DeathByNapalm Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 the vbs script works and launches the game fine but i am not getting in game overlay??? my ingame overlay is enabled and set to the default keys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeyx Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks all for the responses. I've put a better solution in another thread and updated the original post. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=104668 bogeyx, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyValues Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 bogeyx, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: ??? Same deal here. Also, bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NothAU Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Same deal here. Also, bump. Same here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadelink Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) The mods deleted my other thread. But, I've done some more digging and found the reason the Steam Overlay isn't working. It's a very small bug that I'm trying to get either bioware or valve to fix. Without going into the details, there is basically a string compare that is failing, which causes the steam overlay to not hook the swtor's client when it's launched. Edited January 16, 2012 by renegadelink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANEKiii Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Works like a charm. But had strange control problems.. anyone else had this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadelink Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 I've posted in the customer service forum explaining why steam overlay doesn't work, and how to fix it. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=191776 I've also posted on steam forums. Hopefully either valve or bioware will fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jundosmack Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 It works for me! was super easy thanks to your great layout =D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockworkstars Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Thank you SO much for this! I've been limiting my TOR playtime because without Steam working I have to be antisocial... it's easier just to play another game than to repeatedly explain to all of my friends why I'm going to be ignoring them now. This worked perfectly and now I can chat and play. Thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philophobic Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I don't understand the purpose of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svzurich Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I don't understand the purpose of this thing. Steam overlay allows us to chat with friends on other servers, playing different games, or just on their computer with Steam open. It's a communication tool. Hitting F12 also allows me to take a screenshot and then I can upload it to my Steam profile for my friends to see. I can also bring up the Steam browser to look something up, or click on a link sent to me via Steam's chat and have it open in its browser. Try typing a long URL given to you in the SWTOR chat, and you will want to use Steam's functions as well. Lastly, having one location to bring up most of my games is a huge plus to me. I normally have Steam open, and being able to click in there to bring up the SWTOR launcher is nice. Cuts down on shortcuts, and wondering where the shortcut for a game is located in any given directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philophobic Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Oh. 'Cause to me it just looks like another application to open this application.I have Steam, I just don't socialize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockworkstars Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 If Steam is your primary instant messenger and most of your friends are on it, it makes a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umedha Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Is this safe to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svzurich Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Yes this is safe. You're just making a shortcut that can handle the switchover from the Login Launcher to the game itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mironov Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I using your VB workaround for over a month already. Works like a charm.Guess the main thing is you need to launch a steam in administrator mode. This though bring a problem of needed to type an admin password every time I want to open any steam window (I use a user account for everyday usage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iomar Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Works great thanks so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aalisu Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 So it seems anyone with the game installed on another drive (Typically D:\) are having serious problems, myself included. I have the .vbs in the same location as the launcher. Target: "C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "D:\Program Files\Star Wars - The Old Republic\steamswtor.vbs" Start in: "C:\Windows\System32" it launches a cmd prompt window for a split second and then it goes away. Steam says I'm in game for a second or two and drops. Any ideas? Also My steam runs as admin for some other various reasons. any help would be appreciated. Could the .vbs you had us make be in need of some changing for a different directory other than the default C:\ one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanz Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) For anyone having trouble with it, double check your game path to be "Star Wars-The Old Republic" and not "Star Wars - The Old Republic" I just copied the path from the forum, because I was lazy and it took me jolly 5 minutes or so before I realized that there is no space between Edited January 30, 2012 by Arcanz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderburger Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) For anyone having trouble with it, double check your game path to be "Star Wars-The Old Republic" and not "Star Wars - The Old Republic" I just copied the path from the forum, because I was lazy and it took me jolly 5 minutes or so before I realized that there is no space between the spaces are there in a default installation. the takeaway message from this though is to make sure you're using the correct path for you. also, you need to run steam as admin. also, this should imo, be added to the required steps in the first post. Edited January 30, 2012 by wonderburger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aalisu Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Anyone with the game installed on Drive D get this to work? I really think the code needs to be changed somehow but I don't know anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latorn Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I used your other way via the macrumours thread: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1305535 and it works fine, thanks ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzi Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Dead Link! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE I got a better solution here: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=104668 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeff Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Works perfectly, thank you very much, friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZloyT_T Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Thx, great work. Win 7 x64, all works perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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