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bburky / playnite-non-steam-shortcuts

A Playnite extension to create non-Steam shortcuts
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How do I get my SteamID? #15

Closed Unknow0059 closed 4 years ago

Unknow0059 commented 4 years ago

This "SteamID" must not be the same as my web profile's "SteamID" - which one can find by going to one's profile, viewing source, and grabbing the 17-character-long number - because this number is nowhere to be seen within Steam's entire directory tree.

So it's something else, and I don't know how to get that.

I managed to get it by traveling the opposite way from a game's appid directory. I still would like to know the "official" way.

Unrelated question: "The game in Playnite will be modified to launch the game using Steam." Is Playnite aware of whether a game is running or not when the game's launched externally to it?

bburky commented 4 years ago

I think it's just the old style 8 digit steamID (not steamID3 or steamID64). I usually find the id by just looking under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\....

From Playnite's perspective, it's launching the game by a steam:// url, so playtime tracking won't necessarily work. I think playtime tracking works anyway if you've correctly configured the installation directory of the game sometimes though.

Unknow0059 commented 4 years ago

I usually find the id by just looking under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\....

Yeah, I have more than one 8-digit folders inside that.

I guess I'll test whether the playtime tracking works and update this.

Unknow0059 commented 4 years ago

It doesn't. You must start it from Playnite. So it is one-way - if you have the shortcuts on Steam you must use them from Playnite in order to get tracking.