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What's new in this version:
Steam 31.07.2020
- Reduced sensitivity of chat filtering in supported games
- lowered CPU overhead of some Steam Input API call patterns. This works around a performance issue in Death Stranding
Steam 28.07.2020
- Fixes an issue with launching games
Steam 23.07.2020
- Fix an issue with chat in certain games
Steam 10.07.2020
- Note: This update has been re-released on July 15th to fix an issue causing web views to crash and reload in certain conditions on 32-bit versions of Windows and new installs of Steam.
General:
- Fix Steam chat windows sometimes not showing when activated if the chat window was created during a full-screen game
- Removed the "Music Details" menu option. Soundtrack content can still be accessed through the Library
- Fixed an issue with repeated "Friend is now playing" notifications when playing a game with a friend that is in Invisible mode or has their game library set to private.
Steam Input:
- Fix inverted Softpress activators firing when inputs are inactive
- Add visualization of Softpress activator values in the configurator when adjusting the threshold value
- Improve the Mouse delta binding feature to allow for larger mouse deltas, this should allow for binding a controller action to a 180 degree turn first/third person camera games
- Add a Soft Press activator that triggers on a threshold for an analog value, allowing for an arbitrary number of analog threshold bindings. This activator is available under the Soft Pull binding slot for triggers and the Outer Ring binding slot for joysticks or trackpads and overrides the normal threshold settings for those binding slots when bound
- Added a relative mouse delta binding – this is useful for mouse/kb style games where you want to click on right click context menu option
Remote Play:
- Fixed invisible I-beam cursor on some computers
- Added tooltips for the controller overlay buttons
Big Picture:
- Fixed broken localization token for uninstalled games
- Fixed the overlay activating after taking a screenshot
macOS:
- Fix OS detection when running on macOS 11 beta. Steam will currently treat it as macOS 10.15.
Linux:
- Updated 'scout' steam runtime to 0.20200604.0
- Improve security of the /tmp/dumps directory (used by the client to write crash reports - CVE-2020-13982)
Steam 08.07.2020
General:
- Fix Steam chat windows sometimes not showing when activated if the chat window was created during a full-screen game
- Removed the "Music Details" menu option. Soundtrack content can still be accessed through the Library
- Fixed an issue with repeated "Friend is now playing" notifications when playing a game with a friend that is in Invisible mode or has their game library set to private
Steam Input:
- Fix inverted Softpress activators firing when inputs are inactive
- Add visualization of Softpress activator values in the configurator when adjusting the threshold value
- Improve the Mouse delta binding feature to allow for larger mouse deltas, this should allow for binding a controller action to a 180 degree turn first/third person camera games
- Add a Soft Press activator that triggers on a threshold for an analog value, allowing for an arbitrary number of analog threshold bindings. This activator is available under the Soft Pull binding slot for triggers and the Outer Ring binding slot for joysticks or trackpads and overrides the normal threshold settings for those binding slots when bound
- Added a relative mouse delta binding – this is useful for mouse/kb style games where you want to click on right click context menu option
Remote Play:
- Fixed invisible I-beam cursor on some computers
- Added tooltips for the controller overlay buttons
Big Picture:
- Fixed broken localization token for uninstalled games
- Fixed the overlay activating after taking a screenshot
macOS:
- Fix OS detection when running on macOS 11 beta. Steam will currently treat it as macOS 10.15.
Linux:
- Updated 'scout' steam runtime to 0.20200604.0
- Improve security of the /tmp/dumps directory (used by the client to write crash reports - CVE-2020-13982)
Steam 03.06.2020
General:
- Fixed multiple issues around CS:GO and Dota 2 when running in China
macOS:
- Fixed creating shortcuts that include non-ASCII characters
Steam Input:
- Fixed regression related to dpad mode and user created deadzones
Steam 01.06.2020
Remote Play:
- Added an option to share your IP address and attempt to establish a direct connection. The connection will still be relayed if NAT traversal fails or the relayed route is faster.
