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Steam Client Updates Released
Posted July 5, 2006 3:52 pm by DarMonkey | Comments (0)
Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Steam Client
- Added new filesystem for use with Red Orchestra - users will be automatically converted on launch. Improves load times in Red Orchestra on low-end systems
- Improved Steam startup time
- Reduced CPU usage/processing time during downloads
- Improved content download rates
- Optimized downloads to skip unused files
- Updated reliability and usability data collection
- Localized country names in purchase wizard
- Fixed case where downloader could stall
- Fixed case where the steam: // protocol handler wouldn't get restored on launch
- Fixed purchasing issue if the user had an expired logon ticket
- Fixed rare crash when browsing for servers
- Fixed cybercafe's not being able to use the 'Do not save personal information on this computer' settings option







