Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Team Fortress 2


Added an option in the Options->Multiplayer dialog to filter custom game files being downloaded from servers

Fixed cases where ragdolls were falling through the world

Graphics optimizations for mid and low end hardware

Fixed players blocking doors in Well

Fixed engineer building in exploit areas on final caps in Well

Increased starting round timer to 10 minutes in Well

Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Steam Client


Fixed the in-game overlay not loading for some users

Fixed flickering cursor in the in-game overlay for some games

Fixed bug in Favorite window display

Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Steam Client


Fixed in-game overlay causing a crash for users running Windows XP without Service Pack 2 installed

Fixed mouse clicks in-game sometimes not registering in the correct position for the in-game overlay

Reduced CPU usage when using chat and group chat

Reduced CPU usage while idle on the Store and Community tabs

Fixed Steam windows showing up in the task-bar but impossible to restore

September 12, 2007

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source Engine


Fixed custom level sound lists under sv_pure

Fixed occasional scrunched-up columns in the serverbrowser

Fixed various memory leaks

Fixed a Half-Life 2: Deathmatch bug where a spectator could freeze a live player when mp_forcerespawn was 0

Fixed master server queries being truncated if too many players with long names

Fixed a Half-Life 2: Deathmatch bug where if you +used a weapon it would not respawn anymore

Fixed a Counter-Strike: Source smoke grenade exploit

Added a way for server plugins to ask players if they'd like to connect to a different server

Made materials handle sv_pure correctly when they've included other materials

Fixed Windows dedicated server bug slowing down Steam updates

Fixed certain models showing up all white when sv_pure flushed them

Made the server print a client's steam ID and show sv_pure warnings if sv_pure_kick_clients is 0

Fixed a Linux-only crash when loading certain custom maps

Fixed a bug preventing sv_pure CRCs from verifying correctly on certain custom maps

Steam beta has a lot of new and good advantages but more than half the people I know have had problems with it from screwing up there mic to lagging them out in game, I suggest sticking with the normal steam till they fix these buggs

Well i heard from a friend on steam that you could beta test the new steam update.
and i got to tell you it was awsome :D
The way they replaced the old friends list and all that other stuff is just beutiful.
and when you close a window it kindof fades away :)

i created my own profile right away: www.steamcommunity.com/id/lofman

June 20, 2007 -- This summer Valve will ship a major update to its online gaming platform Steam, introducing an advanced set of community features to more than 13 million gamers around the world.

Beginning in July, Steam users can set up their own personal Steam pages and profiles, create and join groups, schedule games with friends, review who they've played with, see how well everyone played, chat with groups, chat via voice, and more. These new community services and features can be used with all Steam games, which include new releases and classic titles from leading publishers and independent developers.

Free of charge, the new community features will be accessible via the Steam desktop client and via the web.

"Our community has given us great direction on the ways they want to see Steam evolve," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Adding these new community features to make it easier to connect with other gamers is something we've wanted to see on Steam for a long time and this latest update is just the start. We've got a long list of items that we're working on to make it easier for gamers to connect and play games on Steam."

This upgrade marks the largest extension to the Steam platform since its first commercial release in March 2004. In its three year history, Steam has defined the next generation online gaming platform delivering hundreds of games to millions of users with services such as Guest Passes, Automatic Updates, Free Weekends, and allowing gamers to access their games from any PC.

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