Steam News Steam Client Update Released (1 Viewer)

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Steam Client Update Released

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Fixed loading Workshop items in offline mode
  
• Fixed rare corruption of downloaded workshop content
  
• Removed out of date chat dialog notice about "new" item trading feature on first use
  
• Hid unrelated Steam Overlay UI when authorizing an in-game transaction

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  Broadcast
  • Added automatically lowering encoding settings if machine is unable to encode at the minimum required frame rate
    
  • Added mini mode for viewing a broadcast so viewers can continue to watch a broadcast while also using the Steam Client window
    
  • Added pop out button to move viewing a broadcast from the Steam Client window to a new window
    
  • Added viewing a broadcast through Big Picture
    
  • Added support for recording only game audio from 64-bit processes on Windows 8
    
  • Fixed needing to approve the first viewer of a broadcast twice

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  In-Home Streaming
  • Fixed regression recording audio on Linux
    
  • Fixed crash when In-Home Streaming host machine failed to initialize Nvidia hardware encoding or had SLI enabled
    
  • Fix capture logic for windows which span multiple monitors
    
  • Add support for games which directly set the mouse cursor position
    
  • Implemented streaming controller support for Far Cry 4 and Gone Home

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  In-Home Streaming & Broadcast
  • Fixed audio crackle and audio loss experienced by some users after 20+ minutes of streaming on Windows
    
  • Extended DirectX 10/11 video recording to support additional games, including Cities: Skylines
    
  • Fixed recording audio on computers that have been running for a significant amount of time without a reboot (multiple weeks)
    
  • Fixed rare crash when audio recording device returned incorrect timestamps

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  Big Picture
  • Added support for the new Steam controller. The older generation Steam controller is no longer supported.
    
  • Fixed current view in the web favorites page being incorrect if you closed multiple tabs at a single time
    
  • Fixed possible process hang when stopping video playback
    
  • Fixed regressed layout of movie player controls
    
  • Fixed rare blank UI if you hit escape at the wrong time during the splash screen
    
  • Added hardware pages in Steam Store
    
  • When launching a game that is already running, attempt to switch to that game instead of showing an error message

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  Windows
  • Fixed blocking problem affecting some uses of peer-to-peer networking API

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  Linux
  • Fixed some web pages not displaying if the content was static
    
  • Fixed some games failing to draw text

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