http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=94152

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=94152

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.

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.

Update http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=104668

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

I'm glad it worked for some of you. I'm trying to get something that will work for everyone. I am also going to start a new thread in another forum since this general forum is too busy. I'll update the original post accordingly. Hang in there...

No, the quotes are not required, i will edit the main post. The icon and name are optional. It's the Target and StartIn fields that are required.

possible solution http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=94152

UPDATE The mods deleted my other thread with my better solution. But 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. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2487980 People need to reply in those threads or no dev will ever notice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE I got a better solution here: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=104668 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have gotten the steam overlay to work on my computer. I don't have another computer to test it on, so this first attempt I am giving out may or may not work. This also runs the swtor client in non-admin mode which is a nice security perk. Here are the steps: Step 1 (script): copy paste this script into a plain text editor (ex. notepad) and save it as "steamswtor.vbs" in the same directory as your swtor launcher (ex. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic"): ' if nothing was passed in, we are starting from scratch, so start the launcherIf WScript.Arguments.length = 0 ThenswtorHome = WScript.ScriptFullNameswtorHome = Left(swtorHome, InStr(swtorHome, WScript.ScriptName)-1)'run the launcherSet objShell = WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application")objShell.ShellExecute "launcher.exe", "", swtorHome' create the file that the elevated script will copy swtor's path and commandline toset fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")set tempfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(2)tempname = tempfolder & "\" & "swtorsteam.tmp"set tempfile = fso.CreateTextFile(tempname)tempfile.close()'run this script but signal that it needs to elevate by giving it the tempfile name as an argumentSet objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")objShell.ShellExecute "cscript.exe", Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " " & tempname, "", "runas", 1WScript.Echo "Waiting for other script to finish..."' check every second if the temporary file has been updated with the commandline infoDo While True 'check the filesize of the tempfile set tempfile = fso.GetFile(tempname) If tempfile.Size > 0 Then Exit Do WScript.Sleep 1000LoopswtorExecutablePath = swtorHome + "swtor\retailclient"set tempfile = fso.OpenTextFile(tempname)swtorCommandLine = tempfile.ReadLinetempfile.close()Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")objShell.ShellExecute "swtor.exe", swtorCommandLine, swtorExecutablePathfso.DeleteFile tempnameWScript.QuitElse' we are elevated now WScript.Echo "Waiting for launcher to start swtor..."'Get Windows Manager object Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")' check every second for swtor.exe that was launched by swtor's launcherWhile True 'Get info on processes named "swtor.exe" Set swtorInstanceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name =""swtor.exe""") for Each swtorInstance in swtorInstanceList cmdline = swtorInstance.CommandLine 'look for something only our swtor will have in it's commandline arguments If InStr(cmdline, "username") > 0 Then 'we found the swtor.exe we care about swtorInstance.Terminate() 'remove the exe path and name from the cmdline position = InStr(1, cmdline, """ ") + 1 cleanCmdLine = Right(cmdline, Len(cmdline) - position) tempname = WScript.Arguments(0) set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set tempfile = fso.OpenTextFile(tempname, 2) tempfile.WriteLine(cleanCmdLine) tempfile.close() WScript.Quit End If Next WScript.Sleep 1000WendEnd If Step 2 (steam): - Open up steam and go to the menu option "Games" and click "Add a non-steam game to my library" - Add "Star Wars the Old Republic" or browse to swtor's "launcher.exe" and add that. - Now right-click the newly added game in steam's library, and click properties. - Change the properties to match these: > (Optional) Choose Icon: Browse to swtor's "launcher.exe" and select it > (Optional) Name: Star Wars - The Old Republic > (Required) Target: "C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "PUT FULLPATH TO steamswtor.vbs" > here's a full example (the quotes are important): Target: "C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic\steamswtor.vbs" > (Required) Start In(the quotes are important): "C:\Windows\System32" That's it. Using vbscript has made doing this simple task annoying but I didn't want to write this so people would have to compile source code, or for me to give out an exe for people to run. Hopefully this works for people. If not, I'll try something else. I know it is possible to get steam overlay working with swtor though which is good. Enjoy.