Steam overlay not working in Shipping build

Fervensmiber · March 25, 2015, 12:37pm

Branch: Binary

Build version: 4.7.2-2467323

I’m having issue when trying to package our game in Shipping configuration. When I package game steam overlay isn’t working. It works fine when I play game through editor as Standalone Game. Also as stated here No .log created in shipping build - Platform & Builds - Epic Developer Community Forums shipping build isn’t generating any logs so I could debug this.

Thanks!

anonymous_user_5ead68421 · March 25, 2015, 1:33pm

Hi

This is Normal don’t worry, you simply need to add in your final release folder Steam DLL Needed and of course your app_id.txt

Fervensmiber · March 25, 2015, 1:59pm

Thanks a ton!

I had seen this before but it was long time before we had sdk access so didn’t remember this anymore.

Janyx · March 26, 2015, 7:05pm

I am having this same issue, could you elaborate a little bit more by what you mean “add in your final release folder Steam DLL Needed and of course your app_id.txt”? Sorry I am just a little confused.

anonymous_user_33800a51 · March 31, 2015, 5:29pm

Hey Ky,

steam_appid.txt file is just a text file with steam appid assigned from steam in it. It’s required to be in game root folder when running with steam. In non-shipping builds, it’s generated automatically and deleted when engine shuts down gracefully (see here), but this needs to be manually created for shipping builds. engine uses SteamDevAppId value when it generates file.

required steam DLLs need to be located at Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv130\Win32 (or Win64 for 64 bit versions). If it’s not a dedicated server, only required DLL is steam_api.dll and/or steam_api64.dll.

Hope that helps!

Rodesqa · August 2, 2015, 12:57pm

Is it generated in a certain location of engine folders? If so where can i find it? Thanks

anonymous_user_33800a51 · August 2, 2015, 6:28pm

No, it will be in game root folder.

Dannyk90 · September 11, 2015, 8:59am

i have done all this but steam still does not appear

anonymous_user_33800a51 · September 13, 2015, 7:33pm

Hey ,

We’ll investigate issues you’re facing in your other post.

Farheb · October 31, 2016, 7:03pm

Hi,

I couldn’t package a shipping build for my game using steam on ue4.13.2 and came to this thread multiple times hoping for help. After must frustration I managed to work out what logs and error messages wanted me to do.

steam online subsystem couldn’t compile because I hadn’t installed correct visual studio packages. I had to rerun VS2015 Community installer and install “Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015”. Everything seems to work fine now and my UE4 no longer crashes during packaging.

Hope this helps someone.

Farheb · October 31, 2016, 7:04pm

Hi,

I couldn’t package a shipping build for my game using steam on ue4.13.2 and came to this thread multiple times hoping for help. After must frustration I managed to work out what logs and error messages wanted me to do.

steam online subsystem couldn’t compile because I hadn’t installed correct visual studio packages. I had to rerun VS2015 Community installer and install “Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015”. Everything seems to work fine now and my UE4 no longer crashes during packaging.

Hope this helps someone.