-drift correction updates if a controller has had a successful software calibration

New in Valve Steam July 24 2018 (Jul 25, 2018)

New in Valve Steam June 1 2018 (Jun 4, 2018)

General:
Fixed back/forward buttons in the main steam window and all web views
Windows:
Fixed launch focus issues with some fullscreen games on Windows build 1803
Steam Input:
Fixed a case on macOS where the focused game window would not be detected. Note: for some games you may start getting the recommended configuration instead of the desktop configuration. Not all games on macOS support Steam Input gamepads so if your controller stops working please try changing your configuration to mouse/kb.
Added a new Steam Controller Bluetooth firmware image. A second Bluetooth pairing slot and been added and the startup gestures for switching slots in both Bluetooth and Wireless Receiver modes have been simplified. To swap which device you want to connect to use Steam+Back in Wireless Receiver Mode and Steam+Start in Bluetooth mode. To obtain the FW update you’ll need to plug into usb and follow the same process as with the previous release.
Momentum velocity has been tweaked to be more accurate and decelerate more smoothly
Fixed a bug which could cause the right stick to lose input on certain controller types in native Steam Input applications (such as camera controls in Prey)
Fixed an issue with PS4 controllers that caused them to stop working with DirectInput after a few minutes
Additional fixes for opted out PS4 Controllers
Fixed Nintendo Switch Pro Controller detection and initialization on Windows 7
Added note to Switch configuration description clarifying possible issues with using controllers outside of Steam
Improved Switch Pro functionality in Big Picture when Switch configuration support is disabled
Fixed incorrect controller slot LED being lit on Switch Pro controller when plugging in to USB while already connected via Bluetooth
In-Home Streaming:
Fixed black screen when hardware encoding with iGPU and streaming to Android devices
Fixed wireless Steam Controllers showing up as unknown controllers in Big Picture
Fixed bad input and disconnects from Switch Pro controllers connected via Steam Link - vibration was causing disconnects and has been temporarily disabled.

New in Valve Steam May 18 2018 (May 19, 2018)

New in Valve Steam May 16 2018 (May 17, 2018)

General:
Updated internal web views to Chromium v65.0.3325.181
Improved responsiveness of the Steam client window when navigating the Library pane
Fixed some cases where friend tags could disappear until a client restart
Fixed several crash bugs found via automated crash reporting
Big Picture:
Fixed an issue where multiple button presses were required to back out of a Settings page
Fixed the clock bug which caused the time to appear truncated on som...
In-Game Overlay:
Fixed an issue which caused the web browser to stop working in certain games
Fixed screenshots for games built with Unreal Engine 4 in OpenGL mode
Fixed some OpenGL API errors triggered by the Steam In-Game Overlay
Fixed a crash in some Vulkan apps when hiding the overlay or resizing windows
Steam Input:
Enabled the Steam Controller BLE FW Update, for more information visit here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/353370/announcements/detail/2503317299191608387
Added Switch Pro Controller Support – More info can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/353370/announcements/detail/1648757912601251834
Of note with Switch Pro bindings – you should use the global Nintendo Layout setting to determine your preferred layout rather than manually moving the face buttons around. This will make it easier to share configurations with other users who prefer a reversed A/B layout.
Added support for the NACON Revolution Pro 2 PS4 controller
Modified Steam Input to take hardware update rate of specific controllers into account when checking for input. Other improvements to the polling loop also reduce jitter and improve mouse emulation.
PS4 Controllers which are plugged in while already being connected wirelessly will now be ignored.
Fixed input lag when starting Big Picture or starting streaming
Fixed a second controller showing up briefly in games when hot-plugging a controller
Changed the layout of the Polish On-screen Keyboard based on user feedback - the Polish Programmer’s keyboard layout is now used instead of the standard Polish keyboard.
Fixed areas of the Steam Input Configurator where the length of the Polish localized text would cause settings to overflow past the visible portion of the screen.
Updated the Steam Input API button glyph images
Improved behavior of joystick auto-calibration
Improved handling of controller configuration when the Steam Overlay is disabled
Improved software gyro drift correction
Added Gyro Enable Button Toggle. The button assigned to enable the gyro can now act as a toggle to the state rather than a hold.
Added button for calibrating gyro only without doing joystick calibration
Fixed a bug where newly added modes didn't always have their default settings set properly to reflect their device or placement
Fixed cached controller configurations sometimes getting used on an incorrect controller when controllers were being removed and added
Fixed Gyro Enable Button dropdown having appropriate options for each controller type
Fixed Generic Direct Input controllers which had no guide button assigned automatically using the Back/Select button
Windows:
Fixed corrupted graphics when running on Windows 10 with desktop scaling set to 225% or higher
Steam Link and In-Home Streaming:
Added support for connecting to locked Windows computers, as long as Steam is running and you have access to a keyboard.
Added support for interrupting a remote desktop session. Connecting will show the login screen when an RDP session is active, and logging in will disconnect RDP and start streaming the desktop normally.
Removed the splash animation when launching Big Picture via Steam Link
Re-added Restart/Suspend/Shutdown menu options when streaming to Steam Link
Fixed black/green video for games using Unreal Engine 4 in OpenGL mode
Fixed upside-down video for some OpenGL titles
Changed behavior to remain in Big Picture mode if streaming is disconnected while a game is still playing

New in Valve Steam Apr 4 2018 (May 4, 2018)

New in Valve Steam Apr 2 2018 (Apr 13, 2018)

New in Valve Steam Mar 26 2018 (Apr 13, 2018)

New in Valve Steam Mar 22 2018 (Apr 13, 2018)

New in Valve Steam Mar 19 2018 (Apr 13, 2018)

General:
Reduced CPU usage of Steam when redrawing the UI, such as when the mouse is moved back and forth over part of the Library view
Improved behavior when re-installing from retail discs or backup files, preferring to avoid downloads whenever possible
Fixed an issue where corrupt workshop items could be re-downloaded endlessly
Fix for new Steam Workshop item requests not being downloaded due to the “Only Allow Auto-Updates During Specific Hours” feature being enabled
Fixed an issue where the in-game overlay could crash or become unresponsive in some Vulkan-based games
Improved some cases where chat text was incorrectly treated as a clickable URL when it should not have been
Fixed an issue where games could no longer be launched in offline mode if Steam had previously started or scheduled an update
Windows:
Added high-DPI monitor support when running under Windows 10 with the 2017 Creators Update
Added window transition animations when opening, closing, or minimizing Steam windows
Improved taskbar handling of Steam windows on multi-monitor systems
Added detection and support for exFAT-formatted drives
Big Picture:
Fixed a browser hang when a web page transitions to or from full-screen mode
Steam Input:
Added "Exit Application" controller action. When this action is used within a game, it will prompt the user if they actually want to quit and if confirmed will immediately close the application.
Added Chorded Press Activator. The Chorded Press Activator requires another input to be active for it to fire. This can be combined with other activators and either interrupt them or not based on those activators settings. So a regular press can optionally fire or not based on the chorded state, while a long press can optionally interrupt both for example. Chords require the chord button to be pressed first to activate (like shift or control would on a keyboard).
Added the ability to unique-ify configurations across Xbox and generic controllers. While the actual hardware cannot be differentiated, we treat them as unique controllers based on connection order. So if they elect to use unique configurations, configurations will be applied based on first, second, third, etc. identical controller.
Added hardware Joystick Calibration section in Controller Settings. This allows customizing the controller joystick deadzone on a per-controller, per joystick basis. There is an auto-calibration system that attempts to determine the ideal deadzone, as well as manual sliders for overriding those values. As Xbox controllers can’t be differentiated beyond type, they will only rely on controller order. Different device types, such as an Xbox One vs and Xbox One S controller, will be differentiated.
Made previewing state much more obvious when previewing a configuration.
Opted-In 3rd party controllers will now detect launchers and use a launcher specific configuration that is the same as opted-out controllers.
Improved compatibility with PS4 controller remapping programs – controllers no longer need to be reconnected when starting/exiting those programs. Also users will get a warning dialog if they are launching a game which is using the Steam Input API to support PS4 controllers while a remapper is running.
Fixed a bug where non-Steam games would use a desktop configuration when streaming if the controller wasn’t opted into Steam Input support.
Fixed using non-tracked gamepads in SteamVR’s Big Picture Mode overlay
Fixed Big Picture Mode’s Disk Management screen to accept gamepad/keyboard input on the disk selection dropdown
Fixed stuttering in some games due to excessive rumble updates
Fixed non-Steam games not being able to take screenshots from the controller
Fixed several layer bugs related to change layer bindings
Added a mouse movement threshold when determining if the Guide button is being used for a chord or to hold down the button to bring up the Big Picture menu
Fixed various On-Screen Keyboard issues including Non-Steam Controller dual cursor mode, improved language accent and modifier key support, and input immediately upon invocation
Made Controller Options always visible in the Big Picture Mode library page, even when no controller is currently active; users will be prompted to connect a controller if none can be found.
Fixed navigating multiple action sets via the bumper buttons when previewing a controller configuration
Fixed a case where the Big Picture Mode overlay could receive input when not active
In-Home Streaming:
Fixed AMD hardware capture support on R9 200/300 cards

New in Valve Steam Build 15.12.2017 (Dec 18, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 13.12.2017 (Dec 14, 2017)

General:
New feature: Shader Pre-Caching. Whenever possible, depending on hardware and driver support, Steam can download pre-compiled shaders for your specific video card. This reduces load times and in-game stuttering during the first few launches of OpenGL- and Vulkan-based games on supported hardware. This feature may use a small amount of additional bandwidth as Steam uploads and analyzes a shader usage report after each run of the game. The feature can be disabled via a new entry in the Settings dialog.
Fixed issues with full-screen mode not scaling video content correctly in the Steam Client
Fixed a UI issue that made it difficult to install new games if a previous installation dialog box was still active
Fixed several rare crashes and hangs reported by customers
Updated web views to Chromium v62.0.3202.62
Windows:
Fixed an issue where the Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR drivers would sometimes not install correctly
Fixed a bug where launching a game could cause the primary monitor to switch as if Big Picture mode were active, even though it is not
macOS:
Fixed a crash on startup that could occur if a different application was previously set to autostart, and then did not clean up its autostart entry correctly
Linux:
Fixed creating desktop and application menu shortcuts
Added detection and a workaround for certain titles that shipped with broken Steamworks SDK libraries
SteamVR:
Fixed the occasional brief appearance of a blank console window when starting Steam or launching a VR game.
Steam Input:
Changed Per-Game Steam Input opt-out setting to allow Force On or Force Off per game in addition to the global controller type based settings. This means you can turn on configuration for a single game while globally leaving configuration settings off.
Added “Launcher Mode” for controllers which are not opted in to Steam Input Configuration. If we detect that the game is in a launcher, the right stick and right trigger will act as a mouse/trigger respectively, allowing the user to navigate the launch with a controller until they get into the game proper. This feature can be disabled by selecting the “Force Off” option in controller settings for the game in the Big Picture controls.
Added "Always On" binding for setting bindings to take effect when an action set or layer is enabled. This can be used to set up modifier keys that are always active in a layer, changing LED brightness or color based on a set or layer, etc. and can also interact with activators to do start press behavior or turbo, for example.
Added new tab in Configuration Browser for configs exported by your Steam Friends. These configs will now also show up in the community tab even if they would otherwise not qualify to be shown when ranked by votes or playtime. Note that only exported configs will show up, not personal configs.
Added an "Empty Binding" binding action intended for use in layers. Essentially this is a special binding that does absolutely nothing, so bindings can be removed from a layer, as the default state of layering "nothing" means use whatever is below that layer. This special binding can also be detected by radial menus and will eliminate that item from being available in the menu.
Added a “Remove Icon” option to the radial/touch menu icon selection screen.
Added a binding to set LED color according to Xinput slot
Reworked detection of windows requiring Lizard Mode for the Steam Controller. Also added a bindable Lizard Mode toggle action.
Added support for several dozen Xbox-compatible controllers via data collected from users. These controllers are now treated as Xbox controllers instead of generic gamepads.
Added support for several PS4 controllers: HORI TAC4, HORI TAC PRO, Hitbox PS4 Arcade Stick, and Venom PS4 Arcade Stick
Fixed a configuration UI error where native actions could be selected in non-native games
Fixed a bug where source-specific default changes weren't propagated correctly through layers
Fixed game actions buttons being able to navigate off of their own list of actions
Fixed some issues with typing accented and other non-english characters via the On-Screen Keyboard
Fixed on-screen keyboard becoming stuck on-screen when controller is disconnected
Fixed many UI focus and flow issues when configuring or personalizing a controller
Fixed a bug with the dialog for first time config selection when a game doesn’t have a recommended config.
Fixed several save bugs involving configurations with deleted action sets
Fixed a bug where new developer configurations would show no buttons available to be bound.
Fixed a bug where layers of native mode types could stack incorrectly with other layers
Fixed Big Picture configurations not accepting changes to the Face Button assignments
Fixed Big Picture Parental PIN Pad not responding properly to controller input.

