Colonel_Black Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Anyone found a workaround to have the Community Interface ingame as of yet? It'd be quite useful for me and probably many others. Origin community just doesn't cut it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erevan_Kindelar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Since EA want to lock Steam out completely? I would be very surprised if there was any way to get the Steam Community interface in SWTOR at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Black Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Since EA want to lock Steam out completely? I would be very surprised if there was any way to get the Steam Community interface in SWTOR at all. Quite true. However, usually people find ways around systems like this. Well hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Black Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Quite true. However, usually people find ways around systems like this. Well hopefully No one else wanting this? I've found a thread on steam forum but no resolution yet http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=26957244 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frigidman Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Since search is down here... I cannot pull up the thread where someone was explaining the bat file to make, and setup, and linking to make it work. It is possible, just a bit convoluted. Wtg EA huh? =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiperX Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Doesn't that technically go against the EULA because you are mofifying the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasalpha Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Doesn't that technically go against the EULA because you are mofifying the game. No, you're just using steam to launch the game shortcut and that usually runs the overlay, its really no different than making your own shortcut to the launcher. You can add anything to steam, a friend of mine has photoshop in her games list so she can use the overlay to chat I suspect the problem is that the launcher is a different program to the game itself and the overlay doesn't transfer to the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frigidman Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I suspect the problem is that the launcher is a different program to the game itself and the overlay doesn't transfer to the game Yup. This is the problem. When the launcher quits, Steam goes "oh, its quit". So you have to build a sort of secondary launcher wrapper, that launches the launcher, then sits and waits... so it gives steam something to latch onto and link to. Its complicated, and I don't know the specifics on how to pull it off. Dang can't find that thread that had a partial explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Black Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Yup. This is the problem. When the launcher quits, Steam goes "oh, its quit". So you have to build a sort of secondary launcher wrapper, that launches the launcher, then sits and waits... so it gives steam something to latch onto and link to. Its complicated, and I don't know the specifics on how to pull it off. Dang can't find that thread that had a partial explanation! No updates on this? ): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadDS Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 It's not possible to launch the game directly from it's own .exe file? I believe the launcher and the game are separate applications. Other MMOs work like this. Or does the game not allow itself to be launched without the launcher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frigidman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 It's not possible to launch the game directly from it's own .exe file? I believe the launcher and the game are separate applications. Other MMOs work like this. Or does the game not allow itself to be launched without the launcher? Nope. Launcher does all the authentication process, so its a required step. It then fires up swtor.exe, and quits the launcher. This is what confuses steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Black Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 I'm guessing that no one has found a workaround as of yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frigidman Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Still cannot find any info on how to make this work reliably. EA don't like steam, so probably had bioware code in as they could to make it difficult to impossible to play nicely together. Edited January 5, 2012 by Frigidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtzako Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Bioware wouldnt care about making Steam, an completely 3rd party, and unrelated to SWTOR in any way, product, work or not work with their game IMO. However, you might try attaching the actual game executable rather than the launcher executable to the steam and see if that will let it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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