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Manually Inject Steam Overlay and Associate With an AppID
#include <string>
const wchar_t*
SK_GetSteamDir (void)
{
static
wchar_t wszSteamPath [MAX_PATH + 2] = { };
DWORD len = MAX_PATH;
LSTATUS status =
RegGetValueW ( HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
LR"(SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam\)",
L"SteamPath",
RRF_RT_REG_SZ,
nullptr,
wszSteamPath,
(LPDWORD)&len );
if (status == ERROR_SUCCESS)
return wszSteamPath;
else
return nullptr;
}
constexpr int
__stdcall
SK_GetBitness (void)
{
#ifdef _M_AMD64
return 64;
#endif
return 32;
}
#define SK_RunLHIfBitness(b,l,r) SK_GetBitness () == (b) ? (l) : (r)
bool
SK_Steam_LoadOverlay (int32 appid = -1)
{
static HMODULE hModOverlay = nullptr,
hModClient = nullptr;
if (hModOverlay != nullptr)
return true;
const wchar_t* wszSteamPath =
SK_GetSteamDir ();
if (wszSteamPath == nullptr)
return false;
if (appid != -1)
{
SetEnvironmentVariableA (
"SteamGameId",
std::to_string (appid).c_str ()
);
}
wchar_t wszOverlayDLL [MAX_PATH + 2] = { };
wchar_t wszClientDLL [MAX_PATH + 2] = { };
lstrcatW ( wszOverlayDLL, wszSteamPath );
lstrcatW ( wszClientDLL, wszSteamPath );
lstrcatW ( wszOverlayDLL,
SK_RunLHIfBitness ( 64, LR"(\GameOverlayRenderer64.dll)",
LR"(\GameOverlayRenderer.dll)" ) );
lstrcatW ( wszClientDLL,
SK_RunLHIfBitness ( 64, LR"(\steamclient64.dll)",
LR"(\steamclient.dll)" ) );
hModClient =
LoadLibraryW (wszClientDLL);
hModOverlay =
LoadLibraryW (wszOverlayDLL);
return hModOverlay != nullptr;
}
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