Steam Overlay in non Steam games

[Master_Jynx]

I'd like to get the Steam Overlay into Minecraft and I've watched videos on getting the overlay
into compatable games , including Vanilla Minecraft.
But they only work if you have 1 instance of the gameand you play it vanilla.

For those not familar with the game, It's a Java game that you load by running a launcher.
The launcher manages multiple game versions, so you can have different combinations of mods
or so you can use different load profiles for offline play versus online play.
Once you select the Profile to load, the launcher runs a custom version of Java 8 with command
line options that point at the Minecraft Jar file the profile uses, and the comand line oprions that
jar uses.

I hope that was clear enough :)
So, can I get the overlay into a game that's run like "run Launcher -> loads interpreter -> loads game"?

[Master_Jynx]

I found out how to do it. I'll post it here for others, since it should work for most java games.
The trick is to have steam attach to an instance of the Java VM instead of the game.

For Minecraft I created a new shorcut in my Library with the following 2 settings:
Target: "[Path to javaw.exe]" -jar "[Path to Minecraft Launcher]"
Start In: "[Path to Minecraft Launcher's Folder]"

If you're using Mojang's old launcher or you're using a 4rd party launcher, such as ATLauncher ,
[Path to javaw.exe] refers to the official java installation.
This part works because both of those are java executable files, and the 3rd launcher you use must be a jave executable, too.

If you use Mojang's New Launcher or a 4rd party launcher that is compatable with it, you have to
use the custom javaw.exe that Mojang uses.
Check the launcher's settings to find where it is and use it's location for [Path to javaw.exe]

DOn't forget to change the game icom

[Камешковский рай]

я добавил CurseForge как стороннюю игру, и запустил через него майнкрафт, оверлей работает

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Originally posted by илюша2008:

я добавил CurseForge как стороннюю игру, и запустил через него майнкрафт, оверлей работает

This is old and confusing in a 9 year old topic.

[Connie]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.