New features wanted for steamworks extension?

Hi all.
The current extension is about to be 10 years old and lacks the latest SDK features, and seems that both CT & author are too busy and don't have time to update it.
However, it indeed covers more than 80% SDK features, so it's a lot of unnecessary work to rewrite it. The aim is, make an extension as the complement, add features like detect remote play device types / User language, and the original one remains untouched.
So, I'm here to gather wanted features.

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compatibility:
New version modified lib file so it will load latest dll in another file name, in theory it should be compatible with old one.
You need to create steam_appid.txt according to the valve's document, and make sure the ID in this file is the same as the one in the old ext's properties. Different ID may conflict due to the initialize order, maybe overwrote.

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Note that this work won't be fast, depending on the development state of my game, and the features I need will be added as the highest priority.

Get back to continue work on this, sorry for the late reply

Quote from NaitorStudios

In-App purchases is a highly requested one...
There's also the thing where the original can't download workshop files that the id is bigger than a 16-bit integer or something...

Does 'In-App purchases' something equal to Please login to see this link.? The purchase is done by web API, which should be covered by Get object. What I can do is return steam ID and game language (done in current version).
About the workshop, I'll check this after the upload folder content is implemented.

Quote from SirEatAlot

This would be great and very much appreciated! Having a bug free and up to date steamworks extension is really important for anyone wanting to publish something on steam! I at least would be willing to pay for this.

As for features, for me the regular steam functions like achievements, workshop support and cloud saves seem the most important IMHO.

I'll add achievement & stats first as I'm using both in game and don't want to keep two objects
Talking about cloud savings, do you mean the APIs that allow you to upload/modify specific files? As set save file path is enough for most games and it's transparent to game itself (steam will auto syncs it when game is closed).

Quote from SevenSails

Doesn't DLC need a verification with Steam API?

DLC has a separate APPID so using this condition can check if user owns it.

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however, this won't check if user has already downloaded it, valve uses another API BIsDlcInstalled for this.

Quote from SevenSails

Let's say I have a game. And want a DLC with more levels to it. The DLC is created and bought. So Steam do download the materials to the same folder as the game and the main game updated, how do I verify if the DLC is acquired if not through the steamworks extension?

If you don't want to use extension, personally, I suggest using a file as a flag.
E.g., you game has a specific folder for this, each DLC will put a file in that folder, so check if file exists -> check if DLC exists

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This method will not work for pirated copies.

some games will bundle DLC contents in the main game but only enables DLCs when the game knows user had purchased it (e,g., capcom)

Quote from dsilvers

What I would love to see is the ability to properly enable/disable the extension both in-engine and at runtime so a game can be brought to multiple platforms without having to potentially damage code by removing the Steamworks extension completely.

you can create dummy files for other platforms to fool fusion. E.g., copy the template file provided by SDK then rename class to CRunSteamworks (according to the document) and keep other part empty.

Quote from NaitorStudios

In-App purchases is a highly requested one...

Hi, NaitorStudios , sorry to bother, do you familiar with web functions?

According to the In-App purchases document, it's a set of web get & post call, SDK only need to provide basic info then check the purchase callback, but I don't know much about web tech, tried with some web lib to send get/post but keep getting connection error when trying to play with it.

Quote from NaitorStudios

Hmm... Is there any possibility to adjust the overlay size and position?
Perhaps attach it to the main window instead of the one that renders the frame...

Seems impossible, valve didn't provide any functions to let you set it.
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Quote from marbenx

Rich presence for Steam would be a nice feature if you're still taking requests

Preliminary usable, please check it.

Micro transaction is preliminary usable now, please DM me or quote me if you wanna to test it.

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