Overlay for streamers - Page 5

On November 22 2010 08:51 nodash wrote:
With xsplit, you can go to tools->Settings, in the general tab and uncheck "Disable capture of layered windows", that will get it to show

On November 22 2010 08:25 mr_tolkien wrote:

1) No, it can't :/ It does render based capture >.< I think with catches you can render in a Direct X window, I thought you did that !
2) Aaaaah... Yeah, I use ctrl+arrows to control my music, through Autohotkey ^^ Do you think it's the problem? I stopped it and hotkeys still don't work... I also use a bépo (French Dvorak) keyboard.

Anyway if I cast live I will definitly use it ^^

On November 22 2010 11:33 Moderas wrote:
For some reason this wont show up on Livestream even if it is clearly my top window. I am using Procaster, if that changes anything. I looked for a layers option like in xsplit and didnt see one, but I could just be dumb.

On November 22 2010 17:48 Benjilol wrote:


I am having the same issue with Procaster, if anyone finds a solution please let me know, otherwise i'll keep trying

On November 22 2010 18:54 Noam wrote:
Feature suggestion: Add a 4th "race icon" spot where the user chooses an image file from their computer. This will be very useful when casting Clanwars/Nationwars where you require a 2nd overlay for the overall score between the teams.
(and some people could use it to put their own customizable zerg/terran/toss icons)

On November 22 2010 19:30 ActionStarTV wrote:
Do you have plan about add new features ?

On November 22 2010 18:48 Snowfield wrote:
you have to set procaster to stream your desktop, not the game if you want this to work, otherwise, with the game input, it just takes it's input directly from the game

On November 23 2010 04:08 Moderas wrote:


I tried that, and i was able to stream my desktop and the game just fine but the overlay wouldnt show up when streaming either. I am going to listen to nodash and make a post on the livestream forums, I will reply here if I get an answer

On November 23 2010 04:10 aka_star wrote:
I ♥ nodash :-]

On November 23 2010 04:37 nodash wrote:

You can always download the notrans version, that should work fine (but have black corners).

StreamerMatch seems AWESOME. How odd that I actually just today got some other tool named "Casters tool" from some Starcraft II site. Even more oddly, they are sooo similar in buildup, is it the same tool but different versions? Anyway, great job!

What do you use to program this? May I be of any help? (I do enjoy projects such as this occasionally, even if mine are not as useful to any community) All I've programmed is AHK, Python and some random stuff (html lol) but I got some other skills perhaps, and depending on the language I could probably understand it decently.

- A "Show/hide" possibility &/or hotkey
- Add a hotkey to SHOW/HIDE the pane.

- A "Set pane" or "Quick set" or whatever you may name it, for quickly setting up before a game - Perhaps a dialogue with tabbable input buttons, retaining previous input as preset. You just "Quick set", type in player names, tick race-buttons and color.
- Which brings me to this: Many casters have two screens. For us especially, it'd help with a movable window which we can interact with to change data. A "Set Match" for players/color, etc. The GUI should maybe have an "Ok", "Apply", "Cancel" button, so that those with two screens could simply "Apply" for simple updates.

- A "Settings" panel where all options are clearly visible, and you can customize your preferences for certain behaviour in the application, such as the choices for showing race, color, map position (which I don't want to show, but can't figure how to deselect it)

- Player names should be associated with races, if you do save player names (which is awesome in itself) for extra awesomeness

- If not too hard to code, it'd be cool to have a way to make player names & score "Flash", atleast by temporarily increasing text size gradually. That's just gravy on the sauce, or however the saying goes in english. You know, "And neeeeext up, we have.. *drumrolls*. ARN vs LALUSH!" or something. Dunno, just would be cool!

- Clickable areas of the window would be the BEST way to input data. That is, if I doubleclick "Player 1", I get the input box for "Player 1". I like that you hotkey'd stuff, but sometimes hotkeys can conflict, and memorizing not-so-often-used functions is a tad boring.

- Some colors are difficult to read if you choose "Text"

- The "Verifying application requirements" thingey looks scary, it seems like the app could be uploading/downloading data (such as a trojan).

- "Score" should be inputtable in a "2-1" format (both at the same time), and it'd set the score to (obviously) "2" for player 1 and "1" for player 2. Additionally, Race maybe should be inputtable in "ZvZ", "PvT" etc. format.

- Change "Matchup" (1vs1 or 2vs2?) to something more appropiate, such as "Team size", but whatever. 2vs2 is probably a non-prio'd thing.

- The "Drone" image is very ugly and dark. Not your fault of course!

- Adding customizability for the images etc. would be solid

- I see that multiple instances can be run simultaneously. This is pretty good for me, since I have two screens and can thus set up the "next slide" off-viewing-area.

- Remove your skype name from the "About", for your own sake. If this gets popular, maybe I'll call you.

- You need a better name for the program, in my humble opinion

On November 20 2010 21:00 nodash wrote:
The idea down the line is that it will be a StreamerUtil pack, which includes the following apps (and more, if you have ideas):
StreamerMatch - this app
StreamerKOTH - King of the hill overlay, keep track of peoples wins, losses etc.
StreamerOverlay - replay overlay, overlay for whatever pics
StreamerTicker - scrolling text or links to brackets, message of the day, whatever you want )
StreamerSkype - manage skype calls/conferences, see whos in a conference etc (this is almost done, but its a bit complicated hooking in to skype and catch everything thats going on there)

In the end I guess it will all be merged in to a big ball of love for the community

Additionally, naming and of the functions could be a tad bit more intuitive.

REMEMBER, take this for hints (I am being generous to you now, ain't I?), not negative critisism in any way. I just want to contribute.

Btw, for me, this covers my "Message log" of the menubar. How the heck do I *GET RID OF* the menu, I don't wanna disable the hotkeys, I wanna hide the keys.