[Bug] SteamVR Integration failing when not installed in default locat…

…ion.

Will lookup Steam installation path from registry.

VXMusic/Notifications/SteamVR/SteamVRNotificationClient.cs

@@ -68,35 +68,6 @@ as ILogger<SteamVRNotificationOverlay> ??
                       throw new ApplicationException("A logger must be created in service provider.");
         }
 
-        public static bool IsSteamVRRunningInternal()
-        {
-
-            //OpenVR.Applications.RemoveApplicationManifest("C:\\Program Files\\VXMusic\\manifest.vrmanifest");
-            //var inittoken = OpenVR.IsHmdPresent();
-            //var response = OpenVR.Applications.GetSceneApplicationState();
-            //var response2 = OpenVR.Applications.GetCurrentSceneProcessId();
-            //var response3 = OpenVR.Applications.GetSceneApplicationStateNameFromEnum(EVRSceneApplicationState.Running);
-            // Check if the VR runtime is installed
-            bool isRuntimeInstalled = OpenVR.IsRuntimeInstalled();
-            if (!isRuntimeInstalled)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("VR runtime is not installed.");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            OpenVR.GetInitToken();
-
-            // Check if an HMD is present
-            bool isHmdPresent = OpenVR.IsHmdPresent();
-            if (!isHmdPresent)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("No HMD detected.");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
         public void SendNotificationInternal(string title, string content, int timeout, string image)
         {
             _logger.LogTrace("Sending notification request to SteamVR.");

VXMusicDesktop/Core/SteamVROverlayAppsInterface.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
@@ -12,9 +13,14 @@ public class SteamVROverlayAppsInterface
     private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
     private readonly ILogger<SteamVROverlayAppsInterface> _logger;
 
-    // TODO Will this fail without admin privilages?
-    private static readonly string SteamAppConfigPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86), "Steam\\config\\appconfig.json");
     private static readonly string DefaultVxMusicManifestPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles), "VXMusic\\manifest.vrmanifest");
+    private static readonly string DefaultSteamAppConfigPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86), "Steam\\config\\appconfig.json");
+
+    private string SteamAppConfigPath;
+    private string SteamInstallPath;
+
+    private static readonly string SteamRegistryValue = "SteamPath";
+    private static readonly string SteamRegistryKey = @"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam";
 
     public SteamVROverlayAppsInterface(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
     {
@@ -23,21 +29,42 @@ public SteamVROverlayAppsInterface(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
             as ILogger<SteamVROverlayAppsInterface> ?? throw new ApplicationException("A logger must be created in service provider.");
 
         _logger.LogTrace("Creating SteamVROverlayAppsInterface.");
+
+        SteamInstallPath = GetSteamInstallationPath();
+
+        SteamAppConfigPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(SteamInstallPath, "config", "appconfig.json"));
     }
 
     public bool InstallVxMusicAsSteamVrOverlay()
     {
         _logger.LogInformation("Installing VXMusic as a SteamVR Overlay.");
         return AddManifestEntryToAppConfig(DefaultVxMusicManifestPath);
     }
-    
+
     public bool IsManifestEntryInAppConfig()
     {
         _logger.LogDebug("Checking if VXMusic is already added as a SteamVR Overlay..");
         var (manifestPaths, _) = ReadContentsOfAppConfig();
         return SteamVrManifestPathExistsInAppConfig(manifestPaths, SteamAppConfigPath);
     }
 
+    private string GetSteamInstallationPath()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // Try to read the Steam installation path from the registry
+            object value = Registry.GetValue(SteamRegistryKey, SteamRegistryValue, null);
+            if (value != null) return value.ToString();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError($"Error accessing registry entry {SteamRegistryKey}.");
+            _logger.LogError(ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        return DefaultSteamAppConfigPath;
+    }
+
     private bool AddManifestEntryToAppConfig(string vxMusicManifestFile)
     {
         try

VXMusicDesktop/VXMusicDesktop.csproj

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <PackageIcon>VXLogo.png</PackageIcon>
     <ApplicationIcon>Images\VXLogoIcon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <RunPostBuildEvent>Always</RunPostBuildEvent>
-    <Version>0.6.4.10</Version>
+    <Version>0.6.4.11</Version>
     <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
     <Title>VXMusicDesktop</Title>
     <Authors>VirtualXtensions</Authors>