Steamworks::Initialize fails unless it is my steam account

[martyj]

I cannot get Steamworks to initialize on anybody else steam account. Do I have to have an app approved through greenlight in order for users to play my game attached to steam?

[gamecreator]

Definitely not. At least, not when I last tried it. The stuff I posted here I tested with a random friend:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/9663-introduction-to-steam-code-in-leadwerks/

But that was a while back and I'm not sure if Josh changed code since then.

[Josh]

You've got to have the steam_appid.txt file in the same folder as you game executable.

[reepblue]

If you change it to 480, it will call the Spacewar app which is a test app that all accounts have access too.

[gamecreator]

You've got to have the steam_appid.txt file in the same folder as you game executable.

Ah. Leadwerks doesn't include this file by default when you Publish. Probably makes sense.

[martyj]

You've got to have the steam_appid.txt file in the same folder as you game executable.

 

Even with the file there, it won't work.

 

I'll try having it set to 480. Right now it is set to 355500.

 

 

 

Edit

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Even with the value set to 480 the game doesn't work. You can download it here if you want to give it a shot. http://dl.worldfactions.net/pre_alpha_0.2.7z

[macklebee]

The steamworks overlay works for me with either 355500 or 480 but only if Steam is running. Though only the game's hud is visible when I use the Game Launcher number (355500) and not the game's world. If I use 480, then I see the world, the hud and the steam overlay.

[martyj]

@macklebee is that on the link I posted?

 

Here is my friend running the app.

 

 

As you can see there is a steam_appid file. The message that prints is around this code.

 

if (!Steamworks::Initialize())
{
 System::Print("Error: Failed to initialize Steam.");
 return false;
}

[gamecreator]

I got into the game fine with the link you posted above.

[macklebee]

@macklebee is that on the link I posted?

Yes its with the link you posted.

[Josh]

He has to have Steam already running, too.

[macklebee]

He has to have Steam already running, too.

Looking at the video posted, it appears that he does.

[Josh]

Nothing there looks strange. That's exactly what I do when developing, just running the EXE directly.

[macklebee]

I can get it to do exactly what he is showing in that video if I change the steam_appid.text file to contain anything other than 480 (or 355500).

[martyj]

I can confirm that switching to 480 fixed it.

 

Thanks.

[Josh]

Does your friend have Game Launcher installed?