Er is op 19 juli 2010 een nieuwe Steam update uitgebracht.

Mocht deze update niet automatisch gedownload worden, open dan Steam en druk bij “Steam” op “Zoeken naar Steam-Clientupdates”.

De update wordt dan gedownload.

Na de update moet Steam worden herstart.

Druk hiervoor op “STEAM OPNIEUW STARTEN”.

De veranderingen in de Steam updates zijn:

[-]August 24, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed a case where the Steam client could hang on startup for some users with unusual environment variables

[-]August 20, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

New Features

• Updated friends chats to use new tabbed chat interface (see Friends tab in the Settings dialog to turn off opening in new tabs by default)
• Updated in-game overlay browser to use new tabbed browsing interface (Use Middle click on links to open-in-new-tab)
• Tabbed Browser/Chat HotKeys: Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to switch tabs. Ctrl-W, Ctrl-F4 or Middle click to close tabs.
• Updated WebKit code for client/in-game browser (improved stability and performance on OSX, various browser fixes)
• Windows: 64 bit build of the in-game overlay (useable now with any 64bit non-Steam game you may add)
• Windows: 64 bit builds of Steamworks DLLs (for upcoming titles)

Fixes

• New non-blocking game uninstall dialog
• Improved client shutdown times
• Fix some cases of Steam becoming unresponsive for 5-10 seconds when new game updates are released
• Fixed unused game tags still showing up
• Reinstalling from a goldmaster triggers a content verification if the game is already installed
• Fixed sometimes needing to restart Steam after installing PhysX
• Changed overlay hot-key detection to not consider ctrl-shift-tab to be the same as shift-tab, thus allowing its use in tabbed chat/browsing in-game
• Fixed “hidden” achievements showing up in the game details page and overlay “so close…” ui
• Fixed a crash on shutdown
• Fixed an issue with input tab ordering in group chats
• Increased timeouts on Steam Cloud file uploads
• Fixed Rabobank payment page for iDEAL checkout not showing correctly in the Steam Client
• Fixed a bug parsing certain HTML tags inside News bodies
• Fixed top half of avatar images in chats not being right clickable for context menu
• Fixed a potential crash when failing to parse new stats/achievements data for a game
• Fixed bug/exploit with malformed www. URLs in chats
• Windows: Fixed the “alt” key sometimes sticking in the in-game overlay after an alt-tab event
• Windows: Improved overlay compatibility with some previously conflicting third party applications
• Windows: Fixes to progress bar on win7 task icon in handling paused downloads as well as finished downloads
• OSX: Fix several memory leaks
• OSX: Fix copy/paste resulting in extra random string data

[-]July 19, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed words immediately followed by a newline not wrapping properly.
• Fixed the “Login” button in the login dialog from being enabled when no text has been entered in either field.
• Fixed the “Next” button in the retrieve account wizard being enabled when no text has been entered.
• Fixed the “Next” button in the activate CD key dialog being enabled when no text has been entered.
• Improved error messages for certain purchase failures
• Fixed “multiple cache instantiation error” on game launch
• Fix crashes that could occur while typing over a selection with an IME enabled
• When receiving the “chat from new user” introduction dialog, make a click on the other correspondent’s avatar go to their profile
• Better hit testing and copy-to-clipboard behavior in chat windows
• Fixed occasional stuttering caused by unlocking achievements.
• Extended Steam Hardware Survey to now be the Steam Hardware & Software Survey

[-]July 01, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Added UI to disable Steam Cloud per-game and per-account.
• Added an icon in list view for uninstalled games that support cloud.
• Steam Cloud will now download files for installed games on logon.
• Fixed Steam Cloud sync failures that occurred because of deleted files.
• Improve text hit testing in chat windows.
• Make player names in chat windows clickable, taking you to that user’s profile.
• Fixed tabs in the settings dialog sometimes not drawing correctly.
• Fixed a regression that prevented steam from automatically validating and repairing damaged game caches on launch.
• Shortened the delay between launching steam and being offered offline mode in the case of no network connectivity.
• Fixes the label under the dropdown on the game properties updates page for non-cloud games.
• Shows the “cloud disabled” icon in list view for games with cloud disabled that are not installed.
• Fixes players paying mods showing up as “in-game” rather than “in-mod” in the friends window.
• Fixes the login button in the login dialog becoming enabled when the dialog is dragged after the button is pressed.
• Improves whitespace detection in chats.
• Fixes a confusing error message when attempting to back up to a directory that doesn’t exist (it would tell you the disk doesn’t have enough space).
• Fixes weirdness with radio buttons when pressing the ‘back’ key on the backup wizard.
• Fixes game manuals not opening in an external browser.
• [OSX] Makes player names in chat windows clickable
• [OSX] Fixed a class of bugs that could cause steam to hang while shutting down, especially if network settings had changed.
• [OSX] Fixes tooltip flickering.
• [OSX] Cmd+Left/Right now go to beginning/end of line.
• [OSX] Option+Left/Right now go to word boundaries.
• [OSX] Option+Enter now inserts a newline.
• [OSX] Fixes some Windows-specific wording about the notification tray in the preferences/settings window.
• [OSX] Prevents backing up files to the file system root.
• [OSX] Treats the return key the same as the enter key.

