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Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck fixing up some bugs, plus some improvements for Game Recording.

There's one fix that's specific to the Steam Deck that Valve noted: "Fix overlay hanging for some games in Desktop mode after the game restarts itself". Plus one just for the Desktop client: "Fix a case where the wrong DPI scaling factor would be used for systems using a non-gnome based session with an active gnome-desktop-portal service."

As for the rest it's the same across both Desktop and Deck:

General

  • Fix progress bar not updating during game update and move operations involving large files
  • Fix overlay hanging in some games on macOS and Linux after the game restarts itself

Game Recording

  • Added support for automatic gain control for recording microphone
  • Added support for forcing microphone input to mono for misconfigured stereo mic setups
  • Fixed a bug preventing loading of additional programs to record audio at client start time

Big Picture Mode

  • Fix keyboard input dialog in-game failing to close/re-open properly if Steam Overlay is toggled while visible
  • Fixed multi-line mode support in the dialog shown by the ShowGamepadTextInput API call in Steamworks

Linux

  • Always allow the Steam client to fallback to X11 when SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER/SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER is set to wayland.
  • Remove the UI toggle to disable Steam Play globally, correctly reflecting that Steam Play is always enabled on Linux. Steam Play was always partially active even when set to off in the UI as it is a requirement for Steam client operation.

Changelogs: Desktop | Steam Deck

As a reminder on the last one: Steam Play itself is not just Proton. It's also used for the Steam Linux Runtime for Native Linux games too. Plus you can also use it for tools like Luxtorpeda. In a previous Steam Beta update Valve made a change where Native Linux titles now use the Linux Runtime container by default, matching what they do on the Steam Deck for better overall compatibility.

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8 comments

tarmo888 Oct 26
Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (scout) isn't exactly "newer", it's the most compatible.
https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/blob/main/docs/container-runtime.md
Liam Dawe Oct 26
Quoting: tarmo888Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (scout) isn't exactly "newer", it's the most compatible.
https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/blob/main/docs/container-runtime.md
Poor wording on my part, amended. Yes it's an older one, but how they now use it is newer (in terms of desktop anyway).


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 27 October 2024 at 8:42 am UTC
Linux_Rocks Oct 26
Yeah, I left them a nice comment about fixing the filter on the Steam feed post. Several ♥️s included. lol
Pikolo Oct 26
QuoteAlways allow the Steam client to fallback to X11 when SDL_VIDEODRIVER/SDL_VIDERO_DRIVER is set to wayland.
Is not great for testing if steam does work on wayland :/
pb Oct 26
Quoting: Liam DawePoor wording on my party

"It's my party, I will word if I want to" 🎶
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Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: tarmo888Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (scout) isn't exactly "newer", it's the most compatible.
https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/blob/main/docs/container-runtime.md
Poor wording on my party, amended. Yes it's an older one, but how they now use it is newer (in terms of desktop anyway).
Poor wording on your party? is that the same as poor wording on your part?
Liam Dawe Oct 27
Okay okay, you funny people, party's over.
hardpenguin Oct 28
Valve please fix Big Picture performance on NVIDIA. I would create a GitHub issue but I know they won't fix it so I just make a lazy comment here.
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