Steam Client Updated

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Another update for the Steam client was released last night. The update offers more fixes for 3rd party Source mods and provides a handful of other various tweaks.

Steam Client


• Fixed HTML control not displaying correctly under Windows 98
  
  
• Improved launching behavior of 3rd party games
  
  
• Stopped storefront page from loading when using the mini-games list
  
  
• Fixed "Processing ..." label staying visible after Steam had finished launching

On your mark, get set, restart your Steam client!

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Steam Client Updated

Tonight, a new Steam client update was released. The update addresses a few minor issues and will be applied upon your next restart of Steam.

Steam Client


• Fixed Purchase Wizard getting corrupt text when the back button was pressed
  
  
• Added ability for 3rd party Source Mods to have an icon in the games list, via an "icon" entry in their GameInfo.txt file. The icon filename is relative to games install directory and should be an uncompressed TGA 16x16 pixels in size
  
  
• Fixed small memory leak in core engine

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Steam Client Updated

A brand spanking new update was just released for the Steam client.

Steam Client


• Steam Subscriber Agreement updated
  
  
• Added game manual support for 3rd party games
  
  
• The serverbrowser filter lists only games you own
  
  
• Fixed crash when launching Steam from inside of a 16-bit app (i.e. the installer)
  
  
• Added steam://connect/

You know the drill by now!

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Steam Client Updated

A new update to the Steam client has just been released to the masses. Read on for the small changelog.

Steam Client


• Changed Steam news messages to not display during game launch or Windows startup
  
  
• Improved offline detection when Steam launches during Windows startup (helps with wireless connection delays)
  
  
• Fixed a crash which would occur when Steam had been running for a long period of time on certain computers
  
  
• Fixed confirmation dialogs when adding or removing the "Half-Life High Definition pack" via web page links
  
  
• Fixed several user interface bugs

Restart your Steam clients in order to grab this update.

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Steam Client Updated

A new update was just released for the Steam client. This update includes a handful of additions to the game browser, and fixes to the friends network.

• Friends now displays the game you are playing to all your friends
  
  
• Attempting to add a Friend who doesn't have a Steam account will now give you the option to send them an email, inviting them to become one
  
  
• The words 'valve' or 'steam' are no longer available for use in the Friends name
  
  
• Fixed game install dialog over estimating install size for games that shared content
  
  
• Added a "Don't Show me Again" checkbox to the System Requirements dialog for games
  
  
• Fixed FPS drop after running a listen server

As per the usual, restart Steam in order to grab this update!



Update: The fix for gldsrc games (IE: CS1.6) has been released. They should work as intended now.

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Steam Client Updated

A small Steam client update was released tonight.

• Fixed positions of steam windows getting moved when running full-screen low-res games
  
  
• Fixed the "access denied" error when playing a media file

You know the drill by now. If you don't, then welcome to CS-Nation!

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Steam Client Updated

The Steam client was updated tonight with just a couple of fixes.

• Made startup times faster
  
  
• Fixed uninstalled games showing "Download Paused" if you changed languages

To grab this update, restart your Steam client right this very second! Seriously, there is no time to waste!

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Steam Client Updated

A new Steam client update was released just a short time ago.

• Made startup and store loading times faster
  
  
• New hardware survey

I believe this marks about the third or fourth client update in a row where loading times have decreased for the client. It seems we're almost at the point where the program will load before you ever even finish double clicking the launch icon.

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Steam Client Updated

A brand new update has just been released for the Steam client. And by "just released" I mean it was released at some point within the past 24 hours. That is just how up-to-date I am on this stuff!

• Added support for PayPal; customers can now shop on Steam and pay using a PayPal account
  
  
• Fixed Source engine mods not launching correctly on 64-bit systems
  
  
• Fixed case where Steam could run multiple instances simultaneously on a single machine
  
  
• Fixed Steam store not showing game install status correctly when a large number of games were installed

PayPal looks to be officially supported now. There were still a few reports of some issues with Germany and parts of Europe, but this is on PayPal's end of things and not Valve's.

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Steam Client Updated

It seems as though the Internet has been keeping me busy today. Valve has released an update to the Steam client just a short time ago.

• Fixed occasional crash when launching a game
  
  
• Fixed rare serverbrowser crash for unresponsive game servers
  
  
• Fixed case where certain games would need to download more content than required

You know the drill!

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Steam Client Updated

There was a small update released tonight for the Steam client. The update is in preparation for the upcoming Red Orchestra update, fixes a few Vista specific errors, and updates the hardware survey.[break="complete change listing"]

• Support for the upcoming Red Orchestra update
  
  
• New version of the Hardware Survey to capture recent operating system and video card releases
  
  
• Fixed bug causing the Check for updates dialog to always display "Checking for updates..."
  
  
• Fixed desktop shortcuts and web links in Windows Vista

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Steam Client Updated

A new client update was rolled out just a short while ago for Steam.

• Fixed serverbrowser filters not correctly saving
  
  
• Fixed storefront reloading multiple times on launch
  
  
• Refresh the storefront on purchase, so the store page switches to the "launch" button
  
  
• Added the /me emote command to Steam Chats
  
  
• Fixed game overlay somtimes rendering tranparent characters
  
  
• Fixed incorrect layout of group chats
  
  
• Fixed content server selection for clients in some locations

At present the /me command is broken. You will see your own text, but nobody else in the chat will see it. A fix is expected, but no ETA at the moment.

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Steam Client Updated

A new Steam client update is now available for all Steam users. This update has been in public BETA for over a week, so most of the bugs should be ironed out.

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

You should be prompted to restart your clients once the update is downloaded.

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Steam Client Updated

The Steam client has been updated today. This update, which has been in BETA for a few days, offers up some performance increases and fixes.

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

Your client should prompt you for a restart.

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Steam Client Updated

A red hot update was release tonight for the Steam client. Restart your clients if you haven't already received this update!

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

That cache corruption seems to have gotten the best of my fiancee the other day when she had to download nearly 400MB of TF2 again post-defrag. Glad to see it, among other issues, have been fixed.