- Throttle downloads on the client while streaming, if that option is enabled in the Download settings
- Prevent downloads on the client while streaming, if "Allow downloads during gameplay" is not enabled in the Download settings
- Changing Remote Play settings on the client will affect any current streaming sessions
- Reduced the cursor scale when streaming to mobile devices
SteamNetworkingSockets:
- Improved routing for P2P connections
- Connections to the local user now go through internal loopback instead of being relayed over the Internet
- Fix crash bug when attempting P2P connection to self
- Fix bug causing excessive pings to be sent if connection starts timing out
Steam Input:
- Fixed hang enumerating some rare USB devices on Windows
SteamVR:
- Fixed hang on SteamVR startup on Windows 7
Steam 14.05.2020
General:
- Fix crash when page search bar is dismissed while a search is in progress
Library:
- Added a new library shelf "Play Next", which recommends unplayed games from your library (similar to the Steam Labs experiment of the same name)
Steam Overlay:
- Fix an OpenGL game crash that could be caused in rare cases after a screen resolution change while the overlay is not up
Steam Cloud:
- Fix to have Steam use the correct local relative path for game data for some games on linux
Steam Workshop:
- Fixed workshop downloads never finishing in some cases
SteamVR:
- Turned off running in Game Theater for configuration, dedicated server, editor, and manual launch options
Steam Input:
- Fixed compatibility issues with Thrustmaster’s Thustmapper software
Remote Play:
- Fixed broadcasting on macOS for systems with network interfaces that have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
macOS:
- Fixed some cases of text not displaying in Steam client dialogs
Steam 27.04.2020
Library:
- Allow selection and copy of text from news popups
Steam Chat:
- Fixed voice chat audio issues when system is under heavy load
Steam Cloud:
- Fixed possible Steam client crash when playing a game using Stats and Achievements while in Offline Mode
Steam Overlay:
- Improved Steam Overlay and FPS counter performance for games using Vulkan async compute (such as DOOM Eternal)
Steam Input:
- Added a binding listener mode to the controller configuration selections screen. To use, hit listen button then hit the gamepad input, keyboard, or mouse key you would like to bind.
- Added joystick visualization to the controller calibration screen
- Added ability to display screenshots in the mouse cursor position binding screen. Screenshots can be scrolled through with left/right arrow keys.
- Added support for the Thrustmaster ESwap Pro and Giotek VX4 PS4 Controllers
- Added support for the PDP Afterglow Wireless Switch Controller (over BT only)
- Fixed bug with automatic action set switching based on cursor visibility when multiple controllers are connected
- Fixed the desktop version of the on-screen keyboard stealing focus from windows it is typing into
- Fixed bug with reading the L2/R2 buttons on the Victrix FS Pro fight stick
- Fixed a bug where we saved out incorrect mouse cursor position bindings when the game wasn't running or when running the Steam Input configurator outside of the Big Picture Mode overlay.
- Fixed Steam Link App touch screen radial menus activating selections before thumb is lifted and center menu items not being activated
Remote Play:
- Improved performance and smoothness of Remote Play Anywhere
- Added optional touch controls for Windows tablets (enabled in the advanced client settings for Remote Play)
Remote Play Together:
- Show the name of the game being played in the overlay when started from Big Picture
Remote Play Mobile:
- Added the ability for touch control virtual buttons to also activate a left stick, right stick, or trackpad. (Useful for games where you fire, aim, and move at the same time.)