New in Valve Steam Build 31.11.2017 (Nov 9, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 25.10.2017 (Oct 26, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 17.10.2017 (Oct 20, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 11.10.2017 (Oct 12, 2017)

General:
Improved stability based on top crash reports and support tickets
Reduced CPU usage and battery impact when Steam is running in the background
Removed notification popups when friends are using software from the "Tools" category
macOS:
Removed the need to enable special accessibility permissions for Steam
Added full support for game engines using the Metal rendering API
Fixed compatibility issues with some older games that crashed on startup
Improved overlay support for games running at high resolution on Retina displays
Windows:
Fixed excessive blurriness in Big Picture mode on high-DPI monitors under Windows 10
Improved in-game overlay compatibility with the latest Insider builds of Windows 10
Added DPI-based scaling for text and basic UI elements in the in-game overlay
Steam Input:
Added Action Set Layers feature
Action Sets can now have layers nested within them. These act like Photoshop Layers on an image. Layers allow for quick modifications both big and small of an existing action set.
Each layer can draw from the actions that are defined by that action set.
Layers can be stacked arbitrarily deep.
Each layer can modify settings or replace modes/bindings of the action set or layers below it in the stack.
Changes made to the base Action Set are treated as the "default" for a layer, so modifications to a setting of the Action Set will be reflected in the layer unless it specifically modifies that setting itself. Settings within the layer that are "reset to default" will use the setting of the base action set.
Action Set Layers will be available as an option to developers creating Native Steam Input API games in a future SDK.
Transitions across action sets, layers, and mode shifts will now maintain state if applicable. As an example, if the same action/output is bound across the boundaries of these sets, rather than being un-pressed and immediately pressed on this transition, it will continue to be held if bound to a pressed button in both sets.
Activators which have matching Activators across action set/layer/mode shift boundaries will also carry over state, so if the same activator exists across these boundaries, a "long press" which has been pressed but not yet activated will maintain timing information. Likewise, if an output is already active coming from a previous set, a long press/double press/start press etc. which would fire the same output won't be restarted across those boundaries.
Action set/layer activation binding now fires on the activation, rather than deactivation of the input it's attached to. The old behavior helped to prevent feedback loops of action set/layer changes, but was not in line with other input. This may be a breaking change for certain configurations, as activators like long presses will engage the action set change when the activator activates instead of when the button is released after activating, but it also matches behavior of all other bindings and fixes a number of issues with regards to various activation types. Prevention of feedback loops is now handled automatically, buttons which share action set changes on the same input will not fire when entering the new set/layer.
Fixed using On-Screen Keyboard on desktop Steam Login Screen.
Fixed DS4 Gyro when streaming over a Steam Link
Fixed modeshifts not properly reconciling held bindings
Fixed incorrect battery readings from third-party controllers
Fixed activators from different inputs being able to interrupt each other
Fixed missing Calibrate button under Steam controller settings when multiple controllers are plugged in
Fixed a few cases where Xbox 360 origins would not show for games using the Native API to get glyphs and text descriptions.
Fixed an issue when combining gyro input with trackpad or joystick input on Linux
Added A/B/X/Y buttons as options for enabling gyro input
Fixed an issue where disconnected Steam Controllers that had been connected via the wireless receiver could continue to show up as connected
On Windows, Xbox controllers not present in our current USB VID/PID Whitelist will now be detected as Xbox controllers and will fall back to using the “Xbox Configuration Support” checkbox instead of “Generic Gamepad Support”. The list of officially support Xbox and PS4 controllers can be found here on our support website. If you have a controller that is missing from this list please report it in the Steam Controller bug reports forum.

New in Valve Steam Build 04.10.2017 (Oct 5, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 27.09.2017 (Sep 27, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 07.09.2017 (Sep 11, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 28.08.2017 (Aug 30, 2017)

General:
Updated Web views to using CEF/Chrome version 60.0.3112.40
Fixed an unintentional issue where Steam clients could experience sluggish frame rate if the Steam Web Helper process could not connect to our error- and crash-reporting servers
Optimized logic for selecting the best local server to connect to on initial Steam connection or reconnect after a disconnect
Steam will now use library folders on other drives to download game updates if the primary drive doesn ™t have enough space left
Fixed some cases where the Steam UI would not notify users about the availability of a new Steam client update as promptly as it should
Fixed web views that pop out in new windows sometimes failing to render
Improved startup behavior of web views on slower machines
Fixed a crash when launching games via steam:// links
Fixed allowing non-Steam games to be added to Family Games if they were selected as part of a multi-selection
Big Picture:
Fixed a bug where if you had set Big Picture to use a monitor that is no longer connected to your computer it may fail to start
In-Home Streaming:
Added streaming audio drivers for microphone support and seamless 5.1 surround sound on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (a reboot after update may be required to activate driver installation feature)
Added command line option -skipstreamingdrivers to skip audio driver checks if needed
Fixed black screen or client crash when streaming from PC with NVIDIA hardware encoding to a Mac
Steam Input:
Added Mode level Haptic Override setting to ABXY and DPad modes which can either defer haptic settings to the activators or override the setting for all activators in that mode
Fixed a bug when adding an action set when working from a community workshop file not showing up until the configurator had be exited and re-entered
Fixed controller detection in Final Fantasy XIII and other games
Fixed a bug where PS4 controllers connected via streaming would be ignored due to a local instance of DS4Windows or Inputmapper
Fixed Edit Controller Configuration option appearing for controllers which weren't opted into configuration support in desktop Steam
Fixed a bug where natively supported games could appear to have an x-input controller connected if unused x-input bindings were in their configuration
Fixed a bug where rumble in native SCAPI games did not respect the per game rumble settings
Fixed a bug where some Direct Input controllers would disappear after defining their layout for the first time
Fixed bug where controller templates for non-Steam Controllers would be duplicated in the template list
Fixed some cases where a "Configuration disabled for unknown controller" message would be shown when trying to edit a controller configuration
Fixed Launchers in Steam games not using the Desktop Configuration
Fixed a bug with controller configuration conversion from one controller type to another where some modes such as DPad wouldn ™t be active after conversion
Added support for the Desktop Configurator for when a game asks for the Configurator but the user has disabled the overlay or Big Picture overlay
Fixed bug with On-screen Keyboard in Big Picture Mode ™s web browser losing input
Fixed stability issue with multiple Steam Controllers being connected concurrently
Fixed Steam Controllers staying in Lizard mode after exiting Big Picture Mode
Fixed Lizard mode not working with Steam Controllers after pairing to a Wireless Receiver
Fixed issue w/ Steam Controllers staying in lizard mode when reconnecting wirelessly
Fixed some cases where Steam Controllers would not turn off due to inactivity
Fixed bug where PS4 controllers using Bluetooth would not apply personalization or rumble
Fixed Joystick Move mode for the PS4 gyro
macOS:
Added basic Steam Overlay support to games using the Metal graphics API (macOS 10.11 and above). Screenshots and Streaming support for Metal games not yet supported.
Fixed a bug where non-existent GamePad-1 could appear in subsequent launches of Steam after using a Steam Controller
Linux:
Updated STEAM_RUNTIME_PREFER_HOST_LIBRARIES logic to still prefer Steam Runtime libraries if they are more recent than the host system
Updated Vulkan loader in Steam Runtime to version 1.0.54, which provides all the extensions currently needed for SteamVR
Added support for shader cache management on supported drivers (Mesa 17.1 and NVIDIA 381.26.08 or 384.59). Shader caches for games launched by Steam are placed in separate folders next to their Steam Library folder and are deleted when each game is uninstalled, or when switching drivers or graphics cards. Individual shaders are tracked and catalogued by the Steam servers in preparation for distributing pre-compiled shaders. This tracking can incur slight additional bandwidth use. The system can be disabled by setting the environment variable STEAM_ENABLE_SHADER_CACHE_MANAGEMENT=0
Fix handling of XDG_DATA_DIRS and .desktop files with command-line arguments when adding non-steam games to your library
Fixed adding arbitrary binaries as non-Steam shortcuts
Fixed game support for DualShock 4 controllers when using recent kernels
Fixed games using the ISteamHTMLSurface interface failing to display content on Linux if they created their browser object too quickly

New in Valve Steam Build 17.07.2017 (Jul 18, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 13.07.2017 (Jul 14, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 11.07.2017 (Jul 12, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 10.07.2017 (Jul 11, 2017)

General:
Updated web control to CEF v60.0.3112.10
Removed requirement of having a saved credit card when purchasing in-game recurring subscriptions
Fixed missing game names for users with large Steam libraries
Fixed custom launch arguments not applying when launching 3rd-party Half-Life or Half-Life 2 mods
Fixed games failing in offline mode with errors such as "servers are too busy" or "currently no licenses available"
Decreased latency for some network operations in the Steam Client
Improved Steam client connectivity on networks where custom UDP/TCP ports are blocked
Steam Input:
Added Enhance Small Movement Precision setting to Mouse Joystick Mode. This allows for a fine tuning of low end movements so you can balance between fine grain control and minimum speed cutoff, resulting in a smoother response and less jumpy movement at slow speeds. Should be used in tandem with Minimum X/Y Output. This feature is enabled by default, but previous behavior can be restored by setting to the minimum value.
Added Custom Curve setting to Mouse Joystick Mode. This allows for compensation for game joystick response curves to more accurately dial in Mouse Joystick feel on a per-game basis.
Reworked the first time controller setup process for games without a recommended config provided by the publisher. We will now suggest the top community config if it meets the required confidence threshold.
Re-enabled layout definition of DirectInput controllers. The new interface uses the Define Layout button in the Controller Settings Page.
Added battery level indication for Xinput and PS4 controllers. When the battery is below 25% a low battery indicator will show in the Big Picture main menu. Clicking this indicator will rumble or play an identify chime on the low battery controller.
Fixed a bug where controllers using Xinput could have rumble output swapped.
Fixed a bug where controller configs would be applied to the last used controller instead of the selected one.
Fixed available offline personal and template bindings not appearing in the config browser when offline.
Improved XBox One default deadzone.
Removed Toast stating Using Configurations for [X] when the user was opted out for said controller.
When changing XInput slots for a controller which isn ™t registered, show the controller type rather than trying to use a name.
Added Overlap Region setting to 8-Way and Analog Emulation D-Pad modes. This region specifies what proportion the diagonal overlapping region takes up relative to the cardinal directions.
Improved gyro precision and stability over time
PS4 Controller Gyro now uses hardware calibration instead of software calibration. This should improve general drift performance and no longer requires the Calibration step in Steam.
Added check for InputMapper and DS4Windows on connection of PS4 Controllers. If either program is running Steam will ignore the controller until it is reconnected.
Fixed a bug where configurations might not be applied if a controller went from being wireless to wired or vice-versa within a single session
Fixed a bug where configurations wouldn ™t be saved if controller identity couldn ™t be established properly
Fixed bug in Big Picture Overlay which prevented users from switching between which controller was being configured when multiple controllers were connected
Fixed bug in Big Picture Login Screen where On-Screen Keyboards would lose touchpad input on the password entry screen
Fixed bug where only Mouse/KB prompts were shown in the Desktop Client ™s Controller Configurator
Fixed bug where PS4 Controller registrations would not carry over from MacOS to Windows or Linux and vice-versa
Fixed several bugs with settings and configuration UI
Steam Link and In-Home Streaming:
Fixed Rumble when streaming using a PS4 controller which is opted out of Steam Controller Support
Fixed Guide Button not always working properly to engage the overlay
Video Playback:
Fixed "initializing video decoder" error that occurred on first playback of a video
Added a prompt to install the 360 video player when watching a 360 video for the first time

New in Valve Steam Build 07.06.2017 (Jun 8, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 01.06.2017 (Jun 5, 2017)

General:
Updated web control to CEF v58.0.3029.81
Improved launch error messaging in case the OS failed to create the game process
Steam Input:
All Controllers types now can assign Guide Chord actions when opted out of further controller support. Similar to the Guide + Trigger for screenshot, additional actions can be bound or reassigned to Guide + Button via the Controller Settings. Additional options include mouse and keyboard support, changing volume or other media keys, turning off the controller (on supported hardware), and so forth
Fixed PS4 Controllers showing inappropriate art and text in the button diamond
Fixed XBox controllers potentially having a second phantom controller when not opted into Steam Configuration support
Fixed a crash when closing a game after previewing a controller config
Added Desktop Settings panel for configuring controller settings and editing base configurations
Fixed a case where native games requesting the configuration screen wouldn't work
Opting in to Steam Configuration Support for 3rd Party Controllers is now set for the user rather than the Steam Install. Users who have opted in to 3rd party Steam Controller Configurator Support will have to opt back in for their specific controllers
Fixed long-press activator toggle option not functioning properly
Fixed a case where closing the on-screen keyboard in Big Picture would not return to the proper controls
Manual registration in Big Picture is no longer required for new controllers. Personalization and changes to registration can still be made via the Controller Settings in Big Picture
Games which use the Steam Configurator natively for 3rd Party Controllers can now opt those controllers into support without the user having to manually do so
Fix for a case where a cache for offline configurations could be corrupted
3rd Party Controllers no longer have to be disconnected and reconnected when opting into/out of Steam Configuration support. Games can still be individually opted out of support via the game's controller settings panel
Fix for In-Home Streaming from Linux PC to Steam Link or another Linux PC with Steam Controller Wireless Receivers connected to both devices
Fixed Linux mouse button assignments for Forward and Backwards
Fixed On-Screen Keyboard being disabled in windowed non-Steam Games
Fixed Non-Steam game configs not being applied if controller is power cycled
Fixed unexpected input when importing Gyro configs for devices without Gyro
Simplified UI for DPad mode on DS4 Dpad
Changed "Add a Steam Controller" button to only appear when a Wireless Receiver is present
Added "Recover Steam Controller Firmware" button to walk users through recovering a device via mass storage update
Fixed configuration showing incorrect controller type of the configuration being previewed (or presenting an error message in some cases)
Fixed a case where previewing a configuration with a mode shift could make inputs editable
Fixed non-Steam shortcuts not respecting the per-game opt-out of Configuration setting
Fixed configurations not being saved properly in offline mode
Fixed controllers not registering in offline mode if the account didn't match its existing registration
Removed online-only configuration browser categories when loading or saving configurations when in offline mode
Steam Link:
Fixed Sony PS3 Controllers acting incorrectly via streaming
Linux:
Desktop view support for SteamVR dashboard
Fixed overlay not working for Vulkan applications
SteamVR:
Enabled Microtransation confirmation dialog from VR applications

