![]() Previously to this every developer that needed to install one of them as part of their game had to write the script to install it, and it would have to be downloaded for each and every game you had that needed it, and the install run (the second and all subsequent times it would presumably work out nothing needed changing, although this can still take a little while as it has a lot of files to check are the right minimum versions). Originally posted by sfnhltb:This isn't part of Steam as such, it is a number third party installers used by lots of games/software, such as the Microsoft C++ Redistributable runtime files (which allow programs written entirely or partly in C++ to run on a system). Anyhow, thank you for the explanation and the link. I just wish when the Steamworks Common Redistributables thumbnail image is clicked in the Download list, it will at least redirect to a page containing a brief description of what it is. I guess this kind of update will happen from time to time now especially if one or more included package components has changed or gets patched up. The last time I counted the total file size of all the _CommonRedist subdirectories on my backup drive, it was sitting at 20 GiB. This new thing is designed to stop packaging that crap into every game you download and instead do it one time. This is a necessary change because if you go into C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ for any game installed more than a few months ago, you will find a directory called _CommonRedist with potentially 200+ MiB worth of installers that were run once and Steam just left there for all eternity. NET, DirectX Redistributable, OpenAL, PhysX, etc. If we ignore the somewhat misleading name of this download, this is basically a single download that contains Visual C++ 2010, 2013, 2015. SteamAPI is what developers use to add Steamworks features to their games, it's not what this is. You, uh, accidentally stumbled onto SteamAPI's documentation. ![]() I hope Steam posted an official announcement on it just to lessen worries. ![]() Before, I noticed a Steam software update happens when I launch Steam, not in the Download page, and shows a loading bar. Originally posted by RendCycle:It's just weird how the update for this was pushed by Steam. ![]()
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