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Posted May 19, 2015
Hi, I'd like to know if anyone knows how to use the steam overlay with the galaxy client. What I've tried so far has added the client itself to steam, not the game.

I'd love to be able to keep chatting with friends as we play through it. Thanks
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Posted May 19, 2015
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Lightor216: Hi, I'd like to know if anyone knows how to use the steam overlay with the galaxy client. What I've tried so far has added the client itself to steam, not the game.

I'd love to be able to keep chatting with friends as we play through it. Thanks
You probably want to add the game, not the galaxy client to steam. You should be able to launch W3 without GOG Galaxy being active...
Posted September 16, 2015
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Lightor216: Hi, I'd like to know if anyone knows how to use the steam overlay with the galaxy client. What I've tried so far has added the client itself to steam, not the game.

I'd love to be able to keep chatting with friends as we play through it. Thanks
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Petrell: You probably want to add the game, not the galaxy client to steam. You should be able to launch W3 without GOG Galaxy being active...
That doesn't answer the question, the idea is to use Steam Overlay, and keep GoG Galaxy tracking hours and achievements.
Posted September 16, 2015
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Petrell: You probably want to add the game, not the galaxy client to steam. You should be able to launch W3 without GOG Galaxy being active...
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Kobi_Blade: That doesn't answer the question, the idea is to use Steam Overlay, and keep GoG Galaxy tracking hours and achievements.
I haven't tried it myself but I have been told you can do this by adding the game to Steam as a non-steam game and also letting the GoG Galaxy client run in the background. Then launch the game via Steam.
Post edited September 16, 2015 by jtf323
Posted September 16, 2015
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Kobi_Blade: That doesn't answer the question, the idea is to use Steam Overlay, and keep GoG Galaxy tracking hours and achievements.
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jtf323: I haven't tried it myself but I have been told you can do this by adding the game to Steam as a non-steam game and also letting the GoG Galaxy client run in the background. Then launch the game via Steam.
That wont work, the game needs to be launched from GoG Galaxy.
Posted September 17, 2015
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Kobi_Blade: That wont work, the game needs to be launched from GoG Galaxy.
EDITED: did not work.

EDIT: Just tried this and I don't see it... However. I do get achievements without running through Galaxy, just not time tracking.
Post edited September 17, 2015 by paladin181
Posted September 17, 2015
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Kobi_Blade: That wont work, the game needs to be launched from GoG Galaxy.
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paladin181: EDITED: did not work.

EDIT: Just tried this and I don't see it... However. I do get achievements without running through Galaxy, just not time tracking.
I want both time tracking and achievements on GoG Galaxy, while using the Steam Overlay.

This works on uPlay and Origin, so it should be made to work on GoG Galaxy.
Post edited September 17, 2015 by Kobi_Blade
Posted September 17, 2015
Curious, did anyone get this to work? I did try but couldn't get it.
Posted September 18, 2015
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Kobi_Blade: I want both time tracking and achievements on GoG Galaxy, while using the Steam Overlay.

This works on uPlay and Origin, so it should be made to work on GoG Galaxy.
I want a billion dollars and a blowjob from Beyonce. Jay-Z has this so it should work for me too. Your statement is invalid as Galaxy is neither Origin nor U-Play.
Posted March 11, 2017
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Lightor216: Hi, I'd like to know if anyone knows how to use the steam overlay with the galaxy client. What I've tried so far has added the client itself to steam, not the game.

I'd love to be able to keep chatting with friends as we play through it. Thanks
Just go to your game files ( for example Witcher 3)
ProgramFiles x64 or what you have > GOG Galaxy > Games > The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt > bin > x64
and in this directory you have witcher3.exe so when you are adding non steam game in steam click browse and find this file.
Posted March 12, 2017
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darthspudius: Curious, did anyone get this to work?
Yes.

Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/zgsxb0pdf50hxmf/SteamOverlayFix.zip?dl=0 and extract the files to the directory where GOG Galaxy is located.

Adjust the file paths to Witcher 3 and the Galaxy Client in SteamOverlayFix.ini with notepad (if necessary).