New in Valve Steam Build 24.04.2017 (Apr 25, 2017)

General:
Fixed video content not playing correctly (black screen or corrupt image)
Fixed an issue with some older games which resulted in a cloud file conflict immediately after installation
Improved detection and recovery after receiving corrupt file data from a download server
Windows:
Fixed a chat-related crash that could be triggered by malicious users
Fixed blank screens when running from a folder-mounted partition which does not have a traditional DOS drive letter
Improved font rendering for Unicode chat text to better match with other platforms
Steam Controller:
Fixed non-Steam Shortcuts displaying incorrect configuration when accessed via the Game Details page
Added desktop mode Detail View Link to edit Controller Configuration if a controller is connected.
Added time-stamp to personal configurations in the configuration browser.
Improved precision of Gyro.
Fixed a bug with localized Title and Description of official configurations.
Fixed Select Cursor Position helper screen appearing opaque when used in-game.
Fixed Analog Trigger range being incorrect.
Fixed crash that occurred when creating an entirely empty touch menu or radial menu.
Fixed PS4 Glyphs in Big Picture appearing incorrectly in SteamOS/Linux.
A copy to the link to the configuration is now automatically copied to clipboard when uploading a community configuration.
Fixed mouse joystick visualization resetting to default pad rotation when selecting it.
Fix for pairing controllers sometimes failing to be able to enter their code properly when multiple controllers were attached.
Fixed a bug where if the configurator was open in the browser, time wouldn't be accumulated towards being able to save a configuration.
Changed the time limit before posting a configuration down to 5 minutes.
Fix for button presses and other inputs leaking through to big picture when using a Guide-Chord combo. This primarily showed up as a Turn Off Controller action resulting in launching a game.
Fixes for unique/shared configurations not always being set properly
Fixed a bug during controller registration where network hiccups could cause no configurations to be received until Steam was restarted.
Fix for Shortcuts to Non-Steam Games whose names were entirely blank or composed of only path unfriendly characters resulting in bad configurations or a crash.
Fix for conflict between stick and touchpad when using on-screen keyboard with a PS4 controller.
Made on-screen keyboard exclusive to a single controller, so whichever controller initiated the invocation will be used.
Fixed autosave behavior not being immediately reflected when leaving/re-entering the configurator when a response from the backend isn't received quickly.
Fixed saves not showing immediately in the configuration browser.
SteamVR:
Fixed an issue where you could continue to be marked "in game" after closing all VR applications
Internal changes for forthcoming SteamVR 360 video playback
Big Picture:
Fixed broken icons for In Library and OSVR headset support

New in Valve Steam Build 30.03.2017 (Mar 31, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 22.03.2017 (Mar 23, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 09.03.2017 (Mar 13, 2017)

General:
Added a setting to disable group event and announcement notifications
Removed sign-on notifications for friends who are already online/in-game when you first sign-in
Fixed several reported crashes and hangs
Fixed an issue where some workshop items would be downloaded repeatedly
Fixed an issue with recently played games missing from the task-bar menu
Fixed an issue with recently played games appearing in the wrong order
Fixed scheduled future game updates being invisible on the Download page
Fixed install dialog getting stuck while preallocating disk space
Fixed Windows taskbar showing pending progress even when there are no updates available
Fixed video player failing to start for Windows users with non-ASCII user names
Improved error handling when game files are locked by other programs during updates
Improved library sort order for games that start with punctuation or Unicode characters
Updated Web control to CEF v56.0.2924.51
Big Picture:
Added confirmation before Restarting/Suspending/Shutting Down from the system menu
Fixed an issue causing some controller navigation actions to be ignored
Removed unintentional navigation input coming from racing wheels and flight sticks
macOS / OS X:
Fixed an issue which caused some games to crash immediately under OS X 10.9 or earlier
Improved color fidelity in the Steam UI on newer 2015 iMac and 2016 Macbook Pro displays
Steam Controller:
Added better offline controller support. Controller Configurations and Pesonalization will now download for offline use after the first online game launch. When offline, edits are local only and will not be uploaded to the cloud. When returning to online mode, the previous online configuration will be restored, but your saved local edits will be available for selection
Added Controller Config Preview. When importing a configuration, it will now be previewed first and then it can be accepted or backed out without applying the configuration. While previewing a configuration, all its settings can be viewed, but not changed
Added Steam Controller Configuration Links. When browsing configurations, a link can now be copied to the clipboard by pressing the Start button or Control+C. Following this Steam link will how the configuration and it can be optionally applied to the game it corresponds to. This link can be opened via a browser or at the commandline. From the command line, use "start [link]" in Windows, "open [link]" in OSX, and "xdg-open [link]" in SteamOS/Linux. Note that a controller must be active to apply a configuration. Links will be shown in the controller type they were created for, but will be converted to the controller type they are being applied to on application
Changed configuration sorting to use a rolling 30-day window. The most popular configurations over the past 30 days are sorted to the top.
Added voting to configurations, and added support to optionally sort configurations by votes instead of usage.
Added Lock Gyro at Extents option for Joystick Move. When turned off, the controller will no long lock at the full extents, matching old behavior from October
Fixed dead-zones on some controllers being too small when using joystick mouse, resulting in drift
Fixed a bug where multiple non-Steam Controllers could control the same player
Added support for multiple additional PS4 and third-party PS4-style controllers
Added audio support for official DS4 v2 Slim controllers
Added power-off timeout functionality for PS4 controllers connected over wireless
Disabled controller power-off timeout while the configurator is open
Added mouse dampening option for Mouse Region mode
Fixed XInput controllers getting bad configuration settings if connected prior to Steam login
Fixed a bug where configurations for guests could be saved under a generic guest account rather than under the signed-in local user.
In-Home Streaming:
Increased desktop capture to 60 FPS on Windows 8 and newer
Added an option to change desktop resolution to match the streaming client under advanced host settings
Added a separate option to enable NVIDIA ShadowPlay capture under advanced host settings
Added a recovery path if your graphics driver crashes or resets during streaming. Graphics driver resets may still crash your game anyway. If you experience frequent crashes, we recommend that you disable hardware encoding.
Steam VR:
Fixed green screen when capturing a multiple-monitor desktop with NVIDIA ShadowPlay capture in VR

New in Valve Steam Build 19.01.2017 (Jan 20, 2017)

General:
Updated Web control to Chromium v56.0.2924.10
Account email and password wizards are now web based and offer usability and recovery improvements
Game install folders can be moved to other Steam Library folders under Properties / Local Files
Improved download/update error messages when game files are locked by other programs
Improved error message when you fail to install a game and don't have enough disk space due to user quotas
Added “Repair” option for Steam Library Folders to fix Windows user access rights
Support for including log files and crash dumps in system reports when submitting some types of help requests
Fixed a client issue causing HITMAN™ to skip one-time setup on new computers
Fixed an issue that could cause the client to hang when the computer wakes from sleep mode
Fixed incorrect colors in screenshots and In-Home Streaming for Vulkan applications on AMD hardware
Big Picture:
Added support for using the overlay keyboard for games that have launchers
Improved display when running on retina enabled devices under OSX
Steam Controller:
Added XBox 360, Xbox One, and Generic X-Input controller configurator support. This allows all recognized controller types to use the advanced mapping features of the Steam Controller Configurator. Note that because X-Input currently lacks per-controller means of unique identification, all controllers of that type will share personalization and configuration settings. As they share the same inputs, Xbox 360/One/Generic controllers will all see each-others configurations when browsing. Automatic conversion will be attempted when loading configurations from other controller types.
Unrecognized Generic X-Input gamepad style controllers will be recognized by the Steam Controller Configurator once their buttons have been assigned to match a generic gamepad layout.
Recommended configurations specified for a game by the developer will now attempt to assign based on Controller Type.
Added option to disable Guide Button issuing a Steam focus change. This is available through the Big Picture controller options menu. This allows better interoperability with other applications which use the Guide Button, such as PSNow.
Added Single Button simple button mode for trackpads. This allows a trackpad to be treated as a single giant button.
Fix for free-floating On Screen Keyboard running very slowly if a game was open but did not have focus or was running windowed.
Added independent horizontal/vertical scaling to joystick move and joystick mouse.
Joystick Move mode no longer shows mouse sensitivity option unless mouse output is selected.
Added additional support for third party PS4 controllers, including some HORI, MadCatz, and Armor pads and fight sticks.
Fixed a bug with PS4 triggers where they were being scaled incorrectly, leading to maxing out of the value too soon.
Added ability to change x-input controller order from the Controller Options menu - so in multi-controller setups of x-input games, the mapping of physical controller to x-input index can be swapped around. Note that this currently only applies to controllers that have opted into Steam Controller Configurator support.
Fixed Configurator Switch Controller interface not showing controller icons.
Re-enabled Gamepad outputs for desktop configurations for users of third party programs which hook into applications via the desktop configuration.
Added XBox Controller Rumble Support
Added ‘Turn Off Controller’ Support for PS4 Bluetooth and Wireless Receiver
Added Open Big Picture controller action binding.
Fixed a bug where Steam Chords wouldn't work reliably when multiple controllers were connected and disconnected in a single session.
Fixed Volume being muted when connecting a Sony Wireless Receiver in Windows
Fixed analog stick on-screen-keyboard interactions not working inside of Big Picture
Fixed Guide Button not switching into Big Picture when Steam has focus but Guide Button Focus option has been disabled.
Add support for Emio PS4 "Elite" controller
Windows:
Added overlay support for new Windows 10 Insider preview builds
OSX:
Reduced energy usage when Steam is not the active application rights
Linux:
Improved interactions between the Steam runtime and host distribution libraries, which should let Steam work out of the box with open-source graphics drivers on modern distributions. If using an older distribution or running into problems, use STEAM_RUNTIME_PREFER_HOST_LIBRARIES=0 to revert to previous behavior.
Unify close-to-tray behavior with other platforms. If using a distribution that doesn't have proper compatible tray support, use STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=0
Added idle detection, friend status will now automatically switch to Away/Snooze
Fixed Steam not obeying SIGTERM, Steam will now gracefully exit when logging out of a session
Fixed keyboard input and cursor switching in overlay for Vulkan applications
Update Vulkan loader in the Steam runtime to enable Xlib support
Updated libxcb in the runtime with a fix for DRI3-related crashes on open-source graphics drivers

New in Valve Steam Build 01.01.2017 (Jan 3, 2017)

New in Valve Steam Build 20.12.2016 (Dec 21, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 12.12.2016 (Dec 13, 2016)

General:
We have recently updated our Privacy Policy to comply with the Privacy Shield Framework as agreed to by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission. The Privacy Policy notes our compliance with Privacy Shield and provides contact information in the event customers have questions regarding our privacy practices.
Updated web control to CEF v55.0.2883. This version requires Windows 7 or macOS 10.9 and above, users on older OS versions will continue running the existing version.
Improved the error message shown when trying to run a 64-bit game on a 32-bit OS.
Improved download and patching speeds when games are installed to a traditional non-SSD hard drive.
Improved error messages when unable to launch a game that requires a third-party key.
Added web links to Steam Support pages in Change Password wizard.
Fixed crash on launch if you had some malformed music album images.
Fixed third-party mods showing up as the incorrect game name in the friends lists.
SteamVR:
Improved navigation when using the Steam dashboard with the Oculus Touch controller.
In-Home Streaming:
Added higher bandwidth options for 4K streaming.
Automatically restart Steam if it crashes while streaming a game.
Updated to support NvFBC with the latest NVIDIA driver.
Implemented support for Steam Controller personalization while streaming.
Fixed audio stuttering and dropout when streaming games to a Mac.
Fixed game crash in D3D9 games when alt tabbing away from them while streaming.
Overlay:
Added access to the music settings page in the Settings dialog.
Fixed multiple Web tabs opening in the Web Browser when clicking certain types of links.
Big Picture:
Show game names in the library page when art for the game is slow to load.
Fixed crash when launching into Big Picture with an active voice chat.
Fixed game art being clipped on the suggested game row of the main page.
Windows:
Added overlay support for the Windows 10 insider build for 64-bit games.
macOS:
Fixed a bug that caused the client to freeze when generating internal error reports.
Linux:
Fixed issues when installing games onto filesystems, such as ZFS, that report abnormally large sector sizes.
Controller:
Added Steam Configurator support for PS4 Dual Shock Controller. Enable in Big Picture settings Add/Test Controller settings. When enabled, PS4 controllers will have access to the same sort of customization/configuration support as Steam Controllers, including native API support. PS4 Controllers using this system can map the trackpad, gyro, buttons, etc. to keyboard, mouse, or x-input outputs and can make use of action sets, touch menus, radial menus, and so forth.
Added software gyro+accelerometer integration for IMUs without hardware integration. Allows Joystick-Move/D-Pad/Mouse Leaning support for the PS4 gyro input.
Added New Mode – Joystick Mouse. This is a joystick based mouse control useful for stick based controllers.
Added controller preference setting for haptics. Haptics can now be globally disabled for a controller or default to the configuration preferences.
Added support for LED Color setting. Controllers which are capable of setting an LED color can now set this in controller personalization.
Added LED Brightness/Color controller action binding. The light on the controller can now be changed via a binding. This is useful to mark changes in state such as different action sets or mode shifts, or on start/release press activators for changing while a button is pressed, for example. Light settings are reset to user preference when changing applications/configurations.
Added software calibration for non-Steam controller based IMUs to counter for gyro drift.
Modes and bindings which are unavailable to desktop and Big Picture modes will no longer be shown in the configurator.
Steam now shows a dialog when trying to edit a config for a controller which has opted out of being configurable.
Unified Radial Menu Button Press/Release behavior on digital inputs such as physical face buttons or d-pads.
Dismiss quit menu when minimizing or turning off a controller.
Controllers now support a default Rumble Preference to be On or Off. Games can override this setting or use the default preference for that controller. Setting is available under each controllers Preferences in Controller Settings in Big Picture.
Individual games can opt out of using Steam Configuration support for the PS4 controller under each game’s Controller Settings. If a game has native PS4 support this allows it to continue to be recognized directly.
Changed mode shift button activators to be uninterruptible by default.
Changed Mouse mode Gyro Enable Button to default to Always On when placed on a PS4 Controller.
Changed Joystick Mouse to default to Wide Response.
Configuration Browser can now be toggled to show all available controller types rather than the default of the in-use controller type.
Configurations can now be marked as “Unique” to a specific controller. This configuration will only be applied to that controller for that user's account. By default, all controllers of a specific type will share a configuration unless marked as Unique.
Fixed a bug where rumble would send to the incorrect controller and could cause controllers to control the incorrect player.
Fixed default settings not applying properly to mode shifted modes, which could cause certain parameters to be incorrect by default on mode-shifts.
SteamOS users should update to the latest version of SteamOS, as described here.
Linux users should consider upgrading your udev rules to allow Steam access to /dev/hidraw* , as described here.

