An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.
General
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 small-mode UI not refreshing when new games are added to the library
- Fixed spacing errors in Friends UI when player avatars are hidden
- Fixed a client hang when viewing a Library page with a corrupted workshop thumbnail image
- Fixed minor UI selection issues when switching between Library view and the Downloads panel
- Improved handling of suspicious links in chat text
- Adjusted colors and other visual details per community feedback
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
- Fixed frequent client crashes while playing peer-to-peer networking 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
- Fixed overlay compatibility issue with some games
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
- Fixed daisywheel text entry to continue generating capital letters while holding the left trigger
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.
- Improved software decoder performance when using Intel QuickSync hardware encoding
Steam Music Beta
This update will recreate the music database, and trigger an automatic recrawl of music files.- Added the ability to create, play and manage Playlists
- Added Music library access to the desktop overlay
- Added display of track positions, track count and overall duration in albums and playlists
- Added display of disc number if disc number is >= 2 in album title
- Removed ‘Play Next’ functionality in favor of simplicity
- Improved crawling such that artist names are now case insensitive
- Fixed several other minor user interface issues
- Added the ability to create, play and manage Playlists
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
- Enabled the Virtual Reality Mode menu option in more cases where it appears that the user has used VR before
