Playing OpenRCT2 with Steam files not counting toward Steam playtime

[kingmustard]

I, of course, understand the reason why.

However, ideally, I'd like Steam to track my playtime whilst playing OpenRCT2.

I've noticed a "Pause game when Steam overlay is open" option in OpenRCT2 but it does nothing because I'm not running OpenRCT2 from Steam (as that would launch the non-OpenRCT2 version, wouldn't it?)

[YoloSweggLord]

This question has come up before, but I don't remember exactly what the workaround was. I think the instructions were somewhere on reddit. I'll let you know as soon as I find it.

[YoloSweggLord]

Alright, I found a tutorial video here:

Basically this involves replacing the 'RCT2' application in your steam folder with the 'OpenRCT2' application, and renaming the 'OpenRCT2' application to 'RCT2' so it is recognized by steam. Alternatively, if you use the launcher you can replace the 'RCT2' application with the Launcher application instead (renamed to 'RCT2', of course) so you can keep the launcher's functionality.

[kingmustard]

20 hours ago, YoloSweggLord said:

Alright, I found a tutorial video here:

Basically this involves replacing the 'RCT2' application in your steam folder with the 'OpenRCT2' application, and renaming the 'OpenRCT2' application to 'RCT2' so it is recognized by steam. Alternatively, if you use the launcher you can replace the 'RCT2' application with the Launcher application instead (renamed to 'RCT2', of course) so you can keep the launcher's functionality.

Fantastic, thank you!