New in Valve Steam Build 14.10.2016 (Oct 14, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 23.09.2016 (Sep 26, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 23.08.2016 (Aug 24, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 16.08.2016 (Aug 17, 2016)

General:
Fixed a crash when games passed certain parameters to the Steamworks API
Added button to clear local cache under download settings. This may fix downloads by removing stale or corrupt cached data.
Added UI text to indicate if a selected title is excluded from Family Sharing
Worked around a problem where a recent Windows 10 update could cause Xbox One controllers to send duplicate input
Fixed cases where playing a free game could trigger Family Sharing error messages
In-Home Streaming:
Added support for spectating VR games from the Steam Link, mirroring the VR player's viewpoint
Steam Controller:
Added "Set Cursor Position" binding controller action. This allows an arbitrary X/Y position to be moved to on a button press and optionally warp back to the original position on release. When combined with a click via either multi-binding or an additional activator, allows for on-screen UI to be bound to buttons even if they have no hotkey. Multiple Set Cursor Position inputs can be multi-bound to a single button allowing cursor position binding cycling.
Scroll wheel Mode on Joystick now ignores the joystick returning to the center position when doing horizontal/vertical scrolling. This allows for bindings to be cycled through scroll wheel on left/right or up/down taps.
Added Gyro Button Behavior setting. Allows for the Gyro Enable Button to be flipped to be a Gyro Disable Button, so gyro is disabled while the specified button is held, but otherwise on all the time.
Fixed broken configurations where modes could be attached to sources that don’t support them which caused errors in both the UI and in behavior.
Fixed issues with Double Press activator not working in certain games.
Fixed Interruptible activators not interrupting in a few specific scenarios.
Fixed haptic location not always being updated properly with activators.
Changed new full press activators to use the mode's current haptic setting as a default setting on the new activator.
Fixed activator-based haptics on specfic switch buttons to be correct based on physical position on the controller.
Fixed a bug when turning off legacy mode while editing Triggers.
Fixed incorrect modes being created when a developer is creating a new native configuration.
Fixed configurator option not showing up if game was VR capable and had VR controller support but also had non-VR and normal controller support.
Fixed adding action sets to fully legacy configs in games that have native configs. Now legacy action set configs and native configs won't stomp each other.
Fixed mode-shifted mouse regions flipping their initial Y position if "teleport on start" was set that was introduced with recent set cursor position additions.
Cleaned up the Choose Binding panel to improve legibility.
Added icons for Controller Actions such as Change Action Set, Take Screenshot, Move Cursor, and Show On Screen Keyboard.
Fixed the backslash character '' not showing up on keyboard layouts.
Added RB/LB buttons to change current action set when editing a configuration.
Fixed gamepad binding highlights being offset in certain overlay resolutions
Fixed issues that prevented Streaming gyro from functioning properly.

New in Valve Steam Build 02.08.2016 (Aug 3, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 07.07.2016 (Jul 8, 2016)

General:
Fixed rare client hang when downloading additional game content
Fixed a bug that could cause cloud sync to break when an application is permitted to use over 2GB of cloud storage
Fixed an issue where video series could appear improperly in the Recently Played jump list
Fixed compatibility issues with some upcoming Vulkan games
Library:
Videos that are part of a Series (e.g. CS:GO Player Profiles, PAYDAY Web Series, etc.) will automatically be categorized together in the Video Library.
In-Home Streaming:
Fixed an issue causing horizontal blockiness in some windowed games and when running Big Picture on a screen wider than 16:9
In-Game Overlay:
DirectX 12 titles in multi-GPU configurations are now supported by the overlay
Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the overlay from drawing in certain games
Steam Controller:
Added support for Controller Activators
Activators sit between inputs (like a button) and outputs (like a keypress) and allow for a variety of new behaviors and functionality
Current activators include Normal Press, Long Press, Double Press, Start Press, Release Press, etc.
Activators have their own settings, so they can each have haptics, delays, toggles, cycle bindings, turbo, etc.
There is no limit to the number of activators on an input, so a single button can have a normal press, a double press, multiple long presses of different durations, etc. each of which execute independently and fire off their own bindings with their own settings.
Mode shifts are also activator based, so mode shifts can now toggle or have special functionality like only on Long Press.
Internal file format has been reorganized due to these changes, so new configurations are not backwards compatible. Any changes made to an existing configuration will not work in previous builds
All existing configurations are converted into the new format and carry over the appropriate settings and bindings
Added the ability to copy and existing Action Set into a new Action Set when creating one. You now have a dropdown of all existing action sets to copy from on create.
Fix for zombie controllers when resuming from suspend with a dongle in a suspend-powered USB port.
Gyro optimizations which in certain cases reduce latency.
Fixed footer showing toggle game actions button when using action sets on legacy configurations.
Fixed Action Sets being visible and selectable at the top of the UI while in binding/activator editing modes.
Fixed Gyro Mode Button being visible and selectable while editing other modes.
Fixed Footer not appearing in the desktop configurator.
Fixed Controller Beep potentially browning out in low battery situations.
Fix for register controller dialog only showing up in the main Steam window and not the overlay if you turn on a new controller while in-game.
Added a "None" option for trackball and scrollwheel friction. Essentially this makes it continue its momentum forever.
Added a Custom Curve option for Joystick and Trigger Response Curves. Allows the stick/trigger response to be tuned to a higher degree.
Added Curve Visualization for Joystick and Trigger response Curves.
Fixed activators not showing up properly within mode shifts.
Fix for haptic settings not being inherited properly when converting previous format to new format.
Changed default Regular Press haptic setting to off by default.
Fixed activators not going back to advanced mode properties when cancelled within an advanced mode property binding.
Fix for multiple activators with multiple descriptions on a single input not appearing properly in the UI.
Fixed an issue where switch bindings (bumpers, start/back, etc) would not work properly in some configurations
Fixed Start/Select/Bumpers/Grips not working properly with certain configurations.
Fixed Mode-Shifts not being set properly in extended action sets.
Fixed Activator settings not sticking when no other settings were altered.
Fixed showing the "Show Activators" button while already inside an activator binding.
Fix for Euro Truck Simulator 2 not allowing action sets.
Added Start and Select to the available Mode-Shift buttons.
Fixed changes to sliders in activators not applying if no other settings were changed.
Fix for Big Picture overlay being destroyed when exiting the overlay via the Steam Button in a Shortcut.
Fixed a crash that could sometimes happen when closing the configurator in desktop mode.
Fix for certain mode shift buttons not always being converted over from the old format correctly.
Fix for haptics settings not being correctly converted from modes to activators in all cases.
Fix for crash when trying to update the Steam Controller configurator controls while in the midst of rebuilding the UI.
Fix for crash when Big Picture would try to reinitialize twice in rapid succession.
Virtual Reality:
Fixed crash when launching VR titles via desktop shortcuts
Added notification for when a screenshot is taken while in VR.
Fix for selecting the proper graphics adapter in multi-gpu setups.
Added support for overriding the application that launches to host Desktop Game Theater.
Linux:
Improved compatibility with newer Linux distributions

New in Valve Steam Build 15.06.2016 (Jun 16, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 10.06.2016 (Jun 14, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 04.05.2016 (May 5, 2016)

General:
Updated the web browser component to Chromium version 49.0.2623.110
Fixed an issue with scaling of preview images in the screenshot manager
Fixed game installs failing with the message “Content still encrypted”
Fixed missing period symbol in the French layout of the controller keyboard
Fixed several crashes related to the controller on-screen keyboard
Revised iconography for Family View
Steam Overlay:
Improved rendering performance with Vulkan applications
Improved stability of Big Picture overlay with Direct3D 10 applications and above
Big Picture:
Fixed a bug where the "Login" button would not properly activate
Fixed some Family View regressions in game library.
Improved support for broadcasting while using Big Picture mode. Includes new Broadcast Dashboard that allows access to broadcast chat and some broadcast management controls, plus support for viewing your own broadcast.
Fixed some UI styling issues in the Big Picture overlay
VR:
Removed block on SteamVR applications if Family View is enabled. This fixes installation of HTC Vive software when Family View is turned on.
Removed prompt for controller configuration when launching games that natively support motion controllers
Added warnings when trying to launch Oculus SDK-only games on an incompatible OpenVR device.
Improved the launch process for Oculus SDK-based games from within SteamVR.
Fixed missing/invisible mouse pointer in some Desktop Game Theater games
Fixed an issue where clicking the search button in the Library footer UI could break filtering
Fixed an issue causing the VR keyboard to pop up repeatedly in the Library
Fixed SteamVR launching immediately when installing a VR app that was previously uninstalled in that session
Improved controller handling under various combinationss of the VR dashboard, Desktop Game Theater, and an active game. Input is now sent to the game or the dashboard, but not both at once.
Improved handling for games that only support VR in a beta branch of the game. These will only show in the SteamVR group if the user has selected the beta branch.
Improved support for broadcasting while in VR. Broadcast request notifications will now display in the headset and can be responded to via the new Broadcast Dashboard in Steam.
Mac OS X:
Fixed a bug that could cause stuck modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl, Alt, etc) in the in-game overlay
Fixed a bug that caused links in the in-game overlay web browser to always open in new tabs
Linux:
Fixed a client UI hang when clicking the middle mouse button on some pages
Fixed an issue where Big Picture or video playback would not enter fullscreen properly
Steam Controller:
Fixed a client crash when switching configurations, such as when starting a game or bringing up the Steam Overlay
Added the ability to bind left/right sticks as digital bindings
Added the ability for the automatic action set on cursor visible/hidden to return to the previously used action set from the last transition
Fixed Mode Shifts not displaying properly in action set binding panels
Fixed gamepad button highlights displaying offset when binding a gamepad button
Fixed binding screen showing Set Action Set option when the configuration was a Native application or had no action sets.
Added "Last Used Action Set" option to manual action set selection

New in Valve Steam Build 31.03.2016 (Apr 1, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 28.03.2016 (Mar 29, 2016)

SteamVR:
Added new Desktop Game Theater support, run any of your normal desktop games and have them appear on a giant virtual screen in your headset. Any game that supports Steam Broadcast should work with this feature, some tuning of the games graphical settings may be required for the best experience.
Added new Desktop overlay button, access it via the system dashboard. Use the grip on the motion controller to bring up a keyboard, and the touchpad for mouse wheel movement.
Added a VR area to the Big Picture library and removed filtering for VR titles in the Browse section
Added icon in the Library view in the Steam Dashboard to show which games support motion controllers
Added SteamVR to the jump list options
Automatically launch SteamVR after it finishes updating
Added the SteamVR tool in the SteamVR section in the Library view
Added SteamVR Workshop for background images. These can be selected via Settings->In-Headset->Image.
Improved scrolling when using the touchpads in the Steam interface while in your HMD
Changed Play button in Big Picture to be an Exit button if you have launched the game
Fixed Steam not quitting correctly when shutting down SteamVR at the same time
Fixed keyboard dismissing unexpectedly when using the web browser in Big Picture
Fixed cursor not appearing when using the Desktop overlay
Steam Controller:
Users can now add additional action sets with their own sets of bindings. Action sets can be added/deleted/named as appropriate and selected via a binding. Note that unlike mode-shifts, action sets completely replace all currently active bindings, and can have their own mode shifts and so forth.
Added New Controller Action binding types which will expand in the future with bindings that are not specific to the game, but rather higher level.
Added Change Action Set Binding - sets the action set to the next or a specified action set when used.
Added Show Keyboard Binding - shows the on-screen keyboard
Added Take Screenshot Binding - takes a screenshot
Added Joystick Click and A/B/X/Y as mode shift buttons
Action set Display and Beep are now options to show what action set has been switched to
Added a pop-up menu to the Big Picture overlay showing Action Set activation
Added user definable action sets for legacy games.
Removed hard coded desktop keyboard shortcut (stick click) and replaced it with controller action binding in the default desktop configuration.
Fixed Mode Shifts getting cleared when adding a mode shift to multiple action sets
Fixed action sets showing native actions rather than M/KB/Gamepad bindings in some conditions when using legacy action set
Fixed a crash when going into/out of an overlay while using the Steam Controller
Fixed some cases of non-steam games not applying controller settings. Ensure that "Allow Launchers" option is off for this to take effect.
Fixed controllers not turning off on Suspend power mode in Desktop mode which could cause zombie controllers to be seen over wireless
Fixed Horizontal Invert setting not working on Mouse Joystick
Big Picture:
Fixed crash when using TrailerTV for your screensaver
Emoticons show up now in Big Picture Friends chat
Mac OS X:
Fix Steam Controller input not being sent to games if the active configuration does not include gamepad inputs
Fixed a rare crash on login
In-Home Streaming:
Added advanced streaming settings to the desktop-mode Settings dialog
Fixed a crash when streaming to or from a Steam client running a different version of Steam

