Steam – How to launch Starbound and the dedicated server from Steam

The invites in MtG:DotP don't always pop up for your friends like they're supposed to. However, your friends can still join your game: In the steam friend's list, they need to click the arrow next to your name, then click "join game." They can bring up the friend's list ingame by hitting shift + tab, or simply by minimizing the game (alt + tab) and opening it from Steam.

You can do the same thing to manually invite friends using your friend's list.

Note that joining and inviting to games both work for most multiplayer Steam games, not just Magic the Gathering.

It is possible to launch Mass Effect 3 through Steam, but you still need Origin to load the game. I just tested this myself by:

1. Clicking Add A Game in the bottom left of the library tab
2. Add a Non-Steam Game
3. Browse...
4. Local Disk --> Program Files (x86) --> Origin Games --> Mass Effect 3 --> Binaries --> Win32 --> MassEffect3.exe

Now when I launch the application from Steam, it launches Origin which then launches Mass Effect 3. Launchception.

Note that I am playing from a Windows Computer running Windows 7 64-bit, so the names of your exact directories will differ by OS/depending on how you set up your Origin installation.

If you were hoping to access your Steam Overlay within the game, this will require a bit of a workaround.

Instead of having a direct shortcut to ME3, you will have to create a shortcut to Origin:

1. Clicking Add A Game in the bottom left of the library tab
2. Add a Non-Steam Game
3. Browse...
4. Local Disk --> Program Files (x86) --> Origin --> Origin.exe

Make sure Origin isn't currently running, then launch it from Steam. Now, when you launch any game from this instance of Origin, you will be able to access the Steam overlay. Screenshot of my ME3 with the Steam Overlay here.

If you want to get fancy, you can also rename the shortcut (to Mass Effect 3) as well as change the icon to ME3's to replace the default Origin one:

Both overlays will be available (assuming they are on different key bindings). Be aware, however: opening the Origin overlay will pause the game, but opening the Steam overlay will not. Further, when both overlays are opened at the same time, the steam overlay cannot be interacted with (the origin overlay pops up on top of it).