Big Picture Mode:
- Fixed Partial Controller Support games displaying a keyboard indicator in the library grid view
- Fixed family view pin screen not accepting mouse/touch input
- Fixed several localization issues
macOS:
- Fixed prompting for microphone permissions on Mojave (10.14) and above
SteamNetworkingSockets:
- Fixed crash bug when closing listen socket if poll groups are used
SteamVR:
- Filtered out Oculus SDK launch options while SteamVR is running using a non-Oculus headset
Steam 03.04.2020
- Change log not available for this version
Steam 26.03.2020
General:
- During game install allow the user to pick a different language if they’ve changed the per-game language setting or previously installed the game in a different language
- Fixed a rare crash Steam could cause in some Steam VR helper processes when Steamworks is initialized in an unexpected manner
- Fixed Steam client crash when errors are encountered in audio encoding or decoding when running a game using Steam Voice
- Fixed achievement notification images for some games
- Fixed the achievement section of library game pages not updating when a user gains an achievement
- Fixed intermittent failures in broadcast, YouTube and other web video playback. If you are currently or have previously experienced this please ensure that the “Enable hardware video decoding” setting is enabled in the Interface tab of settings.
- Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 79.0.3945.117
Library:
- Decreased the number of network requests made when initially loading a game page
- Added the ability to resize the game list by dragging the divider between the left and right panels
- When viewing game details for a demo, added a section with a link to the main game.
- Fix formatting of game reviews displayed in activity feed
- Fixed long lists of trading cards not properly wrapping in game activity sections
- Fixed What's New section not resizing properly when Automatic display size is selected
- Fixed the play bar freaking out when scrolled to the top on very short windows when viewing game details for games with very little content in the right panel
Chat:
- Improved the performance of large chat room groups
Steam Cloud:
- Fixed using multiple Steam accounts on one machine under the same local user – if the game files are written to a common (non-Steam) location, they were previously mixed between Steam accounts
- Fixed inability to download files greater than 256MB
Steam Input:
- Increased responsiveness of Switch Controllers when alt-tabbing
- Added support for the Victrix Pro FS with Touch Pad.
- Fixed some cases where Switch Controllers could lock up Steam on Windows
Steam Networking Sockets:
- Fixed a bug that could cause a P2P connection to drop if a relay went offline while in use
Remote Play:
- Added a controller overlay with mouse mode, on-screen keyboard functionality and more! Default way to bring up is a long press of the Back button and can be configured in Remote Play settings.
- Added the option to record/playback input from the controller overlay when on the Windows login screen
- Added loading screen tips for useful functionality, including which button opens the overlay
- Added additional detail when running install scripts during PC to PC streaming
- Added Steam Overlay to the streaming client in Remote Play Together.
- Reduced audio dropouts when streaming microphone input
- Fixed sending controller input to the remote side in Remote Play Together
- Fixed muted audio when streaming after an RDP session
- Fixed controller overlay showing up automatically when connecting
- Fixed doubled up controller input when doing PC to PC streaming
- Fixed black screen when streaming from a locked computer
- Fixed Play button saying "Stop" instead of "Connect" when the stream stops unexpectedly
- Fixed crash in Remote Play Together when one or more player has a controller connected
- Fixed characters being doubled when typing in foreign languages.
- Fixed remote client discovery when using link-local ipv4 addresses (IP auto-configuration)
- Fixed low audio volume when starting the stream
- Fixed VR games getting auto filtered during a VR session when a Remote Play spectator is connected.
- Fixed several stability issues during launching, task switching, overlay, and shutdown of various games.
- Fixed custom cursor size on specific games such as Heroes of Might and Magic III HD Edition.
- Fixed player names displaying in the wrong position for InGame and Snooze status.
Big Picture Mode:
- Added plumbing to use the desktop client’s image cache for games. Game icons should now load quicker and start working in offline mode.
- Added the ability to rumble controllers in the “Reorder Controllers Dialog”. Controllers which support LED color such as the DS4 will also have the controller’s LED color setting reflected in the controller image.