New in Valve Steam Build 21.03.2016 (Mar 22, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 08.03.2016 (Mar 9, 2016)

General:
Added Steam Overlay support for games using the Vulkan graphics API
Improved performance when you are a member of a large number of groups
Fixed a bug preventing invites to Steam Groups from showing in the friends UI
Fixed a bug which caused non-Steam games to remain in the app list after deletion
Fixed a bug which caused "Hidden" status of non-Steam games to reset on every client restart
Improved handling and display of certain Unicode characters in profile names
Fixed an issue with some Steamworks-enabled games which caused them to crash on shutdown
Added an option to display download speeds as bits per second (Mbps) instead of MB/sec, for easier comparison with the way network and internet connection speeds are traditionally reported
Windows:
Removed an error message when selecting a shortcut file through the "Add a game..." file browser
Added Steam Overlay support for DirectX 12 (requires the latest Windows 10 updates)
Reduced CPU usage and improved frame rates for some D3D9 and OpenGL games launched through Steam
Fixed several game-specific crashes, or cases where games refused to launch through Steam
Linux:
Fixed an issue where toggling the overlay in fullscreen games could sometimes result in a loss of keyboard and mouse input
Updated ALSA libraries in the Steam Runtime to prevent compatibility issues with newer distributions
Fixed text corruption in the UI with some non-Western languages
Big Picture:
Added drag scrolling. Hold the mouse down on a scrollable panel and drag it up and down to scroll.
Restyled mouse scroll thumbs to indicate whether content is available in the given direction
Added Store Page link to game library entries in the "Manage Game" section
Fixed Web Browser context menu not positioned correctly on certain screen sizes
Fixed an issue where the overlay would become unresponsive if restarting a game directly after exiting it through the overlay
In-Home Streaming:
Added dynamic MTU discovery to compute the optimal packet size for your local network
Added streaming server support for a network performance test from the Steam Link
Improved frame rate for AMD hardware-accelerated video capture of GPU-intensive games
Added support for hardware accelerated encoding using NVIDIA cards (NVENC) on SteamOS/Linux
Fixed black screen when streaming certain D3D 11.1 applications, such as Kodi
SteamVR:
Enabled scrolling in the Steam dashboard with either the Vive controller touch pad or the mouse pointer
Updated the friends UI to indicate a different online status while you are in VR
Added a help dialog in case Steam detects a HTC Vive that is present but not installed properly
Added an "Exit Game" alternate state for the "Play Game" button when viewing a library page in VR
Fixed the incorrect button footer being displayed in Steam UI when using a traditional game controller
Improved touchpad feedback on the VR controller when using large swipes in the Steam dashboard
Improved the library view to show all installed OpenVR applications, even non-Steam applications
Disabled the Big Picture startup sound when entering SteamVR
Added a warning message if the current controller or play area does not match the game requirements
Steam Controller:
Added option to use Desktop Configuration for shortcuts to improve compatibility with intermediate launcher apps
Added a menu item to edit controller configuration from the desktop-mode library context menu
Added an option for Big Picture overlay when launching controller-based games from the desktop library view
Games launched via the desktop client with an active Steam Controller can optionally use the Big Picture overlay.
Improved reliability and performance of editing and publishing controller configurations
Added the ability to save controller configurations to local disk files
Added new auto-power-off options for 5 and 10 minutes
Improved XInput compatibility for some games (Final Fantasy 14)
Fixed Joystick Camera not sending Pad Click if you started pressing at the edge of the pad
Fixed mouse horizontal inversion not respecting rotation properly
Improved controller behavior when entering and exiting Standby or Suspend. Zombie controllers should no longer be shown in the controller list and controllers should be properly recognized upon return
Improved handling of pure Mouse/Keyboard and mixed XInput configurations
Added the ability to use other controllers alongside Steam Controllers. Games with XInput support will use whichever controller is active, other games will prefer alternate controllers when present.
Fixed action set selection UI with native games with large number of action sets
Fixed an issue where configuration changes would not stick with non-Steam shortcuts
Added support for the on-screen keyboard without entering Big Picture mode
Improved stability and window placement of desktop on-screen keyboard
Reduced size of desktop on-screen keyboard
Fixed haptics intensity being stuck to High if anti-deadzone was in use
Setting any anti-deadzone on the joystick will now disable all joystick hardware deadzoning. Note that this can cause drift if the anti-deadzone is too large or if not using a proper anti-deadzone buffer. (Requires Firmware Update)
Experimental Rumble Emulation is now available as an Application Setting. This feature tries to emulate a feel similar to rumble despite haptic actuators being a very different technology than rumble motors. (Requires Firmware Update)
Fixed occasional doubled input in Big Picture when initially powering on the controller
Added the ability to disable the X or Y axis for Joystick Move modes. This can be useful when using the Gyro to emulate a steering wheel
Fixed description text for the joystick output fields of the Joystick Move and Joystick Camera modes

New in Valve Steam Build 02.02.2016 (Feb 3, 2016)

General:
Restrict chat from users who do not share a friends, game server, or multiuser chat relationship with you
Fixed a case where having Steam Cloud sync disabled (either globally or for an App) could cause that App to be told there were no local files found
Reduced memory usage of games which integrate Steamworks cloud storage features
Improved stability of games which make Steamworks API calls from multiple threads simultaneously
Big Picture:
When Steam is first launched only show up to 4 notifications for friends that are in a game, otherwise just show a single summary notification
Improved performance when displaying a large list of scrollable items
Steam Controller:
Added per-account Controller Personalization.
Added support for Configuration Travelling, Click here for details
Added Trigger Mouse Dampening options for soft pull/soft+full pull. Defaults to previous Soft Pull only mode.
Added mouse region snapping support for non-mode-shifted mouse regions. Mouse regions can now snap or not-snap to previous position when they're not in use.
Overlay Disabled message is now shown in Big Picture game screen when the overlay is disabled.
Added New Export Save System. Unifies and simplifies exporting configurations. You can now more easily browse and save Private and Public configurations, including replacing/editing existing configurations.
Added Exporting new Configuration Templates for often used configuration defaults.
Added Browsing/Importing of all games configurations from any game. Useful for when you made the perfect setup in a sequel or similar game and want to use the same config as a base or verbatim.
Publishing a new community configuration now requires you to have played with the configuration for at least an hour.
Added additional Touch Menu selection settings to allow selection on Release Click and on Release Touch.
Added Trigger Hip Fire Exclusive mode - this mode is a dual stage trigger mode that allows either soft or full pull, but once either is engaged, the other will not engage until the trigger has been released.
When exiting Steam, Controller now returns to its default “lizardmode” Mouse/Keyboard state
If Steam loses its ability to send input due to UAC/Control-Alt-Del prompts, controller will now attempt to drop into its default state to allow interaction with these dialogs and resume normal configuration once workable state is re-established. The controller will beep when entering/exiting this mode.
Fixed bug with joystick not always sending fast taps to the left.
Anti-Deadzone now obeys deadzone shape setting. For gyro applications such as Steering Wheel in Racing games, using the cross shaped deadzone will provide expected anti-deadzone behavior.
Added better support for non-Steam games and applications that cannot use the Steam Overlay such as browsers, command line tools, emulators, etc.. While these applications won’t currently support some functions such as touchmenus, xinput, and controller HUD functionality, these applications will now be better detected and use their Non-Steam Game configuration when in focus.
Shortcuts/Non-Steam games will also attempt to use their designated configuration when launched outside of Steam, provided Steam is running in the background, with the same limitations mentioned above.
Fixed legacy bindings on configurations with native controller support not displaying/working outside of the first action set.
Fixed a dead zone issue when a trackpad was used in Mouse mode
In-Home Streaming:
Added support for streaming 5.1 audio from Windows host machines to other Steam Clients and the Steam Link. Click here for more info
Added NVIDIA NVFBC encoder as a separate option under Advanced Host Settings in Big Picture mode
Added logic to retry any previously-failed encoding methods whenever a new game is launched
Added logic to fall back to software encoding when hardware encoding is being unreasonably slow
Fixed one-pixel color misalignment in Direct3D 9 games such as Rocket League
Significantly improved performance of Intel QuickSync encoding - please note that Intel has released new drivers for most of its GPUs, which are recommended for performance and stability ( http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers.html )
Improved compatibility with Dragon's Lair, Space Age, and other older 2D games
Improved stream quality and bitrate usage for games running below 60 fps
Improved compatibility with Stronghold Crusader HD and other old DirectDraw titles
Adjusted settings for Intel hardware encoding to improve compatibility with 4th and 5th gen Intel CPUs
VR Mode:
Steam notifications now display in-headset using the work-in-progress SteamVR notification system.
Improved support for VR keyboard. Keyboard now positions itself better and selection bugs fixed.
Fixed several places where taking an action in the desktop client would cause the VR UI to respond when in VR mode.
Linux:
Fixed validating local content with some filesystems
Fixed a hang when starting "CrossCode" and other Chrome-based applications from Steam
SteamOS:
Added UI for pairing Bluetooth devices

New in Valve Steam Build 01.01.2016 (Jan 4, 2016)

New in Valve Steam Build 10.12.2015 (Dec 11, 2015)

General:
Updated the web browser component to Chromium version 47.0.2526.49
Improved error messages for some unusual login failure cases
Fixed a crash when launching games for the first time while Steam is offline
Big Picture:
Improved UI navigation when using the mouse in several areas
Changed the default ambient music volume to off, this setting can be configured under the Audio Settings page
Expanded the Resume and Explore part of Library, adding more rows based on friend activity and recent game updates
Added a new option to control how the left Steam Controller touchpad scrolls Web pages (see "Web Browser" settings)
Added a new option to the system menu, "Minimize Big Picture"
Improved zooming in web browser
Fixed going back to the main menu when selecting some pages inside of settings
Fixed Steam Community landing page not loading in Italian
Fixed being unable to navigate to the right column of Friends settings
Fixed some Steam/XInput controller buttons showing up as "UNKNOWN" when binding shortcuts (ie., taking a screenshot)
Fixed Exit menu popping up when just tapping the Guide button on a controller, not only on a long hold
Fixed watching DOTA 2 broadcasts
Fixed several crashes
Linux:
Fixed failing to send some special characters to games through the Big Picture overlay keyboard
Fixed The Beginner's Guide crashing on startup
Improved multi-monitor support for the Steam Link
Mac OS X:
Fixed Steam Controller failing to work after exiting and relaunching Big Picture mode without restarting Steam
Fixed web pages displaying at 1/4 of their correct size under Big Picture
Broadcasting:
Fixed an unexpected 60fps framerate cap when broadcasting is enabled
VR Mode:
Switched the Steam UI to use the VR dashboard on Windows for Oculus devices.
In-Home Streaming:
Added game controller mouse emulation for game launchers, use right trigger to click
Added new advanced host and advanced client options. Some settings, such as hardware encoder choice, are only accessible from Big Picture mode
Updated game capture modes for improved consistency and reliability
Reduced frame-rate impact of running Big Picture mode while streaming
Improved interactions with third-party overlays such as Uplay
Improved video stream quality when AMD hardware encoding is enabled
Fixed some known causes of black screen flashes
Fixed issues when switching games or when transitioning from launcher to game
Fixed many framerate issues with capture on NVIDIA SLI systems

New in Valve Steam Build 10.11.2015 (Nov 10, 2015)

New in Valve Steam Build 05.11.2015 (Nov 5, 2015)

