Streaming Overwatch

[David]

Hi guys,

Any way to stream Overwatch on steam link and using a X360 controller without having the game to be recognized only in mouse and keyboard mode like all my non-steam games?

[David]

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[AXExX420Xx]

search overwatch with steam overlay in google

[toidi]

Think it is basically:
Add non steam game.
Point it to blizzard launcher.
Rename the shortcut 'overwatch'
Run it and load the game up, you should be pretty much good to go.

[Jinx]

Toidi's instructions work for most games. However, Overwatch doesn't play nice with Steam so it probably won't. You can launch it via Steam, but it gets "dropped" immediately after - you won't be shown as playing it in Steam, and you won't have the Steam overlay.

There IS a way to get the overlay working, but it's tricky. Somone made a tutorial on Reddit, and I can verify that it works for the overlay.

Whether it works for Steam Link is another matter. It might. The workaround for the overlay is complicated. But still... worth trying.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=681898773

[Piddau]

I have no problems running Overwatch on Steam with overlay, did not need to do the trick from the tutorial.

Just add the Overwatch.exe from the Overwatch folder wherever you installed it and add the following after the ": - launch

My target looks like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Overwatch\Overwatch.exe" - launch

The only problem this makes is that you have to log in with your credentials manually. Using a steam controller its troublesome since I for some reason cant enter the @ symbol.

[Jinx]

Hmmm it works but a manual login every time you launch the game is annoying. I think it's worth doing the more complex way if you play the game a lot. No need to log in that way.