Posted by News Staff @ 12/17/2003 18:26:04 | Category: None
Source: Steam Powered
Steam will be updated this evening at approximately 7:00 PST. This update will not have any direct impact on any games. The next time you restart Steam you will automatically download this update.

STEAM:

  • Fixed bug in create account wizard where it would stall if a failure had previously occurred

  • Switch minidump generation back to small memory dumps, instead of full memory dumps

  • Localized content caches now mapped into app dependency list dynamically

  • Add progress bar for cache validation

SERVER BROWSER:

  • Added history tab showing servers most recently connected to

  • Added ability to add/remove columns from server lists

  • Added secure server & ip address columns (off by default)

  • Set bots column to be hidden by default

  • Changed location filter control to appear on every page, but disabled when appropriate

  • Changed location filter to use '' instead of 'world', to match the other filters

  • Double-clicking between column headers in ListPanel now resizes the column to fit the widest text

  • Fixed HTML control not laying out properly the first time the scrollbar was made visible

HLDS UPDATE:

  • Improved load balancing randomization

  • If InstallRecord.blob is not found, it will verify the current install instead
    of starting over from version zero