General:
Improved startup times for users with a large number of games
Added a "Update News" option to the view menu so you can go back to past offers and view their details
Changed controller Steam/Xbox button behavior to fix a collision with the hold-down-for-4-seconds method of turning off the controller:
Old behavior: Hold down 3 seconds to launch Big Picture (or single press if you were in desktop Steam).
New behavior: Pressing once will change focus to Steam if it doesn't have focus. If it has focus, pressing once will launch Big Picture.
Fixed the friends dialog sometimes dismissing if your network connection dropped and reconnected
Fixed play button for non-Steam games showing "Preload" in some cases
Fixed a possible crash when running a badly-formed steam:// URL
Big Picture:
Improved hover behavior when using the mouse to navigate
Significantly improved performance in the Library area for users with a large number of games
Updated status bar look at the top of the main menu
Reorganized the Settings section and fixed several issues with individual pages
Web browser shows hand cursor when hovering over web link
Added support for multiple game library folders
Added support for picking your default install library for Games
Improved performance when rendering large amounts of text
Fixed Steam overlay flickering when using multiple NVIDIA GPUs in SLI configuration
Fixed bad on-screen positioning of Big Picture mode after running games that change display settings
Fixed unexpected switch out of Big Picture mode when displaying content validation messages
Fixed getting stuck in the Library screenshot viewer if you used the guide button
Fixed web pages being partially transparent when moving
Fixed rare crash when navigating through large lists
Fixed crash when using daisy wheel in the Web browser
Fixed mouse wheel not working when hovering the right grid in the Library
Fixed "New For You" items not activating when selected
Fixed in-game crash when using the Daisy Wheel keyboard
Fixed buttons mis-firing on the Steam Controller right after leaving a game
Fixed view CD key button in the overlay being styled incorrectly
Fixed getting stuck in the overlay if you backed out of certain panels before they fully loaded
Fixed focus going to the wrong place if you deleted the last game from the Disk Management page under settings
Steam Controller:
Added a new trackpad mode, Mouse Joystick. This is an alternate way of emulating mouse-style controls for games that disable mouse input when using a gamepad. For best results, we recommend increasing the gamepad camera sensitivity/speed in the game settings.
Added a new trackpad mode, Touch Menu. This mode is useful to bind many infrequently-used hotkeys to a single trackpad. The Big Picture in-game overlay has to be enabled for this feature to work.
Added support for custom controller configurations for Desktop mode
Added option to turn off steam controller when leaving Big Picture mode.
Additional work to prevent noise and drift for the gyro when in a steady state. Calibration will refine when left idle for five seconds if current configuration uses Gyro. If drift is severe, leave idle for 15 seconds for repeated refinements. Note that "always on" is not required for auto-calibration, it happens regardless of button activation.
Made trigger soft and full pull mode-shift and gyro-enable capable buttons
Added the ability to mode shift triggers
Mouse Rotation horizon line visualization is now shown/hidden when adjusted
Added Trigger Mouse Dampening. Squeezing the trigger can now engage a dampening factor to the mouse mode.
Added Joystick Camera option to Gyro.
Added Invert Horizontal and Invert Vertical to mouse/joystick modes.
Added options to configure the suggestion modes of the dualtouch keyboard
Added Legacy configuration option for games with In Game Actions, allowing users to access advanced settings.
Mouse Rotation now visualized as a horizon line when changing the slider.
Gyro Enable Button is now visible in the gyro preferences.
Added support for keyboard/mouse emulation on Mac
Fixed a client crash when running a game with an invalid official controller configuration
Fixed some "gyro enable button" options not applying properly
Fixed bugs preventing controllers from showing up under settings when using a Steam Link
Fixed properly showing binding descriptions for games that have an official configuration
Fixed an issue with emulated analog stick sometimes moving in the wrong direction when fully deflected
Fixed Trigger modes getting stuck on Hip Fire Aggressive
Fixed Rotation visualization for Mouse Joystick
Fixed Mode Shifts not showing up properly on main controller overview.
Fixed Mode Shifts not being disabled by setting the shift button to none.
Fixed loss of input in Portal 2 after losing focus or activating the overlay
In-Home Streaming:
Reduced CPU usage of the streaming client software
Enabled hardware encoding by default, please report issues on the bug forum
Added workarounds for some multi-monitor issues with NVFBC capture mode
Updated AMD hardware encoding SDK for improved Win8+ performance
Improved performance and fixed garbled picture with AMD hardware encoding
Improved performance of some video capture methods for windowed games
Disabled some incompatible capture methods if AMD Crossfire is detected
Improved support for rotated (portrait-mode) monitors
Changed desktop mode to capture one monitor at a time and follow the mouse across monitors
Fixed incorrect display cropping on Linux clients when hardware accelerated decoding is enabled
Fixed a potential cause of black screens when hosting games on a computer with multiple GPUs
Fixed low resolution due to Windows display-scaling settings in NVFBC capture mode
Fixed bugs with streaming multiple-monitor desktops on Windows 8 and higher
Fixed incorrect mouse coordinates in some situations with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Fixed a crash if the user exits Steam while a streaming session is still active
Fixed some causes of audio stutter when streaming at high bitrate
Fixed always-black video on some multi-GPU, multi-monitor systems
Fixed issues with Toki Tori 2 and several other games which rely on VSync for animation timing
Fixed crashes on systems with certain AMD video drivers
Fixed low capture resolution when running games on a high-DPI monitor
Fixed mouse cursor position when text scaling is enabled on the host computer
Fixed mouse clipping issue with fullscreen games
SteamOS + Linux:
Added support for Captured Portal (i.e Hotel Wifi) network configurations
Improved compatibility with XCB games
Fixed being unable to type shifted characters from the virtual keyboard
Mac OS X:
Fixed focus issues when displaying 2 modal dialogs at the same time
Fixed slow shutdown when you had a Steam Controller connected
Windows:
Added a warning and link to troubleshooting steps when Steam detects that Windows Compatibility Mode is interfering with internal functionality
Improved compatibility of the Steam overlay with other third-party overlay software

New in Valve Steam Build 14.10.2015 (Oct 15, 2015)

New in Valve Steam Build 8.10.2015 (Oct 9, 2015)

New in Valve Steam Build 7.10.2015 (Oct 7, 2015)

General:
Updated Web control to Chromium version 45.0.2454.85
Added a notification bar for users who haven't yet added a phone number, to let them know what a good idea it is to have a secure means of recovering their account
Added a separate library category for SteamVR-enabled games
Improved UI responsiveness when adding a firewall rule for a game you are installing
No longer show a top level dialog box for a group event, if you are in game or your friends status is 'busy'
Fixed occasional crash when trying to view users without tags in the friends list
Fixed getting a login dialog in Steam when trying to watch a video that you are already watching in another location
Fixed Workshop downloads being stuck in some cases
Fixed bug causing category info to be missing from the Library in Offline Mode, and sometimes cleared permanently when going back online
Fixed failing to load external Steam content libraries when they shared path names
Big Picture:
First phase of UI refresh including the Home screen, Library, Community and Friends
Added ability to search inside of your Library
Added native Big Picture UI for viewing your achievements, leaderboards, screenshots, artwork, videos, and Workshop Items
Moved access to the Web and Friends panels to the Left and Right shoulder buttons on the controller
Added ability to move the on screen keyboard position when using the Web Browser by pressing the X button
Added additional communication around controller support when viewing games in your library
Added game badge progress in Library detail view
Improved the interaction when using only a mouse in the Library view
Block game controller events when using the Overlay while in game
When using the mouse only hide the cursor once we see keyboard or gamepad input
Fixed URL entry into the Web Browser not submitting correctly
Fixed crash if you mashed the A button on a game controller while accepting a EULA for a game on launch
Fixed situations where Big Picture did not receive focus correctly after exiting a game
Fixed being unable to remove favorites in the web view
Fixed games not installing correctly if you did several in a short period
In-Home Streaming:
Fixed failing to reconnect to a host that you were previously streaming from
Added streaming controller support for Fairy Bloom Freesia and Ys Origin
Fixed graphical issues streaming Dandelion - Wishes brought to you -
Temporarily disabled support for Mac OS X as a streaming host
Fixed a recent bug which could cause the screen to stop drawing while audio still plays
SteamOS/Linux:
Fixed audio port selection not changing when sound cards change
Fixed audio settings wizard to correctly handle unavailable ports
Fixed duplicate entries in audio output selection
Mac OS X:
We are deprecating support for OS X 10.6 in November 2015
Streaming Video:
Localize video controls and messages to match current Steam Client language
Music:
Added support for FLAC, OGG Vorbis, and M4A (both AAC and Apple Lossless)
Added the ability to seek within a playing track

New in Valve Steam Build 12.08.2015 (Aug 13, 2015)

New in Valve Steam Build 24.07.2015 (Jul 25, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 21.07.2015 (Jul 22, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 02.06.2015 (Jun 3, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 14.05.2015 (May 14, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 04.09.2014 (Apr 9, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 02.24.2014 (Mar 25, 2015)

General:
Fixed loading Workshop items in offline mode
Fixed rare corruption of downloaded workshop content
Removed out of date chat dialog notice about "new" item trading feature on first use
Hid unrelated Steam Overlay UI when authorizing an in-game transaction
Broadcast:
Added automatically lowering encoding settings if machine is unable to encode at the minimum required frame rate
Added mini mode for viewing a broadcast so viewers can continue to watch a broadcast while also using the Steam Client window
Added pop out button to move viewing a broadcast from the Steam Client window to a new window
Added viewing a broadcast through Big Picture
Added support for recording only game audio from 64-bit processes on Windows 8
Fixed needing to approve the first viewer of a broadcast twice
In-Home Streaming:
Fixed regression recording audio on Linux
Fixed crash when In-Home Streaming host machine failed to initialize Nvidia hardware encoding or had SLI enabled
Fix capture logic for windows which span multiple monitors
Add support for games which directly set the mouse cursor position
Implemented streaming controller support for Far Cry 4 and Gone Home
In-Home Streaming & Broadcast:
Fixed audio crackle and audio loss experienced by some users after 20+ minutes of streaming on Windows
Extended DirectX 10/11 video recording to support additional games, including Cities: Skylines
Fixed recording audio on computers that have been running for a significant amount of time without a reboot (multiple weeks)
Fixed rare crash when audio recording device returned incorrect timestamps
Big Picture:
Added support for the new Steam controller. The older generation Steam controller is no longer supported.
Fixed current view in the web favorites page being incorrect if you closed multiple tabs at a single time
Fixed possible process hang when stopping video playback
Fixed regressed layout of movie player controls
Fixed rare blank UI if you hit escape at the wrong time during the splash screen
Added hardware pages in Steam Store
When launching a game that is already running, attempt to switch to that game instead of showing an error message
Windows:
Fixed blocking problem affecting some uses of peer-to-peer networking API

New in Valve Steam 02.18.2014 (Feb 19, 2015)

General:
Added UI listing your owned DLC in the library details view
Changed recent games lists to include recent purchases as well as recently played
Added a new Browser settings page with new option to delete the cookies use by the built in Steam browser
Fixed some cases where certain long chat messages could cause long client hangs
Fixed drop down options in settings dialog initially showing as blank
Fixed a crash in OpenGL games when taking a screenshot or recording video
Fixed multiple crashes on shutdown & client restart for update
Fixed check boxes in list panels flickering or not rendering immediately after mouse wheel scroll of the list
Improved responsiveness of library details view for games where you have many friends who play
Fixed case where running a game that has Cloud Sync disabled, when in Offline Mode, could cause existing Cloud files to be overwritten
Fixed rare crash updating task bar icon jump list contents on Windows
Changed menu item to use web site to find driver updates for AMD graphics cards
Fixed bug detecting Windows Compatibility mode set on the Steam Client
Big Picture:
Improved scroll bar behavior when dragging or clicking the bar/thumb regions with the mouse
Fixed potential out-of-memory crash when changing from Steam to Big Picture mode or back again
Improved slider control behavior
Performance improvements for situations with many UI panels updating/painting
Fixed a case where the activity feed could fail to load the right pane contents for roll ups with a large number of items
Fixed a bug where font styling on ranges within labels could be invalid after a resolution change
Fixed video playback over SSL
Fixed a rare crash trying to load zero byte image content
Fixed a crash when playing video
Fixed rare hang on launch or when switching from Steam to Big Picture on Linux
Fixed some text not rendering on Linux
Broadcast:
Added option to record only game audio (new default for all broadcasts)
Broadcasts are now more resilient to failures with system audio recording
Improved mixing of game/system audio and microphone
Fixed some games minimizing when full screen and a broadcast starts
Fixed broadcaster not seeing chat messages if broadcast was stopped then started again during the same game session
Added video encoder tuning setting (prioritize video quality or capture performance)
Fixed regression which would result in broadcasts unexpectedly stopping, usually with "Missing Keyframe"
Fixed changing between push to talk vs. voice activated microphone recording during a broadcast
Don’t show Broadcast notifications in-game if user is offline
Audio from games that require exclusive access to the sound card can be recorded when using the record only game audio setting
Fixed scaling when recording video in OpenGL Core games
In-Home Streaming:
Optimized slice encoding for client decoding capabilities
Fixed crash if Big Picture is opened while streaming
Fixed possible crash when starting a stream
Workshop:
Improved caching of downloaded workshop items
Fixed a bug publishing a Workshop item with a preview image when using an external tool
Virtual Reality Mode:
Fixed a bug where the Steam Client could crash when launching certain VR games

New in Valve Steam 01.24.2014 (Jan 24, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 01.20.2014 (Jan 20, 2015)

New in Valve Steam 11.11.2014 (Nov 13, 2014)

General:
Add finer-grained download throttling settings
Fixed crash in rich text controls
Fixed setting passwords for private beta branches with no content change
Added retail disc support for FreeOnDemand apps without cd-keys
Fixed couple screenshot uploader bugs in displaying the number of characters left in caption
Fixed Steam Cloud sync issues when re-launching a game immediately after exiting it
Added support for playback of full screen HTML5 videos in the Web Browser
Fixed a race condition that could lead to a crash in rare cases on Steam startup
Screenshot manager dialog layout improved to account for longer localized strings
Music background mask updated to improve foreground content legibility
Fixed missing "repeat once" UI string in the desktop Music player
Desktop client graphics updated (Big Picture controller icon, Background images)
Fix performance problem with large numbers of concurrent p2p connections.
Big Picture:
Allow the controller related game launch prompt to be turned off for a game
Fixed being able to add free games and free DLC to your library
Added filtering of promotional messages by platform and controller type
Fixed positioning of some Store carousels when running in low resolutions
Added Early Access indicator to game panel in note section
Added controller and OS support icons to DLC view
Fixed getting stuck at Downloads page with no way to leave
Store and Library improvements have been made to help users identify locally playable content. For more information, visit http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bigpicture#announcements.
Locally playable content featured by default, as OS or input device warrants
Store settings added to enable advanced users to view all Steam content, regardless of local playability
Optional dropdown added to Store, to enable advanced users to quickly switch between viewing locally playable and all Steam content
Search results display locally playable content first
Notes, icons, and cart warning added to store views to indicate additional input and in-home streaming requirements, as applicable
Library default view set to display locally playable games, as appropriate
Improved playback of videos in the Web Browser
Fixed youtube videos reloading when switching tabs in the Web Browser
Windows:
Fixed a race leading to a rare crash when exiting Steam on Windows
Improved in-game overlay compatibility with some newer d3d11 games that utilize IDXGIFactory2 (Audiosurf 2)
In-Home Streaming:
Fixed a regression preventing the stream from stopping when a game exits
Fixed flickering on NVIDIA SLI host configurations
UGC:
Fixed crash when updating a Workshop item using the ISteamUGC interface with a NULL change description
Cached retrieved guides displayed in the overlay

