Just a heads up for those of us that play and would like to link SWTOR through Steam. All credit to the original post, located here:
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=104668
Update 1/1:
Simplified the steps.
Tweaked the code to be more reliable.
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Update 12/31:
Added a description of what should happen if everything is correctly setup.
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Update 12/30:
I changed some stuff in the code. I hope this works for everyone.
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OK. I think this will work for everyone with Vista/Win 7. It seems steam works normally with XP users.
I still don't want to give out an exe as a matter of principle, so you are going to make it yourself. But don't worry, you don't have to download anything to make it, which is another of my self given requirements.
Step 1:
- copy/paste this code into a text editor (ex. notepad) and save it as 'Star Wars - The Old Republic.txt' without the quotes and save it on your desktop
- or click this swtorsteam.txt then rename the text file to 'Star Wars - The Old Republic.txt' and move it to your desktop
Step 2):
- Open a command prompt
- Here's what it looked like when I did it.
Step 3:
- Now that you have an exe, move it into your swtor's home directory. The home directory is the one with swtor's launcher.exe in it
- Go into steam and do the normal 'add non-steam game' and browse to the exe you just placed in swtor's home directory and add it
Step 4(Optional):
- Right click on the newly made game in steam's library and go to properties
- Click Choose Icon and browse to swtor's launcher.exe and select it to get the swtor icon
If everything is working right, when you launch Star Wars - The Old Republic.exe from steam, two command prompts will pop up. One will say, "Waiting for our other program to finish...", and the other will say, "Waiting for launcher to start swtor...". Then swtor's launcher will start. Log in to the launcher like normal, then when you hit the Play button, both of the command prompts should go away. Then the game should start and you should have the steam overlay.
IMPORTANT:
If you try it and the steam overlay still doesn't work, then try exiting steam entirely and running steam in admin-mode then try again. This is what my friend had to do.
Thanks to all that posted on my previous thread. It helped seeing what problems people were having.
If anyone has any problems, let me know. I will try and fix it.
Enjoy and thanks for all the kind words!
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=104668
Update 1/1:
Simplified the steps.
Tweaked the code to be more reliable.
------
Update 12/31:
Added a description of what should happen if everything is correctly setup.
------
Update 12/30:
I changed some stuff in the code. I hope this works for everyone.
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OK. I think this will work for everyone with Vista/Win 7. It seems steam works normally with XP users.
I still don't want to give out an exe as a matter of principle, so you are going to make it yourself. But don't worry, you don't have to download anything to make it, which is another of my self given requirements.
Step 1:
- copy/paste this code into a text editor (ex. notepad) and save it as 'Star Wars - The Old Republic.txt' without the quotes and save it on your desktop
- or click this swtorsteam.txt then rename the text file to 'Star Wars - The Old Republic.txt' and move it to your desktop
Code:
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Pipes;
using System.Management;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace steamswtor
{
class Program
{
static bool IsPreVista()
{
//Vista or higher check
if (System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major < 6)
{
MessageBox.Show("Windows Vista or higher is required.", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return true;
}
return false;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// If Operating System is before Vista, then exit
if (IsPreVista())
return;
if (args.Length == 0)
{
string pipeName = "swtorsteam";
// run ourself as admin
try
{
Process admin = new Process();
admin.StartInfo.FileName = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location;
admin.StartInfo.Arguments = pipeName;
admin.StartInfo.Verb = "runas";
admin.Start();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
string errmsg = e.Message + "\n";
errmsg += "Failed to escalate. Program will now exit.";
MessageBox.Show(errmsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return;
}
// run the swtor launcher
try
{
Process launcher = new Process();
launcher.StartInfo.FileName = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\launcher.exe";
launcher.Start();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
string errmsg = e.Message + "\n";
errmsg += "Launcher failed to begin. Is this exe in SWTOR's home directory? Program will now exit.";
MessageBox.Show(errmsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return;
}
// loop waiting for our temp file to be filled with swtor's commandline arguments
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for our other program to finish...");
// grab data from the commandline arguments
string exe, arguments, workingdirectory;
try
{
NamedPipeServerStream server = new NamedPipeServerStream(pipeName);
