contextIsolation false or true? electronEnableSteamOverlay has to be called?

[IlTimido]

Hi,

I was going through the documentation and noted that to utilize steamworks.js, the recommended setup is:

const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    // ...
    webPreferences: {
        // ...
        contextIsolation: false,
        nodeIntegration: true
    }
});

Followed by:

require('steamworks.js').electronEnableSteamOverlay()

Interestingly, when I set contextIsolation to false, things don't seem to work. But, when it's set to true, everything functions smoothly even without invoking electronEnableSteamOverlay.

I'd like to confirm that I'm not overlooking any details. Have you encountered a similar situation?

Thank you in advance for any insights.

P.S.: I'm using Windows 10, and my build targets the same platform.

[ghost]

I think I've encountered the same thing. When contextIsolation is set to false, I get an infinite loading animation, even when not 'packaged' (just running npm start without making an actual packaged .exe). If I set to true, things load instantly.

Windows 10 (22H2)
Node 20.9.0
Electron 27.0.4

[IlTimido]

However my game is published live on Steam, achievement works, cloud saves works, all works perfectly, so contextIsolation: true is okay.

[ghost]

I'd be interested in how you got the achievements working with contextIsolation: true! That's what I'm trying to do (in an HTML/JS game that I'm packaging with an Electron wrapper) but while it's true that I can't make any API calls between the Electron/Node side (where steamworks.js lives) and the renderer (my browser window that actually has the game).

[IlTimido]

Here it is what I do and that works;

In preload.js

contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", {
    gotAchievement: (code) => ipcRenderer.send("got-achievement", code),
    ...
    ...

In main.js

...
ipcMain.on("got-achievement", (event, code) => {
    const steamworks = require("steamworks.js");
    const client = steamworks.init();
    client.achievement.activate(code);
});
...

And in my renderer.js

...
window.electronAPI.gotAchievement(type);
...

I Hope this helps!