Team Fortress 2 Update Enables Previous Halloween Events; New Steam Client Update

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  • Team Fortress 2 Update Enables Previous Halloween Events; New Steam Client Update

    Two updates for you tonight from Valve. First up is a new Team Fortress 2 update that re-enables the Halloween events from previous years in preparation for this year's event. There is also a new Steam client update tonight.


    Changelog for TF2 and Steam for updates released October 22, 2014

    Team Fortress 2
    - Scream Fortress Classic begins!
    -- In preparation for Scream Fortress 2014 we've enabled all previous Halloween events

    - Fixed The Larval Lid not using the correct Blue team material

    Steam Client
    General
    - Fixed error "Invalid Depot Config" while updating a game owned by multiple users on the same computer
    - Improve voice chat protocol for multiple sessions
    - Fixed "flushconfig" causing Steam to forget non-standard game install folders
    - Fixed slow game startup when the game has many "deleted" files in the Steam Cloud
    - Added preliminary support for games using the Mantle graphics API

    Big Picture
    - Added ability to set the search provider used when entering text into the Web Browsers url bar, under the Interface area in Options.
    - Fixed a bug where known controller bindings would sometimes not be communicated to the game when Steam started in Big Picture mode

    Steam Music Player
    - Fixed saving out 'Media Keys enabled' on Windows
    - Removed the setting for enabling media keys for OS X and Linux, because it is not available on these platforms
    - Scanning for new music only on complete downloads, reducing the numbers of scans
    - Fixed Settings > Interface > Set Taskbar Preferences
    - Made usage of media keys optional, default is off
    - Added plus button next to Album/Artist button to make it easier to add music
    - Music scanner includes soundtracks in game directories containing "Sound Track" as name
    - Fixed rare case of accidental grabbing focus on startup in 2' UI

    In-Home Streaming
    - Fixed gradual framerate drop over time
    - Fixed not being able to stream if you copy a Steam installation to another computer

    Linux
    - Fixed gamepad entry repeating quickly when running under a locale that doesn't use the decimal point character for floating point numbers
    - Changed Steam Cloud file paths to be preserve case instead of converting to lowercase. This will not retroactively affect files already synced to the cloud.
    - Added default controller bindings for Xbox One controllers
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