2012-09-22, 16:36
I tried something similar but with AutoHotkey
Run, "steam://open/bigpicture"
WinWait, Steam ahk_class CUIEngineWin32
WinWaitClose, Steam ahk_class CUIEngineWin32
Run, nircmd.exe win close title "steam"
Sleep 1000
WinActivate, ahk_class XBMC
Steam has to be launched silently along with xbmc (and closed with xbmc) for this to work. So big picture will start immediately with no login delay.
Same as above, use AHK Compiler to make this an exe.
Still not perfect though, it will crash if launched when steam needs updating...
Any clue how I can make the advance launcher shortcut
<onclick>ActivateWindow(10001,plugin://plugin.program.advanced.launcher,return)</onclick>
Start directly the big picture launcher.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<launchers>
<launcher>
<id>397b6d48d44c61a8e8f93d6e268c7638</id>
<name>Steam Big Picture Mode</name>
<application>C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC Automation\AHK\X360 Steam BPM.exe</application>
<args></args>
<rompath></rompath>
<thumbpath>D:\My Xbmc Launchers\</thumbpath>
<fanartpath>D:\My Xbmc Launchers\</fanartpath>
<custompath>D:\My Xbmc Launchers\</custompath>
<romext></romext>
<platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
<thumb></thumb>
<fanart></fanart>
<genre></genre>
<release></release>
<publisher></publisher>
<launcherplot></launcherplot>
<finished>false</finished>
<minimize>false</minimize>
<lnk>true</lnk>
<roms>
</roms>
</launcher>
</launchers>
Run, "steam://open/bigpicture"
WinWait, Steam ahk_class CUIEngineWin32
WinWaitClose, Steam ahk_class CUIEngineWin32
Run, nircmd.exe win close title "steam"
Sleep 1000
WinActivate, ahk_class XBMC
Steam has to be launched silently along with xbmc (and closed with xbmc) for this to work. So big picture will start immediately with no login delay.
Same as above, use AHK Compiler to make this an exe.
Still not perfect though, it will crash if launched when steam needs updating...
Any clue how I can make the advance launcher shortcut
<onclick>ActivateWindow(10001,plugin://plugin.program.advanced.launcher,return)</onclick>
Start directly the big picture launcher.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<launchers>
<launcher>
<id>397b6d48d44c61a8e8f93d6e268c7638</id>
<name>Steam Big Picture Mode</name>
<application>C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC Automation\AHK\X360 Steam BPM.exe</application>
<args></args>
<rompath></rompath>
<thumbpath>D:\My Xbmc Launchers\</thumbpath>
<fanartpath>D:\My Xbmc Launchers\</fanartpath>
<custompath>D:\My Xbmc Launchers\</custompath>
<romext></romext>
<platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
<thumb></thumb>
<fanart></fanart>
<genre></genre>
<release></release>
<publisher></publisher>
<launcherplot></launcherplot>
<finished>false</finished>
<minimize>false</minimize>
<lnk>true</lnk>
<roms>
</roms>
</launcher>
</launchers>