- Fixed navigating community content panels for games w/ mature content
- Fixed some cases where the Overlay would not come up when using a controller w/ gyro bound to mouse in Steam Input
SteamVR:
- Fixed incorrectly adding non-Steam app screenshots to SteamVR
- Fixed some hybrid 2D/VR games not appearing in the VR UI
Steam 11.02.2020
General:
- Fixed non-Steam games sometimes appearing unavailable for Remote Play
- Fixed steamwebhelper CPU/GPU usage in Steam overlay while the overlay is not visible
Library:
- Fixed Activity section not appearing in game details when Family View is enabled
- Fixed "Load More Activity" button not loading more activity
- Fixed some display errors for soundtracks with track names containing unusual characters
- Added support for playing back soundtracks containing .m4a content
- When installing a game, Steam will now immediately sync your Steam Cloud files in the background instead of waiting potentially until the first launch of the game.
- Minor layout and visual changes
- Stop showing "library in use" message for non-Steam games when a shared library is being used
Big Picture:
- Fix issue with the Big Picture Overlay in games w/ launchers
- Fixed crash when viewing Community Connect in Library
- Fix an issue where the on-screen keyboard would not work with mouse or touch input when a controller is attached
- Add a Capslock/Altlock mode to the on-screen keyboard which is enabled by double tapping the shift/alt keys.
- Remove the “Turn Off Controller” option from the power button menu for controllers which don’t support the feature
- Add filter a for Steam Play white-listed games to the Big Picture Library’s filter list on Linux
SteamVR:
- Hide games hidden by Family View from SteamVR (prevents them from showing up in SteamVR Home and other VR quick launch game lists).
- Hide automatically created VR shortcuts when the original manifest has marked them hidden.
- Mark hidden shortcuts to VR games as hidden in manifests created by Steam.
- Steam overlay will now show download status when starting an application that is updating or installing.
- Eliminated spam related to the desktop overlay on Windows 10
- Fixed issue with Quick Launch in SteamVR showing certain overlay applications
macOS:
- Fixed intermittent Steam client and overlay crashes for certain system configurations
- Fixed some keyboard control keys not being handled correctly by Big Picture browsers
Remote Play Together:
- Added ability to invite players by dragging them from the friend's list into the Remote Play Together window
Steam Link:
- When a Steam Link connects, the default view is recent games that are optimized for the connecting device. This can be changed in the advanced streaming settings on the Steam Link app or hardware.
SteamNetworkingSockets:
- Fix a bug with multiple P2P connections from the same peer
Steam 17.01.2020
General:
- Fixed the overlay not working correctly or crashing some DXGI/DX12 games in upcoming Windows Insider builds
- Support a LAN event using DNS injection on lancache.steamcontent.com to set up a local explicit caching proxy for downloads
- Fixed "Open the screenshot uploader after closing a game if screenshots were taken" setting not being honored in some cases
Library:
- Added sort by Steam Review to shelves and app grids
- Added Library What’s New settings dialog which makes it easier to find and manage per-game news priorities
- Added a setting to show only product updates in Library What’s New
- Added Windows drive letter to the "Size on Disk" label shown on installed game portraits
- Played/Unplayed filters no longer include/exclude games that were installed but never actually played
- Improved performance of library artwork precacher
- Improved library filtering for Korean game titles when typing in Hangul
- Fixed an issue where removing the last non-Steam game from a collection would cause it to spontaneously reappear at a later time
- Fixed non-Steam games with the "Include in VR Library" checkbox checked not appearing in dynamic collections with VR hardware support selected
- Fixed hidden achievements sometimes still appearing as hidden in the activity feed even after being achieved
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the wrong audio to play from a multi-disc soundtrack when playing an individual track
- Fixed games that have updates set to "Only update this game when I launch it" not showing in blue in the game list when an update is required
- Fixed the "View Additional Artwork" button not working correctly for some soundtracks
- Fixed some partner event summaries not rendering properly in the activity feed and What's New section
- Added [h2] and [h3] rendering for partner events and announcements
- Fixed a case where changes to game collections were not reflected in Big Picture Mode
Remote Play:
- Fixed cursor scale on different resolution displays
- Added client-side screen magnifier for the toggle magnification controller binding
Remote Play Together:
- The host can see all controllers connected in the Remote Play Together session
- The host can drag and drop any player's controller to change its slot. This helps some games where the first identified controller or the first slot is locked to the primary game character and the group only brought a single controller. This also help cases where a player leaves the session with their controller and the host needs to take over input in the abandoned slot.