New in Valve Steam 22.10.2014 (Oct 23, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 24.09.2014 (Sep 25, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 28.08.2014 (Aug 29, 2014)

General:
Fixed some password entry fields being too short for existing passwords
Fixed games being installed to a different Steam Library folder than was indicated in the UI
Fixed trade links causing Steam web views to become unresponsive
Fixed incorrect scrollbar skins sometimes appearing in web views
Fixed blurry text in web views under Windows
Fixed a client hang when viewing a Library page with a corrupted workshop thumbnail image
Minor Changes:
Adjusted colors and other visual details per community feedback
Improved handling of suspicious links in chat text
Fixed small-mode UI not refreshing when new games are added to the library
Fixed some UI selection issues when switching between downloads and games views
Mac OS X, Linux, and SteamOS:
Fixed frequent client crashes while playing peer-to-peer networking games
Fixed client crashes when installing games or apps with many small files
Improved client startup time and Steamworks API response time for games
Mac OS X only:
Fixed overlay compatibility issue with some games
Fixed crash when displaying age-check and other dropdown menus in the client
Fixed disconnections caused by OS X Mavericks putting Steam into "App Nap" mode, which prevents Steam from receiving chat and other network messages
Big Picture:
Fixed daisywheel text entry to continue generating capital letters while holding the left trigger
Fixed a failure to capitalize the first word of a line when typing with daisywheel text entry
Fixed some small memory leaks and decreased overall memory usage
Fixed UI navigation errors in the friends invite panel for some users
Fixed some navigation and transition issues in the profile and activity feed
In-Home Streaming:
Improved software decoder performance when using Intel QuickSync hardware encoding
Fixed issue in the Windows DXVA decoder that could cause occasional black screen flashing
Added Intel hardware decoding support using VAAPI on Linux and SteamOS. This requires the i386 intel-vaapi-driver package version 1.3.2 or newer to be installed on the client computer. This will be added to SteamOS in an upcoming update.
Virtual Reality Mode:
Enabled the Virtual Reality Mode menu option in more cases where it appears that the user has used VR before
Added an item to the options menu to re-center the UI in front of the user
Added error reports to make it easier for users to diagnose VR mode problems

New in Valve Steam 15.07.2014 (Jul 18, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 11.07.2014 (Jul 12, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 10.07.2014 (Jul 11, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 02.07.2014 (Jul 3, 2014)

General:
Fixed in-game overlay sometimes not activating on first hot-key press after game launch
Games can be preloaded to any available Steam Library folder
Fixed downloading games in development
Fixed some cases where Steam wasn't asking the user if they wanted to let the game update when re-launching after a game crash
Fix "Recently Played" list generation
Removed defunct “Media” filter from the library filter menu
Added Tools to the Installed and Recently Played library lists
Fixed a bug in the in-game overlay which could lead to a game crash in ShellExecute calls with unexpected parameters
Changed in-game overlay to prefer first created and still in-use swapchain and avoid presenting on multiple swapchains at once
Fixed memory issue and crash when voice API's were sent corrupt data, thanks to Luigi Auriemma from Revuln for the report
Fix buffer overflow from malformed voice packets
Fixed installing games with very large files from retail disc
Big Picture:
Added new library section for browsing and managing user screenshots
Decreased sensitivity of trigger buttons for fast paging in library all games view
Decreased sensitivity of analog triggers for mode switches in daisywheel text input
Fixed hotkeys involving ctrl/alt/shift modifies not functioning in the in-game overlay as intended
Windows: Ensure that we try to forcefully take window focus back on game exit, which deals with some cases where games with launchers could lead windows to restore focus to a random non-Steam window
Windows: Performance improvements for the in-game overlay in D3D9ex, D3D10, D3D10.1, and D3D11 game
Fix a case where the system context menu for the Big Picture window could be activated on game exit and input would then go to it rather than Big Picture
Fix the Remove Friend and Block All Communication buttons in the Profile actions section to function
Fix a rare crash during login inside of Big Picture if Steam is set to start up in Big Picture mode
In-Home Streaming:
Worked around a crash in the latest NVIDIA driver (337.88)
Implemented brightness controls for games like Dark Souls II and Thief
You can toggle windowed mode on the client with Alt-Enter and resize the streaming window
Desktop shortcuts will stream games if they are currently available for streaming
Added 2’ streaming EULA dialog so you don’t have to go to the remote computer to accept it after installing a game
Fixed the menu bar showing on the client on Mac OS X 10.6
Worked around NVIDIA driver crash when streaming games from laptops with NVIDIA GPUs
Fixed the escape key canceling fullscreen mode on Mac OS X
Fixed window size when leaving fullscreen mode on Mac OS X
Streaming uses UDP ports 27031 and 27036 and TCP ports 27036 and 27037
Implemented streaming controller support for games using the Unity engine
Fixed black screen with some launchers when using the Windows 7 Basic theme
Fixed "The streaming client exited unexpectedly (2)" in some cases where D3D9 and OpenGL aren’t available
Added support for XInput based arcade sticks and wheels on Windows clients
Added support for NVIDIA hardware encoding for D3D fullscreen games on GeForce 650+ cards and the latest beta NVIDIA driver (340.43)
Enabled fast desktop capture on Optimus laptops with the latest beta NVIDIA driver
OSX:
Fixed a crash affecting some users running OS X Mavericks
Fixed crash plugging and unplugging a game controller
Fixed incorrectly ellipsizing strings in labels
Virtual Reality:
Added support for VR mode on Linux
Added support for VR mode on OSX

New in Valve Steam 29.05.2014 (May 30, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 27.05.2014 (May 28, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 20.05.2014 (May 22, 2014)

In-Home Streaming:
The Steam In-Home Streaming feature is now available for everyone.
General:
Fix handling of corrupt data during downloads
Fixed several small memory leaks in the Steam client
Fixed a rare crash on workshop image update inside the library details view
DLC can now be disabled in the DLC properties page for a game
Windows:
Fixed a case where Steam could be seen as a voice application on startup and Windows would lower sound of other applications
Steamworks:
Fixed some AppVerifier errors/warnings caused by Steam that could make it hard for games to use AppVerifier to verify the rest of their code
Big Picture:
Added new profile section to the main menu replace the old community section. This brings Big Picture more up-to-date in terms of design and features with desktop/web community and adds better activity feed and profile views
Default all games filter to "On Platform" rather than "All Games" if you are not on Windows
Fix just scrolling by any friend in the Big Picture friends list who has chat history causing the desktop chat for the same friend to open
Change pending friends invitations to collapse into a single friends list entry if there are more than 5 in total
Fix Web/Friends footer buttons not showing in some cases where they were functional and should be shown in the footer
Fix a case where after accepting a friend invite on the web it’s state in Big Pictures friends list would only be partially updated and it would still indicate it was an invite
Improved Big Picture movie audio / video synchronization along with some general video playback improvements
Improved performance in some cases with the Big Picture window out-of-focus/in-game. The biggest gain here is on Linux, but all platforms should see some benefit
Fixed focus when entering the quit menu sometimes not being on the first item
Fixed Steamworks games that utilize the Daisy Wheel for text entry in Big Picture not showing it successfully if they were launched via a launcher or other multi-process scenario
Improved movie playback support and support for animated gifs
Adding of non-Steam games is now directly supported in Big Picture
Non-Steam games now show icon art when available and when no custom art has been set in Big Picture
Fixed a bug where screenshot/out-of-focus mode could kick in when Big Picture had focus if you transitioned into it while already running a game
Fixed a bug where focus may end up in an unexpected place if the button currently in focus is deleted from the UI

New in Valve Steam 24.04.2014 (Apr 25, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 22.04.2014 (Apr 23, 2014)

General:
Added support for regional EULAs
Improved caching of leaderboard API requests
Improved handling of warnings on unrecognized links in chat
Fixed bug causing Windows service log message "Error: Failed to poke open firewall"
Fixed installing games from older retail discs
Fix message shown when you unblock someone
Improved keyboard accessibility in block/unblock success dialog
Fixed removing empty sub folders after game updates
Fixed SteamGuard UI problem preventing login in rare configurations
Fixed launching games dialog getting stuck in "Preparing to launch..." state
Fixed installed apps detecting content updates
Fixed inability to install games or force updates outside of the auto-update time window, if specified
Fixed repeated attempts to apply pending updates to a game that is currently running
Windows:
Improved Steam overlay compatibility with 64-bit games, especially under Windows 8.1
Fixed a hang that occurred when opening the overlay for the second time in some games
Mac OS X:
Improved initial startup time when launching Steam
Fixed crash in some newer games when launched from Steam
Linux + SteamOS:
Updated the steam-runtime for Ubuntu 14.04 compatibility
Fixed potential hang when using certain UI toolkits that relied on SIGCHLD
Fixed a game crash occurring when more than ten processes were attached to the Steam overlay, fixing "CID The Dummy" on Linux
Added support for setting voice input device in Big Picture
Big Picture:
Load correct localized eula if the language changes in the Choose Language panel
Fix progress % displayed for items that are queued for download
Fixed a bug in Web browser where big pages would be erroneously clamped
Fixed UI for pre-loading games
Added login help support for forgotten password and account name
Virtual Reality Mode:
Added “Virtual Reality mode” to the View menu and removed the –vr command line option. This will only appear if SteamVR is installed and if a supported HMD is detected
Added support for switching from desktop mode to VR, then back to desktop and into Big Picture
Added support for detecting when an HMD has been plugged in after Steam has started
When running in VR mode Steam will now open only the VR window and not the normal Big Picture window
Moved VR mode log files under the Steam client install directory

New in Valve Steam 25.02.2014 (Feb 26, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 19.02.2014 (Feb 20, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 27.01.2014 (Feb 12, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 27.01.2014 (Jan 28, 2014)

General:
Renamed family features to better disambiguate between Family Library Sharing and Family View.
Fixed a case where reconnecting to Steam would cause the client to switch back into Family View
Show “invalid file system” if a game tries to install files larger than 4GB on FAT32
Make "View Community Hub" item in a game's context menu go to the game hub if available.
Ukrainian language support added to the Steam Client
Fixed applying wrong region restrictions in some cases
Fixed installing from old retail install discs
Fixed region restrictions for F2P games in some cases
Fixed launching games requiring product keys for DLC (Uplay games etc)
When installing a game, put it at the end of the download queue instead of the front
Big Picture:
Fixed “NoBigPicture” dialogs not showing correctly localized strings
Ensured that “start in Big Picture” setting is automatically cleared if Big Picture fails to launch and one of the “No Big Picture” dialogs is shown so that the next launch will start with desktop UI
Fixed some cases where multi-monitor setups would not fully restore original monitor layout after closing Big Picture when a non primary monitor is chosen for Big Picture use
Changed X360 controller guide button to never trigger desktop UI to Big Picture UI transition if used while a game is in focus
Make characters selected in daisy wheel less obvious for password field text entry
Fix so that Steam controller can be used when assigning overlay screenshot hotkey
Change login panel so "Remember Password" is always visible
Add Change Password UI
Fix using Steam Controller to scroll panels showing EULAs
Significantly faster Big Picture startup on all Mac & many Linux machines.
Add "Validate Content. . ." to Links & More menu, to verify local game content
Reduced CPU/GPU usage when running games in Big Picture mode.
Fixed using the Steam controller to enter passwords
Added an experimental Virtual Reality mode on Windows for use with the Oculus Rift. Launch the Steam Client with –vr on the command line to try it. Please tell us what you think in the Steam VR hub
Linux:
Wait for the network to connect before auto-login
Fix so all supported locales can be used in Daisy Wheel
Fix so that daisy wheel defaults to the correct language after the language is changed
Added ability to control system audio devices in Big Picture via the Audio option under Settings

New in Valve Steam 07.01.2014 (Jan 8, 2014)

New in Valve Steam 12.11.2013 (Dec 12, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 12.03.2013 (Dec 4, 2013)

