14 DAY TRIAL // Valve has just rolled out a brand new update for its Steam client, fixing quite a few different errors relating to many features, while eliminating several glitches spotted by those who use the Big Picture mode.
Valve has been on a roll with updates recently, as it's preparing a huge patch for Team Fortress 2, it's introducing new tutorial for Dota 2, and has just launched a fresh version of the Steam client.
The new update targets plenty of different issues relating to various systems and mechanics used by the program, from how it deals with incorrect login attempts, to how it uses the custom Steam URL addresses.
There are also plenty of Big Picture improvements, from the ability to pay with Brazilian methods, to fixing the inability to launch a game after it's finished downloading.
Check out the full changelog below, via Steam.
General: Added a confirmation dialog when launching a game via a steam URL with optional command line parameters, so the user can be sure the game is launching with the options they want Added a "friendly machine name" when Steam-Guarding an account Changed data format of client updates to improve compatibility with flawed proxy servers During login, if Steam can't be reached and the user has entered a username we've never seen before, pop a dialog and ask them to login again When returning to the login dialog and we've cleared the username field, put the keyboard focus on the empty username box instead of the password box Updated Web controls user-agent to better reflect the code it is based off Updated to Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0 Release Candidate Fixed failing to update a game properly if an unexpected folder exists in the install directory for a game and we want to replace it with a new file Fixed green inbox count not always including the count of offline messages available Fixed selecting ‘X unread chat messages’ to always bring the newly opened chat dialog into focus Fixed memory leak when an update for Steam was pending Fixed uploading some large files to the Steam Cloud Fixed memory leak when hovering URLs in the HTML control Fixed workshop items not clearing from the download status label when completed Fixed crash when getting lots of friends updates and you have a large friends list Fixed password reset error when sending trade requests also causing the new device message to display Fixed crash on launch for some third party DRM protected games under Windows
Big Picture
Add support in big picture mode for Brazilian payment methods Change the action icon on the games page in the library to be a download icon when a game is updating The play button on a games library page is now disabled if the game is not available on your platform Fixed being unable to launch some games after a download is complete Fixed focus issue with the startup UI when the intro movie terminates early Fixed updating background images in the library details view even when not visible while a game is running Fixed potential crash in library details if a game has guides available and you quickly enter and exit the details view
The new update is now available and will be automatically updated the next time you start up the client.