- Added error message when trying to join a game that is unavailable due to country or Family View restrictions
SteamNetworkingSockets:
- Fixed a crash caused by certain types of P2P connection failures
Steam 16.12.2019
General:
- Fix URL bar displaying on HTTPS pages when ‘Display Steam URL’ setting is disabled. Steam URL bar will now respect the setting unless on a page with a security issue in which case it will always show to display the error
- Fix steamwebhelper crash causes when requests are unexpectedly canceled
Library:
- Allow creating shelves for shared libraries
- Disable screenshot slideshow in app hovers if Low Bandwidth or Low Performance mode is enabled
- Fix some cases where mismatched header images were cached for some games
- Fix duplicated game activity items from sometimes appearing
- Allow Family Sharing of tools
- Fix new categories created in small mode or Big Picture mode not being properly saved when switching to normal mode
- Fix recently played but disallowed by Family View games not appearing in the Recent Games shelf (or the MRU jump list) when Family View is enabled at startup
- Fix rendering of steam award images in news updates
Remote Play Together:
- Hosting on Windows and Linux automatically starts a Steam Voice chat with invited players when available. Invited Friends can optionally join and accept the voice chat in a single click
- Players in the session are visible to all players for adjusting Steam Voice Chat mic volumes
- All players’ status is now updated to show that they are playing the game together in the Friends List
- Fixed host not being able to adjust the last player's input settings in some cases
- More players fit in the vertical scrolling area
- When a Remote Play Together session is already running, trying to invite a different friend to a different game allows the host to easily end the existing stream
- Game volume and fullscreen/windowed preferences are remembered across sessions for the client
- Family Sharing can now be used in conjunction with Remote Play Together
Steam 05.12.2019
- Fixed an issue where the overlay could become stuck on top of the game in Red Dead Redemption 2
Steam 28.11.2019
- Fixed issues downloading and running games with localized content
Steam 21.11.2019
Library:
- Added "Expand all" and "Collapse all" options to context menus for collections in the games list
- Added a filter option to split family shared games in the game list into sections by owner
- Fixed non-Steam game shortcut icons not displaying when set from an .exe file
- Fixed status in playbar showing "downloading" while unpacking a preloaded game
General:
- Fixed several causes of steamwebhelper crashes
- Fixed possible client crash when there are more pending gifts than installed games
- Fixed an issue where the language drop down in the per-game settings page could be blank for uninstalled games
Steam 14.11.2019
Library:
- Brought back Small Mode library view and updated to work with Steam Collections and the new Steam Library
- Added a library setting to hide game icons in the Steam Library’s left column game list
- Fixed download progress bar and status wrapping to a second line on game pages on smaller windows
- Compressed game page links bar to one line on smaller Steam windows
- Post-game summary, game review reminder and other dynamic content on game pages will now fill only one column on wider Steam windows
- Fix playtime not updating in play bar on game exit
- Fix incorrect number of achievements sometimes being displayed in achievements section
- Fixed occasional crashes caused when uninstalling games
- Fixed Steam client crash after exiting some AutoCloud-enabled games
- Fixed a case where game icons would sometimes not properly be downloaded and used for the game's desktop shortcut when installing a game. For for previously installed games affected by the problem, validating game contents and recreating the shortcuts should fix the issue.
