An emulator that supports LAN multiplayer without steam.
How to use: Replace the steam_api(64).dll (libsteam_api.so on linux) from the game with mine. (For linux make sure to use the right build).
Put a steam_appid.txt file that contains the appid of the game right beside it if there isn't one already.
If your game has an original steam_api(64).dll older than may 2016 (Properties->Digital Signatures->Timestamp) you might have to add a steam_interfaces.txt beside my emulator library if the game isn't working.
You can also just get a hex editor and search for them (Search for the string: SteamUser0) in the original steam_api dll (or libsteam_api.so on linux) or look in the ini of a crack that works on that game.
In the settings folder in that save location you will find 3 files (if you have used the emulator at least once):
account_name.txt (Edit this file to change your name)
listen_port.txt (Edit this file if you want to change the UDP/TCP port the emulator listens on (You should probably not change this because everyone needs to use the same port or you won't find yourselves on the network))
user_steam_id.txt (this is where your steam id is saved, you can change it (if your saves for a game are locked to a specific steam id see below for a way to change it on a per game basis) but it has to be valid)
language.txt (Edit this to change the language the emulator will report to the game, default is english, it must be a valid steam language name or the game might have weird behaviour (list provided at the end of this readme))
Note that these are global so you won't have to change them for each game. For game unique stuff (stats and remote storage) a folder is created with the appid of the game.
If you want to change your steam_id on a per game basis, simply create a settings folder in the game unique directory (Full path: C:\Users\<Your windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\<appid>\settings)
In that settings folder create a user_steam_id.txt file that contains the valid steam id that you want to use for that game only.
You can also make the emu ignore certain global settings by using a force_account_name.txt, force_language.txt, force_listen_port.txt or force_steamid.txt that you put in the <path where my emu lib is>\steam_settings\ folder.
If for some reason you want it to save in the game directory you can create a file named local_save.txt right beside steam_api(64).dll (libsteam_api.so on linux)
The only thing that file should contain is the name of the save directory. This can be useful if you want to use different global settings like a different account name or steam id for a particular game.
Note that this save directory will be beside where the emu dll (or .so) is which may not be the same as the game path.
DLC:
By default the emulator will try to unlock all DLCs (by returning true when the game calls the BIsDlcInstalled function). If the game uses the other function you will need to
provide a list of DLCs to my emulator. To do this first create a steam_settings folder right beside where you put my emulator.
You can include a steam_settings\supported_languages.txt file with a list of languages that the game supports. If the global emu language setting is not in this list of languages the emu will default to the first language in the list.
See the steam_settings.EXAMPLE folder for an example.
This is pretty rare but some games might use depot ids to see if dlcs are installed. You can provide a list of installed depots to the game with a steam_settings\depots.txt file.
See the steam_settings.EXAMPLE folder for an example.
Some games like payday 2 check which groups you are subscribed in and unlock things based on that. You can provide a list of subscribed groups to the game with a steam_settings\subscribed_groups.txt file.
See steam_settings.EXAMPLE\subscribed_groups.EXAMPLE.txt for an example for payday 2.
Some games like counter-strike check which groups you are subscribed in and allow you to choose a group clan. You can provide a list of subscribed group ids, names, and tags to the game with a subscribed_groups_clans.txt file placed in the Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings or in steam_settings folder.
Group ids must be valid and can be obtained by pasting '/memberslistxml/?xml=1' at the end of a Steam group page. Double tabs that are used as seperators must not be removed.
See steam_settings.EXAMPLE\subscribed_groups_clans.EXAMPLE.txt for an example.
Some rare games might need to be provided one or more paths to app ids. For example the path to where a dlc is installed. This sets the paths returned by the Steam_Apps::GetAppInstallDir function.
See steam_settings.EXAMPLE\app_paths.EXAMPLE.txt for an example.
This file should be put here: <path where my emu lib is>\steam_settings\app_paths.txt
Note that paths are treated as relative paths from where the steam_api dll is located.
Some games may require extra information about a mod. This information can be passed to the game by using a mods.EXAMPLE.txt file and mod_images folder stored in the steam_settings folder.
The best place to put your steam_appid.txt is in the steam_settings folder because this is where the emulator checks first.
If there is no steam_appid.txt in the steam_settings folder it will try opening it from the run path of the game. If one isn't there it will try to load it from beside my steam api dll.
Some games that connect to online servers might only work if the steam emu behaves like steam is in offline mode. If you need this create a offline.txt file in the steam_settings folder.
If for some reason you want to disable all the networking functionality of the emu you can create a disable_networking.txt file in the steam_settings folder. This will of course break all the
networking functionality so games that use networking related functionality like lobbies or those that launch a server in the background will not work.
If you want to set custom ips (or domains) which the emulator will send broadcast packets to, make a list of them, one on each line in: Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings\custom_broadcasts.txt
If the custom ips/domains are specific for one game only you can put the custom_broadcasts.txt in the steam_settings\ folder.
