How to show that I am playing Warcraft 3 Reforged?

[Plake]

Hi folks,

Sorry if there is a better forum in steam to ask this, if that is the case please point me there and I delete this topic.

My question:
Any idea how I can add Warcraft 3 Reforged to my steam list, so that when I play it it keeps showing this in my friends friend-list and they can join my broadcast?

If I simply add Warcraft 3 (it is already in the list that opens automatically) it shows it next to my name, but only until the battlelauncher is fully started, then I am simply ONLINE again...
Is it even possible?

Cheers in advance,
Plake

[Gilga ™ |Yonaguni|]

You can add it as a non Steam game, but i doubt you can broadcast it.

[MoonC A T]

Steam does not provide broadcasting, etc. support for non-Steam games. The most you can show is "in non-Steam game"

[Plake]

Thanks, didn't know about the broadcasting, but the "adding as non-steam game" is what I am trying to do. When the list of available non-steam games then opens (with the BROWSE button at the bottom), here Warcraft is shown automatically in the list. So when I add that one, it DOES say i am playing that, but as soon as the battle.net launcher (basically their steam/epic/uCrap/Origin app) fully started, it disappears and my steam profile again only says ONLINE (as if I don't play any game)...

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Broadcast it to a proper broadcasting site like Twitch.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by MoonCAT:

Steam does not provide broadcasting, etc. support for non-Steam games. The most you can show is "in non-Steam game"

Not true. I broadcasted non Steam games to friends to show them, games like Diablo 3, Mass Effect 3 and so on.
Works fine.

Just tested with Starsector, friends get the " click here to watch" option and i can invite them to watch also.

https://prnt.sc/qupkdt


Only non Steam games that do not support the Steam overlay do not work.

[Plake]

Wait... Diablo 3 is in the same launcher... how'd you do it???

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Plake:

Hey... Diablo 3 is in the same launcher... how'd you do it???

Diablo 3 did not work for a loooong time with Steam. But Blizzard was pestered on their forums a lot to give it Steam Support and they finally changed something so if you start Diablo 3 over Steam it stays as the game in focus, even if the Battlenet launcher starts.
As far as i know most Battlenet games sadly do not work with Steam and lose the focus when the launcher starts.

[MoonC A T]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by MoonCAT:

Steam does not provide broadcasting, etc. support for non-Steam games. The most you can show is "in non-Steam game"

Not true. I broadcasted non Steam games to friends to show them, games like Diablo 3, Mass Effect 3 and so on.
Works fine.

Just tested with Starsector, friends get the " click here to watch" option and i can invite them to watch also.

https://prnt.sc/qupkdt


Only non Steam games that do not support the Steam overlay do not work.

Thanks for the correction, I mistook both for being "non-broadcastable"

[Plake]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Plake:

Hey... Diablo 3 is in the same launcher... how'd you do it???

Diablo 3 did not work for a loooong time with Steam. But Blizzard was pested on their forums a lot to give it Steam Support and they finally changed something so if you start Diablo 3 over Steam it stays as the game in focus, even if the Battlenet launcher starts.
As far as i know most Battlenet games sadly do not work with Steam and lose the focus when the launcher starts.

Oh ok, bummer. Thanks for the explanation behind it, saves me from regularly trying again and again, to only get frustrated after a while....

Happy gaming y'all =)