Add GOG Galaxy to the Steam client as a non-Steam game.

Rightclick on the new Galaxy entry on the Steam client->Properties and overwrite the Target field with

"C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\SteamOverlayFix.vbs"
(adjust the file path if you didn't install Gog Galaxy in "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\")

You can now launch Gog Galaxy from the Steam client and in turn Witcher 3 from GoG Galaxy. The Steam overlay will work and Galaxy will track your playtime.


The script was found here:
https://github.com/lemasato/Steam-Overlay-for-Launchers/releases
Posted June 12, 2017
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darthspudius: Curious, did anyone get this to work?
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teleguy: Yes.

Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/zgsxb0pdf50hxmf/SteamOverlayFix.zip?dl=0 and extract the files to the directory where GOG Galaxy is located.

Adjust the file paths to Witcher 3 and the Galaxy Client in SteamOverlayFix.ini with notepad (if necessary).

Add GOG Galaxy to the Steam client as a non-Steam game.

Rightclick on the new Galaxy entry on the Steam client->Properties and overwrite the Target field with

"C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\SteamOverlayFix.vbs"
(adjust the file path if you didn't install Gog Galaxy in "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\")

You can now launch Gog Galaxy from the Steam client and in turn Witcher 3 from GoG Galaxy. The Steam overlay will work and Galaxy will track your playtime.

The script was found here:
https://github.com/lemasato/Steam-Overlay-for-Launchers/releases
Can this be used for multiple games from GOG? Do I have to create multiple .ini files or can I just add to the existing one?

Thanks!
Post edited June 12, 2017 by richbordoni
Posted June 13, 2017
It can be used for other games but you'll need a vb script and an ini file for each game. I suggest you put the script and ini files into the game directory in these cases though.

Here's an example for Unreal Tournament 2004.

Put the vbs and ini file into same directory as the game executable, e.g. C:\GOG Games\Unreal Tournament 2004\System.

The ini should look like this:

[General]
Client=C:\GOG Games\Unreal Tournament 2004\System\UT2004.exe
Launcher=C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\GalaxyClient.exe
Add UT2004.exe to Steam. Replace the target with
"C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "C:\GOG Games\Unreal Tournament 2004\System\SteamOverlayFix.vbs"
Post edited June 13, 2017 by teleguy
Posted June 13, 2017
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teleguy: It can be used for other games but you'll need a vb script and an ini file for each game. I suggest you put the script and ini files into the game directory in these cases though.

Here's an example for Unreal Tournament 2004.

Put the vbs and ini file into same directory as the game executable, e.g. C:\GOG Games\Unreal Tournament 2004\System.

The ini should look like this:

[General]
Client=C:\GOG Games\Unreal Tournament 2004\System\UT2004.exe
Launcher=C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\GalaxyClient.exe
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teleguy: Add UT2004.exe to Steam. Replace the target with
"C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "C:\GOG Games\Unreal Tournament 2004\System\SteamOverlayFix.vbs"
Awesome. Thanks for the help man.
Posted June 17, 2017
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darthspudius: Curious, did anyone get this to work?
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teleguy: Yes.

Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/zgsxb0pdf50hxmf/SteamOverlayFix.zip?dl=0 and extract the files to the directory where GOG Galaxy is located.

Adjust the file paths to Witcher 3 and the Galaxy Client in SteamOverlayFix.ini with notepad (if necessary).

Add GOG Galaxy to the Steam client as a non-Steam game.

Rightclick on the new Galaxy entry on the Steam client->Properties and overwrite the Target field with

"C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\SteamOverlayFix.vbs"
(adjust the file path if you didn't install Gog Galaxy in "C:\Program Files (x86)\GalaxyClient\")

You can now launch Gog Galaxy from the Steam client and in turn Witcher 3 from GoG Galaxy. The Steam overlay will work and Galaxy will track your playtime.

The script was found here:
https://github.com/lemasato/Steam-Overlay-for-Launchers/releases
This didn't work with me, followed all the steps several times.
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