by J_Th4ng » Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:09 pm
Hi guys,
After many repeated attempts to get everyone to use Xfire so that we can see when our clanmates are playing (and perhaps join them for some fun), I've realised that there are many who don't want to use XFire.
However, many of those people do use Steam, and have it setup to run on startup. Hence we often use Steam to chat with one another.
So, could everybody who uses Steam please add your non-Steam games into your gamelist (like for example BC2). Then, if you are playing BC2, your Steam status will change to say 'In non-Steam game:Bad Company 2'. Just as effective as XFire to find out if anyone is online.
To add non-Steam games, click on the 'Games' menu on the top bar, and select (wait for it...) 'Add a non-Steam game to my games list'. It will populate a list of programs on your computer, and you can check the ones that you want to add. If the game is not listed (like the BC2 beta...), hit 'browse', go to the game install folder and select the exectuable.
The game will then appear in your games list on Steam, and can be launched from there if you desire. And of course we can also use this to see when our friends are online and playing a game we might like to join.
Hi guys,
After many repeated attempts to get everyone to use Xfire so that we can see when our clanmates are playing (and perhaps join them for some fun), I've realised that there are many who don't want to use XFire.
However, many of those people do use Steam, and have it setup to run on startup. Hence we often use Steam to chat with one another.
So, could everybody who uses Steam please add your non-Steam games into your gamelist (like for example BC2). Then, if you are playing BC2, your Steam status will change to say 'In non-Steam game:Bad Company 2'. Just as effective as XFire to find out if anyone is online.
To add non-Steam games, click on the 'Games' menu on the top bar, and select (wait for it...) 'Add a non-Steam game to my games list'. It will populate a list of programs on your computer, and you can check the ones that you want to add. If the game is not listed (like the BC2 beta...), hit 'browse', go to the game install folder and select the exectuable.
The game will then appear in your games list on Steam, and can be launched from there if you desire. And of course we can also use this to see when our friends are online and playing a game we might like to join.