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azfar90my
4 years ago

The Sims 4 Steam has no Steam Overlay and disabling Origin In-Game issue.

I have The Sims 4 on Steam and I play through it. I am able to run the game through Steam, while Origin launcher is active in background. The game launches and runs fine, however, the Steam Overlay...
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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
4 years ago

@Kushlewskis  No one is blaming the customers.  However, when a feature works for most people and doesn't for only a few, the issue clearly has something to do with the affected players' systems.  That doesn't mean it's only about their systems, of course, but figuring out what can fix it for these people can point to the underlying cause.

I have no idea whether the Sims 4 developers read the Steam forums.  I do know this particular issue has been escalated.

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Kushlewskis
4 years ago
@puzzlezaddict well the main problem isn't even the overlay, it's a consequence of the problem. The problem is that steam doesn't detect or should i say "hook up" the game while it's running. There's no overlay because steam thinks the game isn't running, it's not tracking playtime, your friends don't see that you're playing sims 4, etc. Thing is that when you hit play on steam it launches origin version only. So yeah, overlay isn't a problem here.

Steam overlay is universal, it works on nearly all games (i think except DOS games), even if you run a non-steam game, so origin exclusive games, GOG, uplay, epic store, etc., any game, overlay is injected automatically when steam registers that a 3D application is running through steam (you can add non-steam games to steam so your friends see you as "name - playing a non steam game".

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