General:
Add ability to limit what time of day Steam is allowed to automatically update apps
Add option to let other games download while a game is running (this is a per-game setting)
Add download regions for Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa in Canada
Add 'Copy all text to clipboard' context menu option in the System Information dialog.
Update group announcement notifications to link directly to the announcement instead of the group overview page
Delay the download of Steam client updates until there are no games running
On game launch, if there is an update available but we haven't started downloading it yet, ask the user if they want to launch the existing bits or wait for the update.
Improved download rates for users with high throughput but high latency connections
Improved retry behavior when connecting to Steam servers
Improved download rates for internal app meta data
Improved in-game overlay compatibility for some DX10/11 games on Windows 8.1
Fixed the "Allow Steam Community in-game" checkbox getting incorrectly cleared
Fixed the "unread chat messages" action in the inbox opening chat windows with duplicate messages
Fixed hang on start-up if you had a problem connecting to the update server
Fixed cloud sync error when re-launching game right after game exited
Fixed base game being uninstalled in some cases if user hits 'Cancel' while installing additional DLC
Fixed Auto-Cloud for files larger than 100MB
Changed overlay xinput filtering to continue to filter for briefly on close so a button press that closes the overlay is not also seen by games
Big Picture:
Added ability to opt into game betas and edit launch options
Added Inbox item under Linux if your machine requires a reboot due to OS level updates
Allow use of the up and down arrows on the Store description dialog
Fixed infinite loop of Cloud sync error dialogs on game launch
Fixed mouse cursor being visible during startup animation even if it hadn't moved
Fixed some rare cases where a panel would draw stale content after a styles transition completed
Fixed loop in the UI if you navigated from an IM to the web, hit the Steam button to go back and then hit Done in the footer
Fixed password cap locks label not hiding when there was input in the password box
Fixed check for updates button not hiding in the case you had an update ready to restart into
Enabled key repeat on game controller controller buttons
Fixed the "open link in new tab" menu popping into the web browser context menu
Have the web browser select all text when editing the url entry and place the caret at the end of the selection
Don't allow text selection on labels created by the dropdown control
Fixed All Games dropdown not showing custom categories correctly when selected
Fixed being able to restart Steam for an update before login
Linux:
Fix paste pasting stale text.
Fix Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V in client-hosted web page text controls.
Fix incorrect foregrounding of a blank window in some -silent startup cases.
Fixed corrupt check box and radio button images on web pages
Fixed game controller hot-plugging not working
Fix runtime bootstrap rewriting so that if this process interrupted, steam is not left in an inconsistent non-startable state.
Fixed crash on linux if /proc/net/route isn't available
Fixed missing cursor in Akaneiro when using the overlay
Fixed Steam failing to re-launch on shutdown if some open sockets took too long to close
The overlay now saves and restores the games gamma settings when invoked
Fixed overlay not displaying in some runtime configurations
Mac OS X:
Show the correct error if we're out of disk space during an update

New in Valve Steam 10.30.2013 (Oct 31, 2013)

General:
Updated Downloads section, including download-queue management and quick links to throttling and app update settings
Added "High Priority" app update setting - Steam will prioritize automatic updates for that app
Added support for displaying default button text for default HTML controls in the Web control
Update notification indicator when opting into/out of notifications for an app
Updated SDL with the 2.0.1 release, improving game controller support
Moved server browser max pings /minute setting from "Downloads" to "In-Game" tab of Settings dialog
Improve in-game performance when enumerating community items for some users who have used a very large number (thousands) of workshop items in Portal 2 or hero builds in Dota 2
Fixed issue retrieving stale data for a Steam Workshop file, immediately after publishing a Steam Workshop file
Fixed failing to run a game if it had a very long optional command and triggered the warning dialog
Fixed crash on exit for the overlay
Fixed running some install script steps on 2nd game install
Fixed issue with ever-increasing playtime for games that aren't running
Big Picture:
Added Big Picture Offline Mode indicator / Go Online button in top row, visible when in offline mode
Added a RESET option when configuring a game controller
Added option to join Steam Client Beta's from the Settings page
Added button to check for Steam Client updates from the Settings page
Improved transition when launching a game
Fixed screensaver not enabling sometimes when a game controller was being used
Fixed errors when refreshing your Steam login
Fixed Javascript alerts and dialogs showing incorrectly when using the web browser
Fixed being unable to click Accept on the SSA dialog if running Steam for the first time
Fixed UI loop when using the History button of the Account settings page
Fixed custom categories not showing when selected in the All Games view
Fixed launching game while another game launch was already in progress
Windows:
Fixed a bug where maximizing would lead to an incorrectly sized window if the Steam window was on a secondary monitor that has the primary taskbar positioned on it
Workaround to post fewer win32 message in the in-game overlay for games that don’t reliably drain the queue
Linux:
Better track games that use an intermediate launcher
Fixed text incorrectly getting ellipses in some Big Picture controls
Fixed crash at startup with certain window managers
OSX:
Fixed Microphone selection not updating when changed in the settings dialog

New in Valve Steam 10.08.2013 (Oct 10, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 10.04.2013 (Oct 8, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 09.20.2013 (Sep 24, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 09.06.2013 (Sep 10, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 08.28.2013 (Aug 29, 2013)

Steam:
Fixed a bug which prevented the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Privacy Agreement from being displayed when creating a new account
Fixed some cases that may have been the cause of non-Steam game shortcuts disappearing
Change Steam to not require a restart when going from offline mode to online mode at login time
Fixed cases where the client could become stuck in Offline Mode
Fixed a bug that prevented login after encountering a network error
Library now always shows free games if you own any of its DLC
Fixed crash on startup if you ran two steam:// commands quickly
Fixed a potential crash shutting down Steam or halting content downloads
Improved Steam Client responsiveness when performing network uploads
Fixed a bug which caused Workshop and Steam Cloud file uploads to fail
Fixed a crash when downloading or updating games
Fixed a crash when quitting some multiplayer games
Changed Steamworks API calls to fail fatally if Steam.exe has crashed so that the game will fail in a user visible manner (vs some games appearing to run but failing to save progress to Steam Cloud and users later discovering all progress was lost)
Fixed loading sound caches for Zombie Panic Source Mod
Big Picture:
Work around a regression caused by recent versions of GeForce Experience which prevented the guide button from working on X360 controllers
Fixed a bug where a X360 controller assigned a player index > 0 by XInput may not be used properly on Windows
Decreased texture memory usage and increased performance in some scenarios where parts of the UI are transformed offscreen
More aggressive caching of custom font data leading to improved rendering perf in some transitions in/out of text heavy UI on Windows
Added new multi-user login and create account UIs
Added shutdown UI
Added Go Offline / Go Online to the Quit UI
Added network connectivity error UI during login
Changed Web Browser behavior when using a keyboard/mouse to not allow over scroll and to behave more like a normal browser in terms of scrolling, gamepad behavior is unchanged
Fixed a Web Browser bug where links that open in a new tab/popup could initially load very slowly
Fixed a bug in the Web Browser where scrolling via any input method would cause the underlying browser implementation to believe the mouse cursor had centered on the screen and would then cause spurious hover/tooltip display in some pages
Fixed an issue that could cause overlay notification messages to stop appearing randomly after some period of gameplay time
Fixed styles regression with main menu buttons jumping to the right on transitions back from deeper UI
Fixed styles regressions transitioning in and out of “New for you” display
Fixed styles issue making prices get truncated in the store view at times when a featured game had a long title/description
Big Picture store can show Linux support icons
Linux/Mac OS X:
On OS X 10.9 point to the new Preference location for the Accessibility interface
Fixed particle system fuzziness in Big Picture on Linux and OSX to match Windows
Updated Steam Client to use the latest version of SDL2
Fixed a memory leak during voice communication on Linux
Fixed a crash in the Big Picture web browser on Linux
Improved Big Picture OpenGL rendering, added support for more complex gradient types, fixed inset shadow renderering and fixed jittering of some effects due to float to int rounding
Fixed overlay crash on non-Steam app shutdown on Linux
Fixed Steam crash on Linux systems with no USB support
Fixed Linux display of game shortcut names for games with non-ASCII letters in the name
Fixed some Big Picture crashes playing YouTube video on Linux
Improve Steam client support for XFS and large drives on Linux
Fixed web browsing while in offline mode to load the proper offline mode page

New in Valve Steam 07.29.2013 (Jul 30, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 07.09.2013 (Jul 10, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 07.08.2013 (Jul 9, 2013)

General:
Added a confirmation dialog when launching a game via a steam URL with optional command line parameters, so the user can be sure the game is launching with the options they want
Added a "friendly machine name" when Steam-Guarding an account
Changed data format of client updates to improve compatibility with flawed proxy servers
During login, if Steam can't be reached and the user has entered a username we've never seen before, pop a dialog and ask them to login again
When returning to the login dialog and we've cleared the username field, put the keyboard focus on the empty username box instead of the password box
Updated Web controls user-agent to better reflect the code it is based off
Updated to Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0 Release Candidate
Fixed failing to update a game properly if an unexpected folder exists in the install directory for a game and we want to replace it with a new file
Fixed green inbox count not always including the count of offline messages available
Fixed selecting ‘X unread chat messages’ to always bring the newly opened chat dialog into focus
Fixed memory leak when an update for Steam was pending
Fixed uploading some large files to the Steam Cloud
Fixed memory leak when hovering URLs in the HTML control
Fixed workshop items not clearing from the download status label when completed
Fixed crash when getting lots of friends updates and you have a large friends list
Fixed password reset error when sending trade requests also causing the new device message to display
Fixed crash on launch for some third party DRM protected games under Windows
Linux:
Added support for 64-bit Linux titles
Fixed finding Steam client skins on Linux
Fixed crash looking at community images on Linux
Fixed Linux Steam overlay not restoring the proper mouse cursor in certain situations
Fixed resource leak on game exit leading to graphics corruption on Linux
Big Picture:
Add support in big picture mode for Brazilian payment methods
Change the action icon on the games page in the library to be a download icon when a game is updating
The play button on a games library page is now disabled if the game is not available on your platform
Fixed being unable to launch some games after a download is complete
Fixed focus issue with the startup UI when the intro movie terminates early
Fixed updating background images in the library details view even when not visible while a game is running
Fixed potential crash in library details if a game has guides available and you quickly enter and exit the details view

New in Valve Steam 06.06.2013 (Jun 6, 2013)

General:
Fixed a possible UI hang at startup
Improved reliability for Steamworks P2P networking
Added multi-pass retry logic for Steam client updating process
Added the ability to temporarily override the download bandwidth limit when launching a game that needs updating
Removed “Approximate speed of your connection” selector from Settings->Downloads. This was only used to set a default “rate” setting for some Valve and Source Engine games. The default rate value is correct for almost everyone and the value should be adjusted in each game if appropriate going forward .
Fixed game update issue when an unexpected folder exists in the install directory and we need to replace it with a file
Fixed restoring game backups for Half-Life and Half-Life 2 engine based games
Fixed picking the wrong Steam Library folder for games with dependencies on already installed games
Fixed a case where the toast from an incoming chat message would show an older message instead of the most recent
Improved “Time remaining” calculation when downloading or updating games
Fixed Half-Life mods running the incorrect binary on OSX/Linux
Fixed desktop dialog layout when running an install script
Increased the size of Big Picture and Steamworks API HTTP caches on disk, but also added a 10k file per cache upper limit on individual file count regardless of total disk space used
Improved reliability of store/community web auto-login inside the client in some unusual HTTP proxy environments
Linux: Fix shift and control key state sticking sometimes, such as during screenshot selection
Big Picture:
Fixed a case where footer buttons could double activate and trigger the activation failure sound erroneously
Added support for purchasing subscription based games
Fixed a case where input focus could escape modal dialogs incorrectly
Fixed a rare crash if running Big Picture and alt-tabbed to another non-Steam and non-game window while Steam is trying to show a notification
OSX/Linux: Fix for re-sizing Big Picture after a game changes the screen resolution

New in Valve Steam 06.05.2013 (May 7, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 03.05.2013 (May 7, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 22.04.2013 (Apr 25, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 01.04.2013 (Apr 3, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 27.03.2013 (Mar 28, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 18.03.2013 (Mar 26, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 25.02.2013 (Feb 27, 2013)

New in Valve Steam 17.01.2013 (Jan 18, 2013)

Added list of favorite and popular Guides to overlay
Fixed layout of installation wizard when installing multiple apps.
Fixed rare occurrence of prompting a user to accept the same Steam Subscriber Agreements multiple times.
Fixed stopping game installation when pressing cancel button in installation wizard
Disabled trade menu item in multi-user chats
Fixed retail disc install error "missing app configuration"
Big Picture: Added support for notifying the user when logging into an account that has already logged in on another machine
Big Picture: Fixed bug where chat notifications might not be displayed when in game.
Big Picture: Fixed possibly displaying multiple countdown timers in the store
Big Picture: Fixed loading animations disappearing before loading was complete
Big Picture: Fixed crash when entering Big Picture mode while in a voice chat
Big Picture: Fixed potentially losing input focus while searching the store
Big Picture: Fixed size of main menu UI sometimes being incorrect when navigating backward in the store
Big Picture: Added displaying a list of all DLC for an application in the store
Big Picture: Fixed copied text range sometimes being incorrect if you selected the text to copy in a backwards direction via the mouse
Big Picture: Support closing URL open dialog in friends chats with cancel hotkey/button
Big Picture: Fix favorite counts not updating in all games view when you add/remove favorites prior to next restart
Big Picture: Fix pending friend invites showing up as background of community rather than actual friends
Big Picture: Improve perf loading community tab background/friends list
Big Picture: Fix rendering issue with some panels with rounded corners and box shadows with â€“fulldesktopres command line param
Big Picture: When in the main Steam view (not in-game overlay) support clicking notification toasts to activate
Big Picture: Fix footer in main Steam window being disabled while a game is running even if you alt-tab back out to Steam
Big Picture: Fixed missing string in delete local content confirmation for applications
Big Picture: Fixed friend and group chats scrolling to bottom on new message even when you are actively trying to scroll the chat yourself
Big Picture: Fixed mouse wheel scrolling of carousels sometimes getting stuck on leftmost panel
Big Picture: Added list of favorite and popular Guides to library and overlay