Resizing and moving your chat window works how you’d expect it too! Click and hold here for all your resizing and moving needs. Need more convincing of this heckin coolness? How does surviving the ARK while watching cute cat videos sound? Clicking & holding these two areas will allow you to move & change the size of the widget. This will give you an idea of what that’ll look like when you’re gaming. Note: when a channel has been pinned, you’ll be able to read live updates while you game however, you won’t be able to respond or interact until you enable the overlay with the keybind.Ī new keybind has also been added for extra quickness! Navigate to User Settings > Keybinds & select Activate Overlay Chat to set your keybind.Īn ingame preview mode has been added as well so you’re able to get it just right! Adjusting the widget automatically puts you in preview mode. With a widget(s) pinned & the overlay hidden, it’ll look something like:

To toggle if a widget is pinned or not, navigate to these options here: Have a constant eye on a text channel, and voice widget while you game thanks to pinning! Basically, this will allow parts of the overlay to still be visible while still playing the games you love. Some features that didn't make the cut are access pinned messages, jump to present messages, use file picker, and access to a search bar. There are a few missing features, guess we can call them Waluigi features. Swapping between channels, generate invite links, emoji & reactions, it’s all there! Well, not all. You’re now able to interact with a text channel in a very similar way you're already used to. Text Channels have made it to the Overlay!

Click the Overlay tab and enable in-game overlayĭ. The overlay is a pretty fancy and fun piece of tech, so there are some important points to go over.įirst steps first: Let's ensure the overlay enabled!ī. Discordians! The in-game overlay is 100% waiting for you, and it's time to incorporate your voice & text chat into your game for maximum effort, focus, and no distractions from declaring your online gaming supremacy.

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