Steam is gone after packaging shipping build?

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Hi. I have been trying to figure out whats wrong here. Development builds work great, and steamworks functions as expected.
But when packaging a shipping build, steam just dissapares and will not work with the game. Ive added the app_id and DLLs to every directory there is with no results. I found this on the wiki:

"Module Setup

Make sure to include the Unreal Engine Steam module as part of your project. (see Unreal Build System Target Files for additional help)

Adding the following should be enough to make sure that the Steam module is built along with your game. It goes inside the constructor of mygame.build.cs

DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames.Add(“OnlineSubsystemSteam”);"

(source) Online Subsystem Steam | Unreal Engine Documentation

But when adding the above line to the game.build.cs it just generates compile error:

Error	1	error CS0103: The name 'DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames' does not exist in the current context	c:\Users\Fox\Documents\Unreal Projects\game\Source\game.Target.cs	13	9	game
Error	2	error : UnrealBuildTool encountered an error while compiling source files	C:\Users\Fox\Documents\Unreal Projects\game\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\EXEC	game
Error	3	error CS0103: The name 'DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames' does not exist in the current context	c:\Users\Fox\Documents\Unreal Projects\game\Source\game.Target.cs	13	9	game
Error	4	error : UnrealBuildTool encountered an error while compiling source files	C:\Users\Fox\Documents\Unreal Projects\game\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\EXEC	game

At this point im stuck and I cant get steam to work with a shipping build, forcing me to use development builds for the time being. I would greatly appreciate any help! Thanks.

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I am having the same problem! Only working in development build. Have also attempted placing steam_appid.txt and dll to no avail. 4.8.3

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when you do it in dev mode, are you able to browse games ?

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On my end atleast development build works perfectly fine, online games can be client-side hosted, discovered in server list, and joined.

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Anyone ever figure this out? 4.10.1 still has the same problem.

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hmm, well it definitely doesn’t work, even though the steam dll is in thirdparty of engine folder.

edit see my answer

#:heart:

Rama

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#Solution steam_appid.txt

I’ve tested as of 4.11, if you do a shipping build, the thirdparty steam .dll is included, but you have to add the following file to YourGame/Binaries/Win32

steam_appid.txt

and in that file put just your app id with no whitespaces

Then when you launch the steam overlay will appear :slight_smile:

#Wiki Updated

#:heart:

Rama

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Hi Rama, thanks for the update on the situation. I can confirm that steamworks now work in shipping builds using the latest 4.11.1 build.

I add the steam_app.txt to Win64 folder instead, (using win64 builds) cheers!

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Hi!

I am having the same problem but following this did not solve it.

Could you give me the exact location where to put the steam_app.txt, is it as Rama said to “YourGame/Binaries/Win32” (in which case I would have to create those new folders) or is it that he refers to YourGame/Engine/Binaries/ThirdParty/Steamworks/Steamv132/Win64 folder? I take it that adding the txt file is done before compiling the shipping version of the game? Thanks!

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Greetings.
Make sure to place the steam_appid.txt next to the executables of your packaged build. (For example, a win64 build would have its executables here: TheGame\Binaries\Win64) Also make sure steam online subsystem is activated in the plugins browser in the editor etc.

The steam_appid.txt file is added after you have compiled and packaged your game, so the folders are already created and it needs to be placed next to the games main binary/exe files.

I hope this helps.
Best Regards!

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Thanks that helped!

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Glad there’s a simple fix. Strange that the engine doesn’t create this file for you though.

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Ok this is strange. Yesterday when I did this, it fixed the problem with Steam not loading. I updated my game via Steamworks and released. Now when I launch the game, it no longer fixes the problem. I’ve got my steam_appid.txt file in the binaries folder along with the exe but when you launch the game, Steam’s overlay doesn’t work anymore. I’m very confused.

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Nevermind. Turns out Fraps was disabling the Steam overlay. Strange, but I guess it’s part of the program. I quit Fraps and it started working again.

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In the case of mac, would I add steam_appid.txt to ./MyProject/Binaries/Mac/ ? because what I find is doing so makes the file literally disappear when I run the app!