General:
- Installation support for STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
- Fixed a cause of black library/store/friends windows in the client or overlay
- Fixed intermittent client crash on startup
- Fixed intermittent steamwebhelper crash
- Fixed web based views in the client rendering with artifacts if you have the latest NVIDIA drivers and have turned on Global Image Sharpening
Remote Play:
- Fixed game audio being silent when reconnecting to a running game
- Fixed rare crash when the stream stops
Steam Input:
- Fix issue where adding an action set would prevent creating an action set layer until selecting a new action set
Steam 30.10.2019
New Steam Library:
- We're pleased to announce that the New Steam Library is now available – all players can try out the new features
Remote Play Together:
- We’re also pleased to announce that the Remote Play Together Beta is now available!
General:
- One-time reset of Steam Skin selection when receiving this update. This avoids un-updated skins causing failures when opening the new library
- Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 77.0.3865.90
- Fixed find in page dialog on the store or community tabs displaying after navigating away from those tabs
- Free to Play games will now remain in your Steam Library when uninstalled. You can remove these titles by right clicking on the game’s entry in your library
- Fixed an occasional crash at launch when the user has a pending gift
- Fixed Steam client potentially becoming unresponsive for several seconds after exiting a game or after uploading a screenshot
- Reduced client hitching for users with large libraries when adding or removing games
Remote Play:
- Decreased stream latency and reduced frames dropped due to host CPU load
- Fixed launching VR games from the Steam Link
- Fixed rare Steam client crash when running the network test
- Added support for Wake on LAN over wireless connections with properly configured wireless adapters
- Remote Play Anywhere now runs over the Steam Datagram Relay network, which ensures that the best route over the Valve backbone is always used. Also, connections are rerouted dynamically to avoid maintenance disrupting the connection.
- Fixed steam client crash under certain combinations of remote play with non-Steam apps, or on the second launch of SteamVR
- Fixed rare hang in the host Steam client when starting a session
- Fixed “Streaming Launch” dialog when streaming from another computer that you’re logged into
Steam Input:
- Reduced Steam Input’s overall CPU usage when active
- Start showing the last edited configuration in the personal configuration section of the configuration browser
- Improve automatic conversions when applying configurations to different controller types – Steam Controllers will get grip bindings based on the A/X buttons, and PS4 Controller trackpads will get bindings based on the option/share buttons
- Add a Screenshot binding to the Switch Pro controller capture button in the default templates – when applying a configuration from another controller type this binding will also be automatically be added
- Added support for Power-A Fusion Xbox/Playstation 4/Switch Pro fight pads
- Fixed several bugs around action set layer switching
SteamVR:
- Added playtime tracking for SteamVR workshop items and for SteamVR itself
- Titles that are hidden in the Steam Library will now be hidden in the recently played UI in SteamVR Home
- Changed Desktop tab in SteamVR to prefer input from the physical mouse over virtual input from the laser mouse. To switch from the laser mouse to the physical mouse, move the physical mouse. To switch back to the laser mouse, click in the desktop tab
- Deleting screenshots taken in VR now also deletes the stereo version from the local disk and the cloud. Note that cloud deletion only applies to screenshots uploaded in the future, not existing shared screenshots
MacOS:
- Update app launch error dialog on MacOS 10.15 to show if error was due to the application being 32-bit only
- Games that no longer run on MacOS 10.15 Catalina will show an incompatibility warning
Steamworks SDK:
- Improved parsing of localized “steam_display” strings in SteamFriends()->GetFriendRichPresence()
Steam 02.10.2019
- Change log not available for this version
Steam 18.09.2019
- Change log not available for this version
Steam 14.09.2019
- Fixed audio on the host being muted after a streaming session
- Fixed a rare Steam client crash while streaming
Steam 10.09.2019
General:
- Fix Steam service vulnerability that allowed appending data to system-owned files
- Remove Steam service log message being written to Windows event log on service startup
- Enable search for localized game names in the Steam library
- The text entry area in the chat window now expands if you are typing long messages
