Is there a way to get Saga Edition to display as if the game is running on Steam?

[Allwynd]

When I run Saga Edition, it doesn't display the game running on Steam, if I try to launch the regular BattlefrontII.exe side-by-side, it doesn't load. I figured if I renamed it to something else it will work, but it doesn't.

I prefer playing the Saga Edition because it enriches the default experience which is quite dull and predictable and would like for the Saga Edition to count as play time on Steam, because I've spent more time playing SWBF2 than my Steam time shows.

Is there a way to do that?

[Fable]

I know this is an old post, but I found this in the Saga Edition FAQ:

https://swsaga.com/#faq

Q: Is there a way to run the mod instead of the vanilla game from Steam Library so it could count played hours?

A: Open your Steam Library, right click on Star Wars: Battlefront 2, then select 'Properties' in the dropdown menu. On the 'General' tab under 'Launch Options' enter "{PathToGame}\SagaEdition\Launch\autorun.exe" %command%, where {PathToGame} is the folder where the game is installed.

You'll need to rerun the launcher after you start playing, since Steam will track the launcher being open rather than the mod itself, and the launcher auto closes when you launch the mod, but it's a work around that works for tracking playtime at least.