Steam Client New Beta Update Adds DualShock 4 Support And More

Last month, Valve confirmed during the Steam Dev Days that full DualShock 4 back up was coming to Steam in the cracking hereafter. While this feature has all the same to become available fully, those who decide to download the latest Steam Client beta update volition be able to check out how it works.

The latest Steam Client beta update doesn't just add together DualShock 4 support, but also a multifariousness of tweaks and fixes which aim to better the overall experience. Catch the full update notes below.

General

Updated spider web control to CEF v54.0.2840. This version requires Windows 7 or macOS 10.9 and above, users on older OS versions volition continue running the existing version.

Fixed tertiary-party mods showing up as the incorrect game name in friends lists

Improved the error message shown when trying to run a 64-fleck game on a 32-bit Os

Improved download and patching speeds when games are installed to a traditional not-SSD hard drive

Controller

Added Steam Configurator back up for PS4 Dual Shock Controller. Note that this is a beta release. Enable in Large Picture settings Add/Examination Controller settings. When enabled, PS4 controllers volition accept admission to the same sort of customization/configuration support every bit Steam Controllers, including native API support.

PS4 Controllers using this system can map the trackpad, gyro, buttons, etc. to keyboard, mouse, or x-input outputs and can make apply of action sets, touch menus, radial menus, so forth.

Added New Style – Joystick Mouse. This is a joystick based mouse control useful for stick based controllers.

Added default PS4 templates.

Added software calibration for non-Steam controller based IMUs to counter for gyro drift.

Configuration Browser tin can now exist toggled to show all available controller types rather than the default of the in-use controller type.

Configurations tin can at present be marked as "Unique" to a specific controller. This configuration volition only be applied to that controller for that user'due south account. Past default, all controllers of a specific type will share a configuration unless marked every bit Unique.

Big Flick now supports PS4 controller glyphs when using Steam Configurator back up.

Streaming

Automatically restart Steam if it crashes while streaming a game

Added higher bandwidth options for 4K streaming

macOS

Fixed a bug that caused the client to freeze when generating internal error reports

Linux

Fixed issues when installing games into filesystems such every bit ZFS which report an abnormally large sector size