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General
- Improved preallocation disk space performance when installing or updating content
- Improved performance of Steam overlay, macOS and Linux web browsers
- Fixed videos from youtube.com not starting automatically when browsed to
Downloads- Fixed downloading for developers on some networks using local content servers
Library- Fixed some game manuals opening inside of the Steam client instead of in the user's browser.
- Fixed shelf dropdown rendering from displaying without a background.
- Fixed some game manuals opening inside of the Steam client instead of in the user's browser.
Server Browser- Changes were made to harden the server browser protocol. Gameserver operators and anyone who writes custom clients that speak this protocol (A2S_INFO, S2C_CHALLENGE, etc) can read this post.
Steam Chat- Fixed Windows issue where voice hotkey may be erroneously triggered if unset
- Fixed macOS issue preventing setting of voice hotkey when cleared
- Fixed Windows issue where voice hotkey may be erroneously triggered if unset
Steam Input- Added support for PS5 Controllers to Steam Input including trackpad, gyro, lightbar, and rumble functionality
- Added a directional swipe mode for use with trackpads and gyro
- Improved support for games that use raw input for controllers
- Fixed the Xbox Series X controller showing up as 2 separate controllers
- Fixed controller input for some games using embedded Chrome
- Added support for PS5 Controllers to Steam Input including trackpad, gyro, lightbar, and rumble functionality
Windows- Fixed unintentional overlay activation in Apex Legends after returning to the game via alt + tab then pressing shift
Linux- Updated steam runtime to v0.20201203.1
- Improved the filtering of available compatibility tools in the game properties dialog
- Fixed launching of non-Steam games over Proton 5.13 (steam-runtime#287)
- Fixed games not getting stopped via the 'Stop' button in the client UI (steam-for-linux#7435)
- Added auto-migration of Steam libraries using the old 'SteamApps' directory casing to 'steamapps' when possible (Proton#4206). Users will be warned if the transition is needed but auto-migration fails.
- Improved how host LD_LIBRARY_PATH settings are picked up and transformed for the Steam runtime (steam-runtime#274)
- Improved host LD_LIBRARY_PATH support (steam-runtime#306)
- Fixed blank UI windows appearing at startup on some systems (steam-for-linux#7450)
- Updated steam runtime to v0.20201203.1
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