[-]June 16, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Reduces bandwidth used for stats and achievements on OSX
• Improves reliability when multiple achievements are unlocked simultaneously
• Fix for possible Steam lockup when launching a game
• Added ‘view game store page’ option on the context menu for friends who are in a game
• Fixed steamclient.dll importing a function not available on Win2k

[-]June 07, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed an issue on Windows 2000 requiring the SP4 update rollup 1 package to be installed for Steam to run
• Fixed in-game overlay generating spurious D3D11 debug runtime warnings about CSSetUnorderedAccessViews when running on downlevel hardware
• Fix regression causing a crash on exit in the in-game overlay
• Small startup performance optimization to not initialize settings dialog data until needed
• Fix the you have been logged in elsewhere dialog to not leave Steam in a broken state on Cancel
• Support for a forthcoming news URL format change
• Fixed Retail not prompting for a CD key when creating a new account
• Fixed VGUI crashing when the number of panels was very large (ie, for users with huge friends/clan membership lists)
• Decreased number of VGUI panels active at once for friends list
• Decreased the time it takes Steam to launch some games
• Fixed memory leak when resizing in-game overlay web browser
• Fixed potential failure or client hang when failing talking to content server directory servers
• Fixed overlapping text for pending group invites in the friends list invites section
• Fixed error message “You don’t currently have any games ready to backup..” when restoring a previous game backup
• Fixed Cloud changing last modified times on clouded files
• Fixed the Cloud sync transfer rate display in list view
• Steamworks – Fixed case where building an installer could randomly fail due to an error in the Microsoft crpto library

[-]May 12, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Win32 side support for Steam Play / Steam Cloud integration with upcoming Mac titles
• Fix a regression causing Steam to fail if installed in a path with non-ascii characters
• Fix to grant achievements based on stat progress if progress is 100% but the achievement was not previously granted
• Fix a case where opt-in free games like the Counter-Strike: Source Beta would not appear in the library view until installed.

[-]May 7, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed not being able to run on Windows 2000

[-]May 6, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed updating URL shell handler for steam://
• Fixed friends windows not fading in/out correctly in the in-game overlay
• Fixed layout of bottom launch region in in-game overlay sometimes breaking after using the invite to game dialog
• Fixed store pages not showing after exit for some game demos
• Fixed a dialog about Cloud sync failures for “Steam Client” popping up sometimes, with a “Play Game” button
• Added separator between user’s name and status in compact view for the friends dialog
• Fixed automatically closing the overlay when the invite to lobby dialog is closed
• Fixed some chat event text being underlined when the text wasn’t clickable
• Improved multi-line text entry
• Improved updating Steam to retry more servers
• Fix friends list updating with pending Clan Invites reading the disk for friendpanel.layout every time
• Hint the OS to page out Steam memory more aggressively on every game launch
• Fixed “show online friends only” setting applying to “invites” section where everyone is offline
• Decreased frequency of some background update checks to decrease the frequency of clientregistry.blob access
• Made TCP the default for initial connection attempts to Friends/VAC for users on single core machines
• Several small perf optimizations to decrease CPU usage on low end machines
• Fixed some fallback logic to improve service when Steam content servers have trouble
• Fixed getting invalid error message when registering CD-Keys
• Fixed Manual link in game details page to open in external browser (since it’s almost always a pdf)

