How do you run Origin games with steam overlay?

[hooaht FOYAH]

I added Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 to my steam library, but when I run through Steam, origin would pop up then game would run, but it wouldn't be on steam. It worked before, but now it doesn't work anymore.

[snailbee]

How the hell did all of you get that weird double-path thing working? Whenever I try to do that It just tells me that the folde speficified in the start box is not valid.

My Origin.exe is under "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin", and my game is under "D:\Origin Games\Need for Speed"

So I put "D:\Origin Games\Need for Speed\" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Origin.exe" in the start box , and i cant save the shortcut like that because of the error.

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por boristhesp1der:

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While I'm aware that by this I'm not really answering your question:

For me, Steam's in-game overlay has worked in Origin -games by me simply disabling Origin's in-game overlay under the Origin -client. [Origin > Application Settings > Origin In-Game]

Enable Origin In-Game

OFF

Then just add the game's executable as a non-Steam -game. Close the Origin -client (so it shuts down and doesn't show up on the bottom right), and launch the game's executable from Steam.

You can alternatively add Origin's shortcut with the game's browser protocol as its launch argument under Steam's [Set Launch Options] -menu (or as expansion to the Target -field), but you'll have to use Inspect Element on the appropriate game's store -page to really figure out its ID.

[snailbee]

Disabling the origin overlay doesnt help, thats not the problem. Everytime I launch a game over origin from within steam it applies the overlay to origin itself, but not the game in which I need it to configure the controller.

[surashu]

Publicado originalmente por boristhesp1der:

Disabling the origin overlay doesnt help, thats not the problem. Everytime I launch a game over origin from within steam it applies the overlay to origin itself, but not the game in which I need it to configure the controller.

What happens if you have Origin already running before you open the game on Steam?

[snailbee]

Still the same, starting the game somehow focuses origin shortly before actually launching the game and origin still gets the overlay

[surashu]

Publicado originalmente por boristhesp1der:

Still the same, starting the game somehow focuses origin shortly before actually launching the game and origin still gets the overlay

Whelp, oh well

[Zyddie]

This doesnt work with Battlefield 1

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por BFG Zyddie:

This doesnt work with Battlefield 1

Does for me when I disable Origin's in-game overlay, close Origin altogether and then launch Bf1.exe as a non-Steam -game.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=784692335

[Zyddie]

Publicado originalmente por Teutep:

Publicado originalmente por BFG Zyddie:

This doesnt work with Battlefield 1

Does for me when I disable Origin's in-game overlay, close Origin altogether and then launch Bf1.exe as a non-Steam -game.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=784692335

yea figured out a work around, has it´s benefits to be a programmer ^_^

[Jedward]

Publicado originalmente por BFG Zyddie:

yea figured out a work around, has it´s benefits to be a programmer ^_^

Sharing is caring!

However, I got mine to work by simply doing as everyone said. Go into Origin, Disable in-game overlay and the setting to "Automatically open Origin after game", quitting/closing out Origin entirely, then going to Steam and launching the game from Steam.

[Julibe]

Hi, before getting started Sorry about my english, its not my native language...

I found a way to do add an my origin games to my steam library, and I dont need to have it installed.
this is how its done:

go to origin game library online: https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/game-library

then pick a game, you will see a code in your url something like OFB-EAST:109547519

for example here the url i get when i pick command an conquer 3

https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/game-library/ogd/OFB-EAST:52210/friends-who-play

so i copy the code OFB-EAST:52210 and to openit in origun add this url before the code origin://LaunchGame/[game-code]

now i add the shortcut on steam,

go to add a non steam game,
then chose a random program,
locate the program in your library,
change the corresponding values,
Here is an example:


Title:
Command & Conquer™ 3 Tiberium Wars™ and Kane’s Wrath

Target:
origin://LaunchGame/OFB-EAST:52210

thats it, now look for the thumbnail for the game and done!

[Julibe]

take a look at this: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/144513524087046777/

[mangeybum]

So, the method of adding the path to the field marked Start-in doesn't work properly for me. My biggest concern is getting steam overlay under big picture while I am playing the game so I can mess with my configurations. To get this to work, I had to do something different, but almost the same.

Under the Target field, I put the path to origin.exe BEFORE the path that is already present. ( It is necessary to leave a space between quotation marks, ...origin.exe" "C:\Program FIles...)

This starts origin alone, and then you have to use origin to choose your game, but with this method when I press the steam button my overlay works, which I cannot get to work with the provided method.

[Hatman]

Way too complicated guys....

- Go to Origin Application Settings > Origin In-Game > Turn it Off
- Close Origin

- Rightclick Origin Tray Icon and "Quit Origin"
^ This step is important! Unless Origin is completely shut down and restartet including the tray agent the overlay setting won't be applied.

- Go to Steam Library > Add non-Steam Game
- Navigate to .exe file of desired game
- Done

Just tested with Dead Space 3. Steam overlay works and friendslist reports me playing DS3.

[Tev]

Publicado originalmente por Hatman:

Way too complicated guys....

- Go to Origin Application Settings > Origin In-Game > Turn it Off
- Close Origin

- Rightclick Origin Tray Icon and "Quit Origin"
^ This step is important! Unless Origin is completely shut down and restartet including the tray agent the overlay setting won't be applied.

- Go to Steam Library > Add non-Steam Game
- Navigate to .exe file of desired game
- Done

Just tested with Dead Space 3. Steam overlay works and friendslist reports me playing DS3.

That's what I do (and have done on both Windows 7 and 10), but it doesn't seem to work for everyone for whatever reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY_Qq-2lD_A

Some people have got it to work by using the game's browser protocol as Origin's launch argument; and apparently the guy above did "Origin path" "Game path" in the target field.