A brand new Steam replace has made shifting recreation set up folders a lot simpler and customers may even discover the service natively reads and acknowledges Xbox 360, Xbox One, and generic X-Input controllers.
Many of you who’re Steam customers in all probability know what was included within the newest replace, however there are lots of who simply settle for the consumer replace, relaunch Steam and transfer alongside with out studying the patch notes. This is for them, primarily.
Before, when a consumer need set up folder, customers needed to seek for the sport folder of their Steam library, make a replica, and manually transfer the information to a brand new location. It wasn’t rocket science, nevertheless it wasn’t easy as silk both.
With the brand new consumer replace, all customers need to do is click on on the sport of their library, proper click on it, choose properties, click on the native information tab, select the transfer set up folder choice after which the vacation spot folder.
Some Steam customers are reporting the Move Installation Folder choice isn’t obtainable to them, regardless of making use of the replace. Users who’ve opted-in for Steam consumer betas are reporting it as properly. It’s doable the choice is a slowly being rolled out. My consumer doesn’t have the choice obtainable but both.
The replace additionally added Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Generic X-Input controller configuration assist, which was made available in beta earlier this month.
More modifications and additions have been utilized with the consumer replace. The patch notes are listed beneath.
General
- Updated Web management to Chromium v56.zero.2924.10
- Account e-mail and password wizards are actually net primarily based and supply usability and restoration enhancements
- Game set up folders may be moved to different Steam Library folders beneath Properties / Local Files
- Improved obtain/replace error messages when recreation information are locked by different packages
- Improved error message whenever you fail to put in a recreation and don’t have sufficient disk house because of consumer quotas
- Added “Repair” choice for Steam Library Folders to repair Windows consumer entry rights
- Support for together with log information and crash dumps in system stories when submitting some varieties of assist requests
- Fixed a consumer situation inflicting HITMAN™ to skip one-time setup on new computer systems
- Fixed a difficulty that would trigger the consumer to hold when the pc wakes from sleep mode
- Fixed incorrect colours in screenshots and In-Home Streaming for Vulkan functions on AMD
Big Picture
- Added assist for utilizing the overlay keyboard for video games which have launchers
- Improved show when operating on retina enabled units beneath OSX
Steam Controller
- Added XBox 360, Xbox One, and Generic X-Input controller configurator assist. This permits all acknowledged controller sorts to make use of the superior mapping options of the Steam Controller Configurator. Note that as a result of X-Input presently lacks per-controller technique of distinctive identification, all controllers of that sort will share personalization and configuration settings. As they share the identical inputs, Xbox 360/One/Generic controllers will all see each-others configurations when looking. Automatic conversion might be tried when loading configurations from different controller sorts.
- Unrecognized Generic X-Input gamepad model controllers might be acknowledged by the Steam Controller Configurator as soon as their buttons have been assigned to match a generic gamepad structure.
- Recommended configurations specified for a recreation by the developer will now try and assign primarily based on Controller Type.
- Added choice to disable Guide Button issuing a Steam focus change. This is offered via the Big Picture controller choices menu. This permits higher interoperability with different functions which use the Guide Button, reminiscent of PSNow.
- Added Single Button easy button mode for trackpads. This permits a trackpad to be handled as a single large button.
- Fix for free-floating On Screen Keyboard operating very slowly if a recreation was open however didn’t have focus or was operating windowed.
- Added unbiased horizontal/vertical scaling to joystick transfer and joystick mouse.
- Joystick Move mode not reveals mouse sensitivity choice except mouse output is chosen.
- Added extra assist for third occasion PS4 controllers, together with some HORI, MadCatz, and Armor pads and combat sticks.
- Fixed a bug with PS4 triggers the place they have been being scaled incorrectly, resulting in maxing out of the worth too quickly.
- Added potential to vary x-input controller order from the Controller Options menu – so in multi-controller setups of x-input video games, the mapping of bodily controller to x-input index may be swapped round. Note that this presently solely applies to controllers which have opted into Steam Controller Configurator assist.
- Fixed Configurator Switch Controller interface not exhibiting controller icons.
- Re-enabled Gamepad outputs for desktop configurations for customers of third occasion packages which hook into functions by way of the desktop configuration.
- Added XBox Controller Rumble Support
- Added ‘Turn Off Controller’ Support for PS4 Bluetooth and Wireless Receiver
- Added Open Big Picture controller motion binding.
- Fixed a bug the place Steam Chords wouldn’t work reliably when a number of controllers have been related and disconnected in a single session.
- Fixed Volume being muted when connecting a Sony Wireless Receiver in Windows
- Fixed analog stick on-screen-keyboard interactions not working inside Big Picture
- Fixed Guide Button not switching into Big Picture when Steam has focus however Guide Button Focus choice has been disabled.
- Add assist for Emio PS4 “Elite” controller
Windows: Added overlay assist for brand new Windows 10 Insider preview builds.
OSX: Reduced power utilization when Steam is just not the energetic utility rights.
Linux
- Improved interactions between the Steam runtime and host distribution libraries, which ought to let Steam work out of the field with open-source graphics drivers on trendy distributions. If utilizing an older distribution or operating into issues, use STEAM_RUNTIME_PREFER_HOST_LIBRARIES=zero to revert to earlier habits.
- Unify close-to-tray habits with different platforms. If utilizing a distribution that doesn’t have correct suitable tray assist, use STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=zero
- Added idle detection, pal standing will now mechanically swap to Away/Snooze
- Fixed Steam not obeying SIGTERM, Steam will now gracefully exit when logging out of a session
- Fixed keyboard enter and cursor switching in overlay for Vulkan functions
- Update Vulkan loader within the Steam runtime to allow Xlib assist
- Updated libxcb within the runtime with a repair for DRI3-related crashes on open-source graphics driver
The replace is 66.20MB in measurement, and might be utilized whenever you launch Steam. If it doesn’t, simply click on Steam within the higher left nook of the display and select the test for Steam updates choice.
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