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Duchess Pebblina Dec 27, 2017 @ 8:15pm
How to get steam overlay working?
I Have tried the pastebin fix and my steam is already ran as admin.
Is there another way to get this to work?
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GewoonRobbie Dec 27, 2017 @ 10:28pm 
Open Steam settings (client) and turn it on there.
If that's turned on, you should be able to see it
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Duchess Pebblina Dec 28, 2017 @ 3:52pm 
That is already set to on.
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Duchess Pebblina Mar 15, 2018 @ 6:38pm 
Looks like steam won't give me my refund.......
I have tried turning off geforce overlay and added game exe as non steam game and it' still not working.
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Reistrix Hunter Mar 15, 2018 @ 7:04pm 
Owning the game for more than 2 weeks and/or playing for more than 2 hours will result in you not getting a refund.
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Duchess Pebblina Mar 15, 2018 @ 7:11pm 
Yes, I sent a request a long time ago. apprently I went over the two hour limit having the game run in the background or something. I have not even did the training section at the stat yet.
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Z3r0Fear Mar 15, 2018 @ 8:02pm 
You don't want the steam overlay on when playing this game as it causes major FPS issues with geforce cards.
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Ghost Mar 15, 2018 @ 8:37pm 
Is the Stream Overlay issue ONLY happening with this game? You experiencing the same issue across other games as well?
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Duchess Pebblina Mar 16, 2018 @ 5:39am 
Black desert is the only game that will not work with steam overlay.
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Ghost Mar 16, 2018 @ 6:25am 
Have you tried the following:

1) Running the game with the BDO.bat file?

https://blackdesert.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003438585-Black-Desert-Online-Steam-Launcher-has-stopped-working


2) Delete the usercache folder titled 'Black Desert' located in your Documents folder.
C:\Local Drive > Users > (your username) > Documents > Black Desert


3) Also delete the 'Cache' folder in the game's directory as well.
C:\ > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > Common > Black Desert Online > Cache


4) Clear Steam Download Cache.
Right-click Steam icon in tray > Settings > Downloads > Clear Download Cache


5) Make sure Skype and it's background applications are NOT running but disabled.


6) Repair your Steam Library Folder (or the folder where the game is located).

Right click the Steam Client in taskbar and select Settings --> Downloads --> click on 'Steam Library Folders' tab --> right click the directory where the game's located --> select 'Repair Library Folder'.

This may take a while, depending on your game collection, be wary that downloaded cache for games that are still downloading will be deleted, so either complete the downloads before repairing your game library folder. This is why I left this last.

I hope this helps. All the best! :lovebs:
Last edited by Ghost; Mar 16, 2018 @ 6:27am
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Duchess Pebblina Mar 17, 2018 @ 10:49am 
I tried all fixes above and its still not working. Running the BAT file didn't make diffrence either...

Thanks for trying to help anyways.
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Ghost Mar 17, 2018 @ 10:53am 
Originally posted by Saurasara:
I tried all fixes above and its still not working. Running the BAT file didn't make diffrence either...

Thanks for trying to help anyways.
Damn...

You have Windows 10 or 8? Might need to refresh Windows then, while keeping most of your programs. Instead of doing a complete uninstall/reinstall.
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TequilaSeLai Jun 16, 2019 @ 9:35pm 
This is years late, but since this issue is still happening, I just want to add that Fraps will also prevent Steam's overlay from working in BDO for whatever stupid convoluted reason, despite having no issues with the Steam overlay in any other game I own
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AzureWolf Oct 3, 2022 @ 12:46pm 
Originally posted by TequilaSeLai:
This is years late, but since this issue is still happening, I just want to add that Fraps will also prevent Steam's overlay from working in BDO for whatever stupid convoluted reason, despite having no issues with the Steam overlay in any other game I own

I've been searching the internet for a few days now trying to figure out why my Steam Overlay wasn't working in Black Desert Online, trying every suggestion many offered, including a few YouTubes.... You were the first to mention that FRAPS may be causing the problem. I turned it off and it worked. Thank you so much :)
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NoSkiLL' Jul 9, 2023 @ 10:59am 
Originally posted by AzureWolf:
Originally posted by TequilaSeLai:
This is years late, but since this issue is still happening, I just want to add that Fraps will also prevent Steam's overlay from working in BDO for whatever stupid convoluted reason, despite having no issues with the Steam overlay in any other game I own

I've been searching the internet for a few days now trying to figure out why my Steam Overlay wasn't working in Black Desert Online, trying every suggestion many offered, including a few YouTubes.... You were the first to mention that FRAPS may be causing the problem. I turned it off and it worked. Thank you so much :)


seriously..took me weeks to figure this out as couldnt understand why. If this will start to work...done all i could do games and files 10s of times..and all it was to disable fraps xD
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