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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/forum....php?t=2487980



People need to reply in those threads or no dev will ever notice.



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UPDATE



I got a better solution here:

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





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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"):



Code: ' if nothing was passed in, we are starting from scratch, so start the launcher If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then swtorHome = WScript.ScriptFullName swtorHome = Left(swtorHome, InStr(swtorHome, WScript.ScriptName)-1) 'run the launcher Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application") objShell.ShellExecute "launcher.exe", "", swtorHome ' create the file that the elevated script will copy swtor's path and commandline to set 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 argument Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") objShell.ShellExecute "cscript.exe", Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " " & tempname, "", "runas", 1 WScript.Echo "Waiting for other script to finish..." ' check every second if the temporary file has been updated with the commandline info Do While True 'check the filesize of the tempfile set tempfile = fso.GetFile(tempname) If tempfile.Size > 0 Then Exit Do WScript.Sleep 1000 Loop swtorExecutablePath = swtorHome + "swtor\retailclient" set tempfile = fso.OpenTextFile(tempname) swtorCommandLine = tempfile.ReadLine tempfile.close() Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") objShell.ShellExecute "swtor.exe", swtorCommandLine, swtorExecutablePath fso.DeleteFile tempname WScript.Quit Else ' 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 launcher While 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 1000 Wend End 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. UPDATEThe 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.I've also posted on steam forums. Hopefully either valve or bioware will fix the problem.People need to reply in those threads or no dev will ever notice.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UPDATEI got a better solution here:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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"):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: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.