Steam Steam and dlls

[Mick]

Hi! I remember reading something about dlls and Steam somewhere a while ago but I didn't find the source now when searching. I'm wondering if Steam allows external dlls to be included with games (for using external_define etc)?

 

[Yal]

AFAIK Steam doesn't allow third-party DLLs because of security concerns. Tried looking for the actual statement somewhere, but I couldn't find it... but they apparently have a bunch of DLLs on their own that can be used... but I'd guess GM's steam export takes care of that step automatically for you.

 

[Mick]

I found where I read this, it's in the documentation about extensions:

https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/001_advanced use/extensions/using extensions.html

It says "You can use windows DLL files (Dynamic Link Libraries), except in those games destined for the Steam Workshop (which prohibits their use)". So it seems the limitation is for Steam Workshop only. can anybody confirm?

 

[Lewa]

I've never published a game on Steam, but i think that this only applies to the games which are uploaded to the Game Maker Workshop on Steam (Which is some sort of sandbox replacement for steam users.)

Games which were published on the "official" steam store don't have this kind of limitation. (If this was the case, probably 99% of Games would be in trouble as a lot of functionality is implemented via DLLs.)
You can check it yourself. Download any kind of game on Steam and check the games ressource directory. You will most likely find DLL files.

Even Game Maker itself already generates a D3DX9_43.dll file (if you export as a zipped windows executable).

 

[Mick]

(If this was the case, probably 99% of Games would be in trouble as a lot of functionality is implemented via DLLs.)

True that, it wouldn't make any sense with a restriction like that.