Steam overlay on windows batch files?

[magazine permafrost]

i like running a lot of things through steam including lots of doom mods/wads which ive saved as .bat files. can i make em more like an exe so that when im playing games like this i still get to use the steam overlay?

[Midnight Fawn]

I'm quite adept in running scripts etc with batch files, can you elaborate a bit more on what you are trying to achieve..?

[magazine permafrost]

well in essence all i want is for what the batch file runs to be recognized by steam so it shows that im in game and i get that sweet sweet steam overlay. when i run a batch file like this as an example

@echo off
start gzdoom.exe -file eviternity.wad it would be great if steam could show i was running GZDoom and i could take screenshows and not have to alt tab. older games arent the best with alt tabbing. and i prefer the steam browser either way.

im sorry if i still dont make an sense because i dont even understand what else .bat files are used for. i jut use them to run particular files with an .exe so i can play a mod without dragging the file onto the exe everytime. and as a bonus i can add the .bat to steam as a non steam game. i run 100% of all of my games through steam. 1 library for everything! but the only downside with this is its not running through steam, just the .bat is launched.

[Midnight Fawn]

You can try this, may sound a bit complex, but it's pretty easy as you have the basics of you bat file..

Within Steam, Add a Non-Steam Game

Browse to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

When cmd is within your games library

Right mouse click - Properties

Change the Name: gzdoom

Target: "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"

put a space after the exe" Then add /k C:\Location\Of\YourBatFile.bat

Start In: the path your game lives in, like "C:\MyGames\Doom\gzdoom"

Obviously, the .bat file should contain something like start C:\MyGames\Doom\gzdoom.exe -file eviternity.wad

[magazine permafrost]

ooooh i like the sound of this! ill give this a try later!