An example is provided in steam_settings.EXAMPLE\custom_broadcasts.EXAMPLE.txt
Create a folder named steam_settings right beside steam_api.dll if there isn't one already. In that folder, create a file named items.json and/or achievements.json which will contain every item/achievement you want to have in your game.
An example can be found in steam_settings.EXAMPLE that works with Killing Floor 2.
The items.json syntax is simple, you SHOULD validate your .json file before trying to run your game or you won't have any item in your inventory. Just look for "online json validator" on your web brower to valide your file.
You can use https://steamdb.info/ to list items and attributes they have and put them into your .json.
Keep in mind that some item are not valid to have in your inventory. For example, in PayDay2 all items below item_id 50000 will make your game crash.
items.json should contain all the item definitions for the game, default_items.json is the quantity of each item that you want a user to have initially in their inventory. By default the user will have no items.
You can use the scripts\stats_schema_achievement_gen\achievements_gen.py script in the emu source code repo to generate a achievements config from a steam: appcache\stats\UserGameStatsSchema_{appid}.bin file.
By default the emulator assumes all leaderboards queried by the game (FindLeaderboard()) exist and creates them with the most common options (sort method descending, display type numeric)
In some games this default behavior doesn't work and so you may need to tweak which leaderboards the game sees.
To do that, you can put a leaderboards.txt file in the steam_settings folder.
An empty leaderboards.txt makes the emu behave as if any leaderboard queried by the game using FindLeaderboard does not exist.
The format is: LEADERBOARD_NAME=sort method=display type
For the sort methods: 0 = none, 1 = ascending, 2 = descending
For the display type: 0 = none, 1 = numeric, 2 = time seconds, 3 = milliseconds
By default this emulators assumes all stats do not exist unless they have been written once by the game. This works for the majority of games but some games might read a stat for the first time
and expect a default value to be read when doing so. To set the type for each stat along with the default value, put a stats.txt file in the steam_settings/ folder.
The format is: STAT_NAME=type=default value
The type can be: int, float or avgrate
The default value is simply a number that represents the default value for the stat.
You can use the scripts\stats_schema_achievement_gen\achievements_gen.py script in the emu source code repo to generate a stats config from a steam: appcache\stats\UserGameStatsSchema_{appid}.bin file.
To allow external downloads which will be stored in this steam_settings\http folder copy the http_online file from the example folder to the steam_settings folder with .EXAMPLE removed from the file name.
Avatar:
Copy a PNG or JPG image to your Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings or steam_settings folder and name it account_avatar
You can also set a default profile picture for users who are missing one by copying a similar file called account_avatar_default
For games that do not work with avatars you can place a disable_account_avatar.txt file into the steam_settings folder.
You can find examples in steam_settings.EXAMPLE
Server browser:
Create a text file called serverbrowser.txt with a list of ips in the Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\7\remote folder.
serverbrowser_favorites.txt and serverbrowser_history.txt are also stored in this folder.
Best to keep amount of servers to a low since server browser is not threaded yet and will cause the game to freeze for a bit while refreshing.
Do not run more than one steam game with the same appid at the same time on the same computer with my emu or there might be network issues (dedicated servers should be fine though).
Overlay (Note: at the moment this feature is only enabled in the windows experimental builds):
The overlay can be disabled by putting a file named disable_overlay.txt in the steam_settings folder. This is for games that depend on the steam overlay to let people join multiplayer games.
SteamController/SteamInput support is limited to XInput controllers. If your controller is not XInput, there are many tools (at least for windows) that you can use to make it emulate an XInput one.
Steam uses things called action sets for controller configuration. An action set is a group of action names. Action names are bound to buttons, triggers or joysticks.
The emulator needs to know for each action set, which button is linked to which action name. Create a ACTION_SET_NAME.txt file in the steam_settings\controller folder for every action set the game uses.
To see an example for the game Crystar see: steam_settings.EXAMPLE\controller.EXAMPLE
In the action set txt files the format is:
For digital actions (buttons, on or off): ACTION_NAME=BUTTON_NAME
For analog actions (joysticks, triggers): ACTION_NAME=ANALOG_NAME=input source mode
Actions can be bound to more than one button by separating the buttons with , like this: ACTION_NAME=A,B
If you want to configure a game yourself, find the xbox360 or xbox one vdf file for the game and you should be able to figure things out.
The glyphs directory contains some glyphs for the controller buttons for the games that use the GetGlyphForActionOrigin function.
If you want to use the real steam glyphs instead of the free ones in the example directory copy them from: <Steam Directory>\tenfoot\resource\images\library\controller\api folder.
DLTRIGGER (emulated buttons, the joy ones are used by games in menus for example. When the game wants to know if the trigger is pressed without the intensity)
