This week has seen a number of Steam related updates - i’m going to tackle them in reverse order (just to be interesting…):
Two Steam Client Updates - just a few of bug fixes here, and a change to a new store website:
- Updated the Steam client to use our new store website
- Updated the fallback URL for content-server banner ads
- Fixed empty login dialog at startup
- Fixed offline mode sometimes not working
- Added Czech and Hungarian language option
- Optimized where clients get the list of available applications and subscriptions
- Under-the-hood Steamworks API improvements for future titles
- Changed desktop .ico files and games list .tga files to be downloaded on demand, instead of being a blocking download during startup
- Fixed serverbrowser not refreshing the internet list the first time it was displayed if it was right on startup
- Fixed hardware survey not always saving that you said you did not want to participate
- Fixed IMs from popping up while in-game
- Fixed the bug that removes one character per line of copied text when pasting into a chat text entry
- Fixed a crash on shutdown in some Source engine games
- Fixed some bad text in Polish in the Friends list
Gumboy Tournament Update - update for Gumboy Tournament
- Added support for Polish and German languages
- Gamepad button for menu able to set in controller settings. (game forum visitor’s wish)
- Improved network game communication
- Fixed possible crashes
- Gumboy Tournament Server available (player can create own server for internet play)
Audiosurf Update - 6 new achievements added (can never have enough of them, especially seeing as I’ve already got most of the others!)
- Brutus: Dethrone a friend from a global scoreboard
- Ambush: Beat a friend’s score less than 15 min. after they earn it
- Olympian: Earn triple a gold medal requirement. 2 min minimum
- Bauer: Collect a match of 24 blocks
- Ninjutsu: Stealth and collect every color block. 3 min minimum
- Bizarro: Fill all columns within 15 seconds. No greys. No matches
Garry’s Mod Update - a tiny weeny one here!
- Fixed [a previous] update breaking Faceposer/Fingerposer/Wiremod
