Exporting to Steam

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I'm confused already. In my distant memory I remember seeing a Steam Workshop setting ...

But now I do not.

I also remember seeing an SDK folder setting...

But now I do not.

I can't see an individual export for Steam available on the GM website. Do I have it? Is it built in?

So do I just export a Windows app, drop in the required Steam files and upload? Or do I need to "include" them from my GM project? Is there a tutorial I'm missing somewhere?

 

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Ok that's weird. So there is a separate version of GM only sold on Steam... and I need to buy that? Open my project file in it and export? But then continue using the "normal" version of GM for development? Two installations of GM???

 

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So one installation of GM... but I still need to buy the Steam version? And then request keys? Sorry I still don't get it.

 

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So I do need to buy the pro version of GM on Steam (In addition to my pro version I already have?) Or do I get the free version?

 

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OK sounds good. I'm on it! Thanks.

 

[rIKmAN]

Nah, it becomes two separate installs. You'll have both desktop and Steam version installed concurrently. They behave as two different applications.

I have my Steam keys, but prefer the standalone version.

I don't know if you remember me asking about different versions installed concurrently, you replied to create a new Windows user and do it that way.

Would it be possible to have Steam version 1763 (or latest) and standalone version 1757 (or whatever) together using this method?

 

[rIKmAN]

Certainly can. Steam and Desktop versions are entirely separate.

Awesome, I couldn't be arsed having 2 Windows users so I was just uninstalling / reinstalling GM as needed.
Good stuff, thanks for the info!

 

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I was noticing... according to this... http://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/216754138-Using-The-Steamworks-SDK-With-GameMaker-Studio ... the Steam version of GM is not mentioned. I didn't realize the steam SDK was linked to in the preferences instead of global game settings so maybe it's possible to use the normal GM to do a Steam version after all? I haven't tried it yet, slowly figuring out all 3 billion things Steam makes you do.

 

[rwkay]

If you are creating a game for Steam you do not need to use the Steam version of GMS the standalone one works fine, if you want to create a game and the game will upload to its own area of Steam Workshop then you can use the GMS standalone version as well.

If you want to upload your game to the GMS area on Steam Workshop then you need to use the Steam version of GMS (as to upload to Steam Workshop you need to be a steam enabled product) this is the only real difference between the steam version and the stand alone one.

Russell

 

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Thank you sir! That seems a bit less confusing now.

 

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SUCCESS!!!

I have a question or two remaining. When I created the game from GM, I did a zip and then just extracted it to the content folder in Steam. (Must have been correct). So when I want to update do I simply clear out that folder and add the new version, run the Batch file again and that's it?

 

[SyntheticStorm9]

Yes.

 

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Another question. Since the steam export uses the zip method instead of the installer, do I need to do anything here?

 

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I just want to bump this right quick but I think I have the answer... it just always feels good for someone smarter to tell me. I guess I never did check anything in that list. Someone wrote to me with the error... "fatal error in vertex shader compilation".

So I'm hoping now that by selecting Direct X June 2010 that will fix it, since this is the only Direct X version I can select here. Will probably be a day or two before I hear back from that person they have satellite Internet and literally have to go somewhere else to download stuff lol.

Since you send the files to Steam and not an installer, I can't really package the stuff manually right? How would the average person even know where to find the files to see I had a Direct X installer in there anyway?

What's best / right?