Steam Input:
- Fix Steam Controller trackpad rotation slider not saving out values properly
Big Picture:
- Fix friend in-game notifications not obeying the user’s notification visibility settings
Steam 21.08.2019
General:
- Fixes for local-privilege-escalation vulnerabilities
- Fixed underflow in calculation of size of available cloud save data
Steam Input:
- Fixed an issue where action set switches generated from in-game bindings could be lost
- Fixed a bug where the Steam Input configurator could repeatedly save out configurations while a game is running
Steam Video:
- Fixed playback of Widevine-encrypted videos
Steam 12.08.2019
General:
- Fixed library drop-down menu no longer displaying after changing the library filter
Steam Input:
- Fixed Xbox controllers showing up twice on Mac OS X
- Removed guide button emulation using the back or start button, except when using Steam Remote Play. This feature was causing some issues with some fightsticks and retro controllers and will be re-enabled for locally connected controllers in the future
Steam 05.08.2019
General:
- Fix details button in games grid view not working
- Fix Steam client drop down menus temporarily freezing client and showing at incorrect location when client is partially offscreen
- Fix a case where the saved client configuration could be overwritten if running Steam on multiple PCs at once
- Blacklist a problematic USB device that could cause Steam to hang
Steam Input:
- Add support for the Victrix PS4 Pro Fight Stick
- Fix Steam Controllers sometimes turning off when reconnecting to a wireless dongle
- Fix an issue in games with multiple official controller configurations where controllers that did not have their own configuration would use the first listed configuration instead of the first compatible configuration
Steam Remote Play:
- Fix several crashes
- Fix chord combinations for back / start / thumbstick clicks on MFi controllers
Steam 16.07.2019
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
Mac:
- Fix rare crash at exit
- Fix rare crash when a HID device fails to open when no other devices are open
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
Steam 17.06.2019
- Fix regressions with network lobby matchmaking and Steam Input configuration loading
Steam 29.04.2019
General:
- Fix Steam video player not streaming some free video content successfully
Steam Input:
- Fix an issue causing the “deregister” button to not show on the Controller Settings page
- Fix the “Cross-Gate” setting for controllers with a physical dpad
macOS:
- Fix audio capture driver not enabling successfully on macOS 10.14.5
Steam 16.04.2019
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”
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
macOS:
- Fixed kernel panic in audio capture driver when streaming on macOS 10.14
Steam 18.02.2019
General:
- Re-enabled IPv6 content downloads with automatic fallback to IPv4
- Fixed regression in content update scheduler
- Fixed broadcast changed encoding notification to close
Big Picture Mode:
- Fixed crash opening web pages in some cases
Steam 02.02.2019
General:
- Support using ipv6 for connections to download servers
- Fixed multiple issues in tracking Steam window and chat window position and size when adjusted by the user or automatically through DPI and screen size changes
- Fixed downloading unnecessary updates for games that self-update after initial install
- Fixed a crash related to SteamVR
Desktop Overlay:
- Added "Force Quit" button to the desktop client overlay, matching existing Big Picture functionality. Force-quitting a game can result in loss of unsaved data
- Added “Edit Controller Configuration”, which will open the current Steam Input configuration in a new window
Steam Input:
- Allow the On-screen Keyboard to spawn on secondary monitors
- Fixed a bug that could require you to hit the “Summon On-screen Keyboard” button twice before it launched
Fixed Mouse region bindings in windowed games running without the Big Picture Overlay:
- Fixed an issue where frequent rumble commands from games could cause input stuttering for PS4 controllers
- Fixed some cases where Steam Controller rumble emulation could get stuck on
- Added support for HORI Battle Pad
- Added support for HORI Wireless Switch Pad
- Added support for PDP Wired Fight Pad Pro
- Added support for PDP Faceoff Wired Pro Controller
Big Picture Mode:
- Fixed race condition in Big Picture chat panel that would intermittently cause some controller actions to not respond
- Fixed issue in Big Picture overlay that was causing it to fail to render screen updates in a timely manner
- Fixed Control-A/Control-B sending enter and backspace respectively on Windows when in web browser and chat panels
macOS:
