Steam Update
In den letzten Tagen hat sich bei Valve's "Steam" viel getan. Es wurde am Dienstag wie geplant "Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45" veröffentlicht. Weiterhin wurde bereits am Montag die Public Beta des Steam Friends Network jetzt jedem Steam-User zugänglich gemacht. Da es aber Probleme mit dem Montagspatch gab hat Valve heute Nacht ein weiteres Update herausgebracht, dass jetzt auch Windows 98 Usern wieder ermöglicht mit "Steam" zu spielen. Mittwoch Nacht: 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 problem with launching Steam when running Windows 98 * Steam will automatically validate Red Orchestra's cache the first time it is launched to ensure it isn't corrupted Donnerstag Nacht: Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, Tripwire Interactive's first-person action game set on the Russian Front of WWII, is now available via Steam for just $24.95. For more information, please visit www.steampowered.com. Montag Morgen: 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 * You can now join the Friends Beta via the Friends button inside of Steam. * The Steam hardware survey has been updated, with improved detection of graphics card hardware and sound card detection. Results are available here * Added System information help menu option which shows the hardware information detected for the survey * Fixed offline mode not working for users who account names that are all digits with leading zeros * Fixed actively preloading games showing as paused in the mini-games list * Fixed case where store page could become stuck displaying 'loading...' and never show a page Source & Half-Life 1 Engine * Enabled Friends beta * Fixed several cases where the server browser would not correctly handle filtering of mods Source Engine * Improved filesystem throughput - this fixes a bunch of stutter reports in Half-Life 2 Counter-Strike * Fixed menuselect 10 exploit allowing players to spawn into game in spectator mode