Steam Client Beta Available 10/13

Cerulean

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Just noticed this today:

Steam Client Beta Available
There's a new Steam Beta client available. To access the Beta, go to File -> Settings. On the Account tab press the Change... button to open the Beta Participation dialog. Then Select Steam Client Beta, and allow Steam to restart itself. Here are the specific changes:

- Fixed voice chat in Left 4 Dead lobbies
- Improved overlay screen size detection for D3D9 games with multiple swap chains with different size back buffers

10/15/2009

- Fixed rare bug with retail installer which could significantly lengthen install time

Nothing too exciting...
 

YM

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I thought the problem was that pressing the talk button would randomly crash L4D. at least for many people that was a proble, myself included. but i havent used it since launch for that reason. was it ever fixed?
 

Caliostro

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I thought the problem was that pressing the talk button would randomly crash L4D. at least for many people that was a proble, myself included. but i havent used it since launch for that reason. was it ever fixed?

That has long since been fixed.


... Unless it got broken again.
 

Sgt.Sausage

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I thought the problem was that pressing the talk button would randomly crash L4D. at least for many people that was a proble, myself included. but i havent used it since launch for that reason. was it ever fixed?

not that i no off, i still get those random lobby crashes from clicking start voice chat once in awhile.
 

Cerulean

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Sep 12, 2008
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I forgot the link:

[ame="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=987960"]Steam Client Beta Available[/ame]


Some users are reporting an error: "Unable to load authentication library, Exiting..." when launching games or loading maps (creating a listen server). I personally experienced this when trying to load a map in CS:S.

Anyone receiving similar problems just needs to opt out of the Beta.
 

Jack Riguel

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Jul 19, 2009
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I never even use the lobby chat.

Either way, doesn't valve do this like every two weeks?
 

gamemaster1996

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Sep 30, 2009
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The beta doesn't do much i want more changes and anyway why dont they just add this as a client update???