Steam Overlay ???

[Guest]

Hi. I have a problem using the Steam overlay while playing War Thunder. So the Shift+Tab wont work, any advice ?

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Hello KippariKalle87.

 

Works fine for me, even in the big picture mode.

[Guest]

Well. My overlay isnt working in windowed mode or Full screen :/

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Do you mean the big picture mode?

[Guest]

Yes big picture windowed mode.

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Please try following:

1. open Steam but not in Big Picture Mode
2. go to Steam settings and 'Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game'
3. go to Steam library -> right click on War Thunder -> Proberties -> General and check here also 'Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game'
4. start game through Steam/Big Picture Mode and try again

 

 

[Guest]

Overlay doesnt work in Big Picture mode either

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Works the normal Steam overlay while ingame?

[Guest]

In any other Steam game overlay works (Shift+Tab) But not in War Thunder, in any mode... ive tried defragment of War Thunder files and deleting War Thunder from Steam but still doesnt work

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Please attach your dxdiag and the config.blk in your War Thunder Steam directory.

[Guest]

Here ya go

DxDiag.txt

config.blk

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Try fullscreen instead of fullscreen windowed.

[Guest]

Still. Not working.

[Guest]

Idk but i use CCleaner and every time I remove "junk" files it deletes something from steam also...

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Therefore i do not like those programs.

Well, reinstall Steam.

[Guest]

Well. I Uninstalled Steam And ReInstalled it and now i have tried War Thunder afterwards and still, the same problem exists. Overlay not working.

[FredericusRer 5,088]

But not the Steam Client Beta but the normal Steam Client?

[Guest]

Yeah it is the normal Steam Client

[Oupy 7]

I think i know what is going on here...

 

Steam only seems to be 'connected' to War Thunder when the launcher is open.

If the launcher closes when pressing play, the steam overlay will not be present nor will it track your time played. Once the launcher closes, steam thinks you have stopped playing the game.

 

Is there anyway to keep the launcher open when you hit play? I think this will fix it!

[Oupy 7]

I've found a fix for this (at least in my case)

 

If you had previously set Aces to run as administrator (under the compatibility mode tab) and steam is not run under the same conditions, then the overlay won't work.

 

Devs - can this be captured under a known issue of some sort?

[FredericusRer 5,088]

@KippariKalle87, can you please try Oupy's solution.

[Guest]

And how do i change Steam and War Thunder to run as administration ? @Oupy

[FredericusRer 5,088]

1. go to Steam directory and right click on Steam.exe and GameOverlayUI
2. -> Properties
3. -> Compatibility
4. -> 'Change settings for all users'
5. enable 'Run as administrator'
6. -> Accept and OK

Same in War Thunder directory with launcher.exe and in War Thunder\win32 and/or War Thunder\win64 with the aces.exe.

[Guest]

Ok tried those. Nope.......

[FredericusRer 5,088]

Please submit a bug report. As we have all needed informations we will forward it to the developers for futher investigations.