Valve just released a fresh Steam Client Beta available for all platforms that includes some feature tweaks and a healthy injection of bug fixes.
Since it's a Steam Client update, it applies across the board on Linux, macOS and Windows systems. However, there's one change that's very specific to SteamOS / Steam Deck:
- 'Enable Steam Play for all other titles' is always enabled on SteamOS, updated the UI accordingly to stop showing a non functional toggle.
This toggle is still there in the Desktop Linux client. It likely won't be long before they just remove it entirely for Desktop Linux too, and just leave it to have the drop-down for you to pick the default version. Proton is so good now, it seems odd to have a toggle to turn it off.
Here's all the other changes:
General
- Fixed brief layout shift of elements (one or two frames) when navigating back to the library section.
- Fixed Steam Client window focusing multiple times on startup.
- Fixed Update News window being covered by Steam Client window at startup.
- Fixed notifications displaying in wrong position in some games.
- Fixed some instances where windows fail to render after display events.
- Improved consistency and clarity of download/install/update UI:
- Byte counts, when displayed, refer to the number of bytes to download.
- Progress bars and percentages, when displayed, refer to the total progress of the install/update, which includes work before, after, and during the download. The exception is the top (blue) progress bar on the downloads page, which shows the bytes downloaded.
- Time remaining estimates refer to the total progress of the install/update. These estimates will be very rough at first but will become more accurate as Steam learns more about the performance of the user's network and disks.
Big Picture
- Fixed issue that could allow the keyboard to cover the target text area when summoned from a game.
macOS
- Added Steam Overlay support for games using HDR rendering.
Linux
- Improved the download speed of Steam client updates.
- No longer applying compatibility tool filtering to shortcuts.
- Fixed a rare issue where non-steam Protons could get assigned an incorrect compatibility tool.
Steam Input
- Fixed crash when using "Hexgaming Phantom Controller", related to Gyro Timestamp Information.
Source - Valve: Desktop changelog | Steam Deck changelog
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Pyrate 6 hours ago
Enable Steam Play for all other titles' is always enabled on SteamOS, updated the UI accordingly to stop showing a non functional toggle.
This is definitely gearing up to the public SteamOS release.
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dpanter 5 hours ago
It's a mistake to remove the "Steam Play" toggle for desktop clients, but it should be enabled by default with the current latest Proton as a specific option, i.e. 'always use the current latest available regular stock Proton release'. with the other options also available. Also curious why this hasn't been renamed yet, "Steam Play" is a terrible name.
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Liam Dawe 4 hours ago
Why would you say it's a mistake if they chose to remove it from Desktop Linux? Removing it would match Desktop Linux to SteamOS behaviour, and be a benefit to normal gamers overall. It's just removing one less step to get people playing their games.
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Ehvis 4 hours ago
It's a mistake to remove the "Steam Play" toggle for desktop clients, but it should be enabled by default with the current latest Proton as a specific option
It sounds like your mixing up the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" with the "Force a specific ..." toggle.
The second one is definitely useful, the first one is not since everyone has it permanently ticked on anyway.
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dpanter 3 hours ago
I'm not mistaking anything. We are talking about the 'Enable Steam Play for all other titles' toggle which I do not enable. I want the separation.
Removing the feature is a mistake, keeping it has no effect on anything today, and if my previous suggestion of having it enabled by default is implemented then everyone wins.
Removing the feature is a mistake, keeping it has no effect on anything today, and if my previous suggestion of having it enabled by default is implemented then everyone wins.
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Ehvis 3 hours ago
I want the separation.
That answer makes it even more confusing. What separation? If you don't enable the toggle, you can't use Proton except for a few titles in a long forgotten white list. It'd effectively be a way to disable non-native titles. Which is something I could see the use of, but then it needs a rename.
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CatKiller 3 hours ago
I'm with dpanter - have it on by default if you must but keep the ability to turn it off.
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Liam Dawe 2 hours ago
Why though? Why does it need the ability to turn it off? For what purpose does that actually serve?
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I'm a little unclear about just what this does. So for instance, say I have Steam Play as the default and I cannot un-default it. Does that mean I can't play Linux native games as Linux native?
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Liam Dawe 1 hour ago
To clear up any confusion:
The toggle being removed on SteamOS "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" is the one to allow you to use Proton on *any* game, including those Valve haven't yet put through Deck Verified where it picks either Native or Proton depending on what works best.
You can individually change any game on Steam in their compatibility menu.
Having it enabled always and the option removed, will stop all the issues of people somehow accidentally turning it off and going "why can't I install this game" - there's a lot of Reddit posts like that.
Having it forced on doesn't suddenly mean it will overwrite Native games though, even on Desktop (I've always had it on). I cannot see a genuine reason why it should still be an option at all, it's just another barrier for people to do on Desktop Linux. For people who *only* do Native - you don't have to ever use it still.
The toggle being removed on SteamOS "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" is the one to allow you to use Proton on *any* game, including those Valve haven't yet put through Deck Verified where it picks either Native or Proton depending on what works best.
You can individually change any game on Steam in their compatibility menu.
Having it enabled always and the option removed, will stop all the issues of people somehow accidentally turning it off and going "why can't I install this game" - there's a lot of Reddit posts like that.
Having it forced on doesn't suddenly mean it will overwrite Native games though, even on Desktop (I've always had it on). I cannot see a genuine reason why it should still be an option at all, it's just another barrier for people to do on Desktop Linux. For people who *only* do Native - you don't have to ever use it still.
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