server.WaitForConnection();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(server);
string cmdline = sr.ReadLine();
// grab data from the commandline arguments
exe = cmdline.Substring(1, cmdline.IndexOf('"', 1) - 1);
arguments = cmdline.Substring(cmdline.IndexOf("\" ") + 2);
workingdirectory = cmdline.Substring(1, cmdline.IndexOf("swtor.exe") - 1);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
string errmsg = e.Message + "\n";
errmsg += "Failed to read command line arguments from other program. Program will now exit.";
MessageBox.Show(errmsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return;
}
try
{
// start swtor's client
Process swtor = new Process();
swtor.StartInfo.FileName = exe;
swtor.StartInfo.Arguments = arguments;
swtor.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = workingdirectory;
swtor.Start();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
string errmsg = e.Message + "\n";
errmsg += "swtor.exe failed to begin. Is this exe in SWTOR's home directory? Program will now exit.";
MessageBox.Show(errmsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return;
}
// exit the program
return;
}
else
{
// Connect to pipe server
string pipeName = args[0];
NamedPipeClientStream client = new NamedPipeClientStream(pipeName);
try
{
client.Connect(10000);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
string errmsg = e.Message + "\n";
errmsg += "Failed to connect to other program. Program will now exit.";
MessageBox.Show(errmsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return;
}
//Create the query
ObjectQuery query = new ObjectQuery("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name =\"swtor.exe\"");
// check once a second for swtor.exe that the launcher starts when the user hit's play in the launcher
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for launcher to start swtor...");
while (true)
{
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
ManagementObjectCollection processList = searcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject obj in processList)
{
string cmdline = obj.GetPropertyValue("CommandLine").ToString();
if (cmdline.Contains("username"))
{
// kill the process
obj.InvokeMethod("Terminate", null);
// write command line to the pipe
try
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(client);
sw.AutoFlush = true;
sw.WriteLine(cmdline);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
string errmsg = e.Message + "\n";
errmsg += "Failed to write commandline arguments to pipe. Program will now exit.";
MessageBox.Show(errmsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return;
}
// exit the program
return;
}
}
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
}
}
}
}Step 2):
- Open a command prompt
- Start Menu->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt
- Now copy/paste this long command in exactly and hit enter. The quotes are important.
Code:
%windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v3.5\csc /platform:x86 "/out:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Star Wars - The Old Republic.exe" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Star Wars - The Old Republic.txt"
Code:
C:\Users\renegadelink>%windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v3.5\csc /platform:x86 "/out:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Star Wars - The Old Republic.exe" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Star Wars - The Old Republic.txt"
Microsoft (R) Visual C# 2008 Compiler version 3.5.30729.5420
for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework version 3.5
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\renegadelink>- For advanced users: you don't have to use v3.5, I just picked v3.5 because I think almost everyone will have that directory, you can use any that has a csc.exe in it
- csc is the c# compiler if you were wondering
- There should now be a Star Wars - The Old Republic.exe on your desktop. You can exit out of the command prompt.Step 3:
- Now that you have an exe, move it into your swtor's home directory. The home directory is the one with swtor's launcher.exe in it
- An example swtor home directory is:
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old RepublicStep 4(Optional):
- Right click on the newly made game in steam's library and go to properties
- Click Choose Icon and browse to swtor's launcher.exe and select it to get the swtor icon
- Or you can change the exe's icon image by following a couple steps in a post of mine on the third page of this thread
If everything is working right, when you launch Star Wars - The Old Republic.exe from steam, two command prompts will pop up. One will say, "Waiting for our other program to finish...", and the other will say, "Waiting for launcher to start swtor...". Then swtor's launcher will start. Log in to the launcher like normal, then when you hit the Play button, both of the command prompts should go away. Then the game should start and you should have the steam overlay.
IMPORTANT:
If you try it and the steam overlay still doesn't work, then try exiting steam entirely and running steam in admin-mode then try again. This is what my friend had to do.
Thanks to all that posted on my previous thread. It helped seeing what problems people were having.
If anyone has any problems, let me know. I will try and fix it.
Enjoy and thanks for all the kind words!