- Added the ability to quit games from the Steam overlay
Steam 04.01.2019
General:
- Improved Steam client responsiveness while downloading games
- Fixed some places where recently played games list was truncated to 5 items
- Fixed a rare crash if getting local network address failed on a local network connection
- Fixed an issue where trying to buy or sell items in the overlay could result in an empty browser window when Family View was active
Steam Input:
- Added support for PowerA wired/wireless GameCube Style controllers and PowerA Enhanced Wireless Controller
- Added support for PDP Faceoff Wired Pro Controller
Big Picture Mode:
- The Steam community header is now hidden when in Big Picture chat
In-Home Streaming:
- Re-enabled support for streaming from Mac OS X Mojave (requires 10.14.1 or newer)
macOS:
- Fixed an issue where friends list and chat windows would continually freeze and duplicate when running with a secondary monitor attached with a different DPI setting than the primary monitor
Steam 26.11.2018
General:
- Fixed closing the overlay web browser after adding funds for an in-game transaction
- Added support for in-game transactions in VR, and fixed an issue preventing in-game transactions when Family View is enabled
- Fixed certain Big Picture web browser controller actions that were no longer functioning
- Fixed issues with mouse cursor and scroll controller actions in Big Picture chat
- Correct an uncommon navigation issue in the dashboard view for SteamVR users
In-Home Streaming:
- Improved connection reliability when starting a stream
- Fixed network test occasionally failing immediately
macOS:
- Fixed “content servers unreachable” errors when downloading or updating games on older versions of macOS
Steam 08.11.2018
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
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
In-Home Streaming:
- Streaming from Mac OS X Mojave is currently disabled
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:
- Right Trackpad/Stick: Mouse cursor, press to show/hide the on-screen keyboard
- 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
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
Steam 12.10.2018
- Change log not available for this version
Steam 10.10.2018
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
Steam 08.09.2018
New Steam Chat:
- Decreased resource usage when chat windows are open in the in-game overlay but overlay is hidden
- Fixed "Cannot read property 'scrollHeight' of undefined" error
- Fixed images sometimes displaying bbcode ("[img url=...]") instead of the actual image
General:
- Fixed some cases of Steam failing to recognize that enough disk space is available for installs done on macOS
Big Picture Mode:
- Fixed a bug where Big Picture Mode could get stuck consuming excess CPU
In-game Overlay:
- Fixed a crash in Vulkan applications when GPU device memory is full
- Fixed a crash in DX12 multi-GPU applications on Windows 10 Redstone 5 (RS5)
Steam Input:
- Fixed a bug where quitting a game with the desktop overlay with the configurator running could open a unresponsive full screen window
- Fixed Xbox controller bindings being incorrect after plugging in a PS4 controller
- Added support for the Razer Panthera Arcade Stick
- Fixed rumble and lightbar colors on Bluetooth PS4 controllers connected to Linux or Steam Link
- Fixed Xbox controllers on macOS
- Fixed a bug where 8BitDo controllers in Switch Pro mode would temporarily become unresponsive when switching between controller configurations
Steam Link:
- Added the ability to set icons for touch control bindings
Steam 27.08.2018
General:
- 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 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
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
Steam 08.08.2018
General:
- Added support for shipping different binaries to 64bit vs 32bit operating systems in Steam self-updater. This support is being added in preparation for future updates.
Steam Link:
- Fixed doubled PS4 controller input from Steam Link hardware
Steam 08.01.2018
- Update: In order to address an issue with the initial build of this release it was released a second time an hour after the initial update. If you updated quickly after the first update you may see a second update for this release
Friends and 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 performed
Steam 07.24.2018
General:
- Added new friends list, chat and voice chat features
- Added icon and optional balloon for announcing new Steam Features and Blog Updates
- Added banner announcing future end of support for Windows XP and Vista
- Enabled GPU acceleration in web views by default
- Added option to disable GPU acceleration in web views in Settings->Interface&
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