launch arguements to track time of a steam game

[crazy frogger]

I know I read somewhere that I can add a launch arguement to a non steam game so that my playtime counts for a steam game instead.
I have new vegas on both steam and gog and I spent a whole week modding thw gog version so I will stick with it.
Can anyone tell me what the launch arguement was that made the game's playtime count for new vegas's steam entry? And also is there a similar launch arguement for achievments?
Launch arguements may also be called launch options or command options.
Also does anyone know where I can read alll the documentation for the launch arguements that steam accepts?

[eram]

non steam games are not tracked.

[crazy frogger]

I know. But I remember there was some launch arguement that counted the time towards a steam game. Or maybe it was counting the time of one steam game towards another one. I am 100% sure it existed as I remember using it years ago.

[eram]

Originally posted by crazy frogger:

I know. But I remember there was some launch arguement that counted the time towards a steam game. Or maybe it was counting the time of one steam game towards another one. I am 100% sure it existed as I remember using it years ago.

you heard or remembered wrong. the steam version of new vegas tracks time on steam the non steam version of new vegas does not track time on steam etc. no launch setting changes that

[crazy frogger]

No it exists. I remember it had to do with enabling steam overlay and feeding it the steamid of the target game through the launch arguement. This made steam track time but only for the game which steamid I used.

[eram]

Originally posted by crazy frogger:

No it exists. I remember it had to do with enabling steam overlay and feeding it the steamid of the target game through the launch arguement. This made steam track time but only for the game which steamid I used.

if you could arbitrarily change a games play time from 1 thing to another or change it entirety it would be abused so isnt a thing.

[nullable]

Originally posted by crazy frogger:

No it exists. I remember it had to do with enabling steam overlay and feeding it the steamid of the target game through the launch arguement. This made steam track time but only for the game which steamid I used.

Then you should have no trouble finding it in a couple of search queries.

Memory is a fickle thing, and very fallible. So while you may be 100% sure, until you actually find some evidence of that thing you think you remember, there's the potential your memory is just as fickle and faulty as everyone else's.

I would have to agree with eram. If play time could be manipulated like you imagine, then it would be abusable. And one of the ways it would be abused, or try to be abused would be gaming the refund system which relies on play time to gauge refund eligibility.

But again if you can find that resource to support your memory I'd love to see it. Although if it did exist I expect it would have been disabled in 2015ish at the latest when the refund system was implemented.

[tintingaroo]

Originally posted by crazy frogger:

I know I read somewhere that I can add a launch arguement to a non steam game so that my playtime counts for a steam game instead.
I have new vegas on both steam and gog and I spent a whole week modding thw gog version so I will stick with it.
Can anyone tell me what the launch arguement was that made the game's playtime count for new vegas's steam entry? And also is there a similar launch arguement for achievments?
Launch arguements may also be called launch options or command options.
Also does anyone know where I can read alll the documentation for the launch arguements that steam accepts?

I don't know the argument but try this way:

- Open the location of the executable for the GOG version
- Create a new text file named steam_appid.txt
- Save the New Vegas appid in the file
- Add and run the NV GOG exe as a non-Steam game

For achievements I'm thinking it'll be another matter... maybe an achievement tracker that recognises GOG's and then triggers them Steam side???