In this small tutorial, I'll explain how to add a shortcut to Smokin' Guns into Steam as a non-steam game entry. I'll use in this case a machine running a x86_64 system.
Content
- Why
- Creating a Desktop file
- Adding it to Steam
Why
There are many reason for you that you may want to add it in your non-steam games:
- You want to add all your games in steam to have a nice representation of what you have in your machine
- You want to show your friends that you are playing SG, is there actually a better way to do so?
- You want to use the steam overlay while playing.
Creating a Desktop file
- Open any text editor and paste the content given below:
- Code: Select all
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Smokin' Guns
Exec=/home/yourname/folder/of/smokinguns.x86_64
Icon=/home/yourname/folder/of/sg_48.png
You may edit the Exec and Icon line to point to the smokinguns.x86_64 executable (or .i386 if you are using a 32bit system) and sg_48.png icon file - Then save what you did as smokinguns.desktop into the root folder of the game (in the example, it was /home/yourname/folder/of/)
Adding it to Steam
- Click on "+ ADD A GAME..." on the botton of the window on the Library section of Steam
- Select "Add a Non-Steam Game..."
- Click on "BROWSE..."
- Go where you saved your smokinguns.desktop file, select it and click "OPEN"
- Then click on "ADD SELECTED PROGRAMS"