Adding TNM to Steam as a third party shortcut

Jetsetlemming · Post by **Jetsetlemming** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:08 am

Could I get a brief rundown on how to do this? When I try to add a Steam shortcut then paste in the settings from the desktop shortcut created by the installer, I get this error when I try to run it:

And I can't get the icon to use the TNM icon, since the select icon setup in Steam stupidly only lets you point to .exes for some reason.

that guy · Post by **that guy** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:41 pm

I haven't had any luck doing this either. I'm not sure what steams issue is but I think it doesn't like the command line parameters

terthos · Post by **terthos** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:13 pm

Had similar problem with WINE one time. You might also try putting quotes around the application call. Thusly:

"C:\DeusEx2\system\TNM.exe"

Hope it works for ya.

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:32 pm

Yes, terthos is right. I've been playing TNM via steam since I installed it. My first thought was just to copy the shortcut command, but that didn't work like Jetsetlemming observed.

TNM showed up in my "add non-steam game" list, but if it doesn't then you'll have to add it manually.
I then put quotes around the executable path/name ONLY, thus:

"D:\DeusEx\System\TNM.exe" -hax0r INI="D:\DeusEx\TNM\System\TNM.ini" USERINI="D:\DeusEx\TNM\System\TNMUser.ini" log=TNM.log

and leaving location alone.

Obviously replace with the string from the propertie of your own TNM shortcut as my paths are non-standard. Steam currently doesn't have the ability to add a pre-existing shortcut as a 3rd party game or this wouldn't be necessary.

Jetsetlemming · Post by **Jetsetlemming** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:34 pm

Adding in extra quotes on the .exe location part works, though for some reason TNM seems to run much worse through Steam than normal. Feels like a small but incredibly annoying input lag.

Post by **Jonas** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:42 pm

I gotta say it was a pleasant surprise when the message "Patrick is now playing The Nameless Mod" popped up on Steam last night. Put a right tingle down my spine, it did.

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:56 pm

lemming, I've not noticed any input lag but using the steam overlay is very laggy when web browsing, definitely NOT for deus ex cheats, hur hur.

It's pretty tingly to be playing a game knowing that I could talk to the lead developer at the touch of a button!

Post by **Jonas** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:02 pm

Yes, you know who to shout at when you encounter one of those many pesky AI glitches

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