[-]April 29, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed high CPU usage on some machines caused by WebKit windows running their frame loop at a fast rate even when not visible
• Fixed high CPU usage on moving a Steam window where more redrawing was occurring than was needed
• Added the ability to enable or disable DirectWrite based font-rendering in the settings dialog
• Fixed store page not being shown correctly on trying to accept an invite to a game you don’t own
• Fixed some highlight styles in friends chats when selecting text
• Fixed some unneeded .mdmp file creation when launching mods
• Added back 16×16 icon support for mods, and now supporting new 32×32 icon. Mod authors should add a 32×32 icon with the same name as the 16×16 but with _big added to the end of the filename.
• Fixed potential memory corruption crash for some first time users installing from a retail install disc
• Fixed a crash on exit when requests for app icon data were still in-flight
• Fixed pause/resume button sizing in non-english languages on downloads page
• Improved hit testing on frame buttons (minimize, maximize, close)
• Improved hit testing in text entry controls
• Fixed the in-game browser hanging on maps.google.com
• Fixed custom cursors showing as no cursor in the in-game browser (custom cursors are still not supported, but the arrow cursor will now be shown at least)
• Improved error handling in the in-game browser so instead of testshell-error: you’ll get a more useful error page shown in the browser window
• Additional strings and fixes for non-english languages
• Fix reconnect attempts while Friends/VAC is offline causing stuttering in the client and potentially in Steamworks games
• Fix for a very small memory leak on moving windows
• Fix bold text in the unknown url warning dialog in chats sometimes not appearing
• Throttle attempts to update clouded steam config settings to avoid excess attempts when the Cloud servers restart

[-]April 15, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed issue preventing Madballs from properly running

[-]April 15, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed an issue retrieving master server information

[-]March 2, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed not always decrypting a game on launch
• Really fixed offline mode not always working
• Fixed cases where a game would stop downloading for no reason

[-]February 23, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed offline mode not working

[-]February 19, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed registering GFW titles after preload decryption
• Fixed not getting servers in the serverbrowser on a client Steam install if you immediately launched a game rather than using the Steam server browser
• Various Steamworks fixes

[-]February 19, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed registering GFW titles after preload decryption
• Fixed not getting servers in the serverbrowser on a client Steam install if you immediately launched a game rather than using the Steam server browser
• Various Steamworks fixes

[-]January 23, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed issue preventing preloading for Mass Effect 2

[-]January 22, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed a case that could cause stats and achievements to be reset
• Show timestamps in both group and individual chats based on global setting
• Fixed a Steamworks api crash that was affecting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Tweaked the connection fallback logic to be more robust

[-]January 19, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Improved overlay compatibility from launcher applications

[-]January 18, 2010 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Improved caching of images/icons fetched over HTTP and used inside client UI (avatars, achievement images, etc)
• Windows 7 jump list improvements
• Improved Steam Cloud transfer protocol performance/reliability when syncing large files
• Consistency improvements for stats and achievements
• Improved network communication work
• Added password support to steam://connect command for connecting to game servers. The proper syntax is: steam://connect/[IP:Port]/[password]
• Fix for the overlay sometimes not detecting input messages in games with different focus and active hwnds
• Optimized the stats and achievements system’s disk usage
• Fixed cloud games attempting to sync when the client is in offline mode

[-]December 28, 2009 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed “STEAM is not running” and “Failed to initialize Steam” errors in Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and Race 07

[-]December 10, 2009 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fix for a case where games get stuck with “Download starting…”
• Improved the Windows 7 Jump List. Added more MRU apps, added a link for Servers and decreased the amount of screen real estate it uses
• Fixed in-game overlay sometimes not drawing textures correctly in OpenGL games
• Improved support for future Steamworks features

[-]November 25, 2009 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed “Installation incomplete (53)” when launching Left 4 Dead 2 or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Fixed bug preventing the client from reconnecting to multiuser chats after reconnecting to the Steam servers

[-]November 18, 2009 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed Left 4 Dead 2 gifts not showing up in recipients games list until after redemption via email even if sent directly to the account
• Fixed steam client displaying “scanning for updates” while decrypting newly unlocked content
• Prevent client from displaying or allowing a user to select an unavailable language for a game
• Improve game installation progress display
• Fixed games sometimes spuriously launching after they get updated

[-]November 13, 2009 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Updates to support Left 4 Dead 2

[-]November 10, 2009 – Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Improved completing installation process
• Improved Steam Service repair process