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    Steam problem: Steam does not register game time

    When I start AO via Steam, it changes me to ingame for about 3 seconds. Then it reverts back to as if I wasn't playing.
    I wanted to afk the 5 minutes game time necessary to submit an encouraging review... *rolls eyes*
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    apparently a bug, for some people it does
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    One of the guys who left a review already has > 10h game time on record. hmm...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lougi0 View Post
    One of the guys who left a review already has > 10h game time on record. hmm...
    Maybe it is an OS specific problem... well I clicked around until all the relaunching gave me the 5 minutes to plop my review, otherwise it wont really interest me.
    This becomes a problem when Steam will display false statistics of played time for players, hurting its marketing potential. But hey this is Funcom, why would marketing be ever good I kind of pity the company now, their efforts are usually screwed over by incompetent marketing or just sheer bad luck XD
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    Steam's running AnarchyOnline.exe, but that process immediately ends itself and launches Anarchy.exe.

    I've managed to suspend the process before it ended, and now Steam thinks I'm playing the game. Lol.

    I'm going to post a steam guide.

    Here it is: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=870229920
    Last edited by Psithief; Feb 23rd, 2017 at 09:59:19.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psithief View Post
    Steam's running AnarchyOnline.exe, but that process immediately ends itself and launches Anarchy.exe.

    I've managed to suspend the process before it ended, and now Steam thinks I'm playing the game. Lol.

    I'm going to post a steam guide.

    Here it is: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=870229920
    Man, you rock

    Funny that you need to "exploit" just to be able to write a review on the game. Quite ironic
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    There is some software that allows you to "run" specific game on Steam... That is one way. I just automated starting and closing it for 5 minutes...
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    Just download "Steam Achievement Manager", add the ID for Anarchy Online on steam to it and then open it from the program (not steam). That will trick steam into thinking it's open.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Legendfluf View Post
    Just download "Steam Achievement Manager", add the ID for Anarchy Online on steam to it and then open it from the program (not steam). That will trick steam into thinking it's open.
    Thanx, this trick worked for me (the other one, suspend under procexplorer didn't). Could finally write a review after 5 min of "playing" :/
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    If you have a tool to automate clicking, you can let it click the play button as it add a few seconds every time.
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    Who is this guy and how would he know this? http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...58092246417373 / http://steamcommunity.com/app/396280...8092246437520/

    FIX:

    1) Right Click Anarchy Online in your library
    2) Select Properties
    3) Select "Set Launch Options"
    4) Input (without quotes) "IA700453413 IP7505 DU" and press Enter
    5) Launch Anarchy Online

    You should now be able to play AND show your status as playing Anarchy Online. This will bypass the launch screen and take you straight into the game.

    Good Luck and Have Fun.

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    I assume he used google.
    If you do that too you will find the answer.
    Basically it says AO to skip launcher and go to the ip-adress and port that are specified through the parameters IA and IP.
    While the ip-address IA is masked in a certain way.

    And it works just fine. Only problem is that I now can't start a second instance of the game from steam. But well you can't have everything.
    Last edited by Behoernchen; Mar 1st, 2017 at 11:26:32. Reason: removed link cause reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Psithief View Post
    he updated his sig to.

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    game dev on steam is my guess why he knows.

    as far as the ip address, phaz posted that on nkb's forums, and if you google search "anarchy online bypass launcher" it will show up torward the top.

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    I just used Steam Achievement Manger to get some in-game time ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Behoernchen View Post
    I assume he used google.
    If you do that too you will find the answer.
    Basically it says AO to skip launcher and go to the ip-adress and port that are specified through the parameters IA and IP.
    While the ip-address IA is masked in a certain way.

    And it works just fine. Only problem is that I now can't start a second instance of the game from steam. But well you can't have everything.
    This is currently the best way to go on Steam.

    Create two shortcuts to the Steam version of AO, one with the parameters and one without. The one without the parameters is so that you can patch when and if they ever release a patch.
    The one with parameters can be used to start another AO instance without loading the launcher. The downside is this won't be detected by Steam. It only tracks the Process it started.

    Quote Originally Posted by Psithief View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Soju View Post
    he updated his sig to.

    Tom Sawyer - Dystopia 2 Development Team

    game dev on steam is my guess why he knows.

    as far as the ip address, phaz posted that on nkb's forums, and if you google search "anarchy online bypass launcher" it will show up torward the top.
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    Has this issue been solved ?

    Judging by Steam charts it seems NOT :
    http://steamcharts.com/app/396280

    Can anyone confirm ?
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    It has not been resolved.

    The Workaround is still the only way to show up as playing AO on Steam.

    I wish more players would use it. Showing how many players are active can only help the community.
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    Without Steam Overlay support, there's simply no reason to launch AO through Steam. That's all anyone will consider.

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    Steam Overlay is only needed if you play in full screen mode. Everyone I know runs in in Windowed mode. Myself included. In fact I play any game that supports it that way. Either way, I rarely use the overlay.

    I believe some have gotten the New engine to work in the steam folder, which of course Steam can launch. I believe that supports the overlay. I myself have not tested this though.
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