Steam (Package (1413/1413)

Valve Corporation - ( Freeware)

Play the favorite games using the ultimate online game platform named Steam, which offers many possibilities and has many advantages compared to its competitors.

Steam is a popular distribution platform for online games. At the beginning, its content is just was just with games developed by the publisher only but at the moment the platform provides a wide variety of games.

This program is a utility for downloading games on the site of the same name. It allows user to buy and download games of his choice in a fast and simple way but with the condition to be a member of the platform by creating his own account.

This utility is even more convenient than the use of a CD / DVD because it removes the current problems relating to removable devices such as scratches, discs and other disused.

Despite these qualities, Steam may displease people who do not like to run a program in the background when not using their games.

In addition to these main features, Steam Community offers some options. For example, the program has an instant messaging client which allows to "chat" with friends or join in the middle part.

The problems or worries about updates or losses serial numbers disappear since since they will be stored in the Steam account.

Title:: Steam (Package (1413/1413)
File Size:: 1.1 MB
Requirements:: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
Language:: en-us
License:: Freeware
Date Added:: 11 Nov 2014
Publisher:: Valve Corporation
Homepage:: http://www.valvesoftware.com
MD5 Checksum:: 6844B18EACA3D6F90A2A0C6772CF6A99

# General
- Fixed error "Invalid Depot Config" while updating a game owned by multiple users on the same computer
- Improve voice chat protocol for multiple sessions
- Fixed "flushconfig" causing Steam to forget non-standard game install folders
- Fixed slow game startup when the game has many "deleted" files in the Steam Cloud
- Added preliminary support for games using the Mantle graphics API
# Big Picture
- Added ability to set the search provider used when entering text into the Web Browsers url bar, under the Interface area in Options.
- Fixed a bug where known controller bindings would sometimes not be communicated to the game when Steam started in Big Picture mode
# Steam Music Player
- Fixed saving out 'Media Keys enabled' on Windows
- Removed the setting for enabling media keys for OS X and Linux, because it is not available on these platforms
- Scanning for new music only on complete downloads, reducing the numbers of scans
- Fixed Settings > Interface > Set Taskbar Preferences
- Made usage of media keys optional, default is off
- Added plus button next to Album/Artist button to make it easier to add music
- Music scanner includes soundtracks in game directories containing "Sound Track" as name
- Fixed rare case of accidental grabbing focus on startup in 2' UI
# In-Home Streaming
- Fixed gradual framerate drop over time
- Fixed not being able to stream if you copy a Steam installation to another computer
# Linux
- Fixed gamepad entry repeating quickly when running under a locale that doesn't use the decimal point character for floating point numbers
- Changed Steam Cloud file paths to be preserve case instead of converting to lowercase. This will not retroactively affect files already synced to the cloud.
- Added default controller bindings for Xbox One controllers