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Version 0.165 (In-Progress)

Note that the work on the documentation for this version is still in-progress.
Note that iterations 163 to 165 were combined into a single iteration.

API

  • overwolf.media.videos.addWatermark() watermark file now supports absolute/local path to a file in the extension directory.
    Furthermore, The error messages in case of a failure were improved.

Platform

  • Increase max log file item to upload from 1 Mb to 3Mb (When using uploadClientLogs()).
  • Increase *.HTML dump limit log size to 5 Mb.
  • Change Extension crash notification Text to: "%APP_NAME% has crashed".
  • Browser inGame dragging: stop the drag when alt+tab from game. Make sure we stop the dragging when OnDragEnd is triggered.
  • New Overlay process: internal changes and enhancements. no further details will be released. Just mentioned here as it includes many internal changes.

Docs

  • SSO guide - how to implement "login with Overwolf" button on your website.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed: If a hotkey is defined in the manifest with no default key binding, hotkeys.get()/attempting to set the hotkey would result in an error.

Dev Console

  • Soon.

Game events

Version 0.162 (Jan. 2021)

Note that iterations 160 to 162 were combined into a single iteration.

API

Platform

  • Security patches:
    • Block browser from creating iframe to overwolf-extensions://.
    • Block iframes inside apps from creating an iframe to overwolf-extensions:// - unless in externally_connectable
    • Block app windows that run in a remote address - from creating iframes to overwolf-extensions:// - unless in externally_connectable.
  • Update to new OBS (141 with sdk 10.0.19041.1).
  • Increase localstorge size to ~50MB. Note that localstorge should be used up to 20-25 MB saved data. If you need more than that, you should use other storage.
  • Enable navigator.storage.persist() for overwolf-extension:\ scheme.

Bug Fixes

  • FilePicker with multipleSelection splits files with comma in their names.

Dev Console

  • Rates and Reviewes: users can leave reviews and rate your app in Overwolf’s App store, and you can browse these ratings and reviews and reply to users from the dev console.

Game Events

Version 0.159 (Dec. 2020)

API

  • overwolf.windows.obtainDeclaredWindow() will now also return monitorId (where applicable) - allowing one window (background) to know on which monitor another window exists.
  • Remove app indexedDB upon uninstall.
  • overwolf.streaming.start now support undefined settings.
  • WebCam support:
    • Allow adding a video source (Webcam), to replay's video. (generic obs source + secondary file).
    • The webcam source can be rendered to a different video file (or not).
    • Support multiple replay's consumers.
    • New API to retrieve connected WebCams: overwolf.media.getWebcams.
  • overwolf.windows.setDesktopOnly() - This function is now obsolete.

Platform

Bug Fixes

  • Call overwolf.media.replays.capture with futureDuration of -1.
  • Remove State 'open' when opening OSR windw.
  • Overwolf windows should no longer be considered as incognito.
  • Twitch login popup window: allow extension popup window to handle OW custom scheme (if origin is match externally connectable regex).
  • Block custom scheme when app ExternallyConnectable is null.
  • Log when blocking Custom overwolf Scheme navigation.
  • Fix overwolf.windows.bringToFront() api for native\desktop only: will move window to top most and will set the window as the foreground window (fullcreen game mode will be minimized).

Dev Console

  • Crash logs are now available on the "Crash reports" section.
  • Comments and Replies - It is now possible for app developers to reply to users' reviews (through the dev console). These replies will be visible to anyone who checks the reviews of the app.
  • Comments Info - While on the subject of comments and reviews, we are now also sending some additional information about users' Overwolf versions and modules and some basic system information such as DPI and resolution. This will help you and us diagnose some issues when they happen.
  • Test Subscription - It is now possible for app developers to see the test subscriptions they made in the Developers console. These will only be visible if the app developer is logged into Overwolf, and will be hidden otherwise, which allows the developer to play around with how the subscription flow looks and feels before adding the subscription feature.

Game Events

  • Valorant.
    • Added new update: pseudo_match_id under match_info.
  • COD: Warzone.
    • Added new update: pseudo_match_id under match_info.
  • Overwatch.
    • Added new update: pseudo_match_id under match_info.

Version 0.158 (Nov. 2020)

API

  • disable_hardware_acceleration new manifest flag:
    • Diable GPU hardware acceleration, per window.
    • Relevant only for native windows.
    • It should always be used for native windows that are running on the secondary screen. It improves the game's performance by reducing the usage of the GPU while you are playing and fixes a bug where some users encountered FPS drops when using a secondary screen.
  • New API: overwolf.games.inputTracking.onMouseWheel: Fired a mouse wheel event.
  • New window manifest flag restrict_to_game_bounds:
    Restrict window to game client (window) area. A window will always stay inside the game window while dragging.
  • URI protocol: allows apps to open by using a URI protocol that can be passed via the command-line or a web address.
    Just add the new url_protocol flag to your app's manifest, to create a link to your app.
    For example: "outplayed://something/null".
    Then, you can use this link in a webpage or app, and it will open your OW app, with an option to send some additional data to your app.

Platform

  • Block custom schemas from non overwolf-extensions urls: make sure that only our schema still work: (overwolf://, overwolf-fs://, overwolf-extensions://, overwolf-folder://)
  • disable_hardware_acceleration new manifest flag:
    • Diable GPU hardware acceleration, per window.
    • Relevant only for native windows.
    • It should always be used for native windows that are running on the secondary screen. It improves the game's performance by reducing the usage of the GPU while you are playing and fixes a bug where some users encountered FPS drops when using a secondary screen.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix bug that prevets to notify all the apps using highlights when the game was closed during the highlight capture.
  • Removed user token from logs: we used to write the user token after changes to the login state.
  • Improve in-game dragging: Fixes an offset when dragging windows ingame.
  • Taken hotkeys don't appear as unassigned: Fix when the client can’t detect ‘unassigned’ hotkeys when they are already taken.

Dev Console

  • Added the ability to reply to user feedback/review on the app store.

Game Events

Version 0.157 (Nov. 2020)

API

Platform

  • Release phasing - keep the same distribution per release.
    When you release version 1.0 to 10% of your users using the phase system and found a major bug - you can release an immediate fix 1.1 that targets the same 10% of your users.
  • Aero-snap support for native windows - Resizable native windows should support aero-snap (winkey + arrows and sticky-behaviour to screen edges).

Bug Fixes

  • Full-screen embedded videos no longer automatically repositioned in the top-left corner.
  • Fixed an exception that could occur when shutting down Overwolf.
  • Fixed a bug where the Windows 10 Controlled folder access prevented users from saving Overwolf videos in the default system directory.
  • Rainbow 6: Siege - CPU usage no longer increases when the user Alt-Tabs to with Overwolf.
  • Fixed several issues in Rainbow 6: Siege related to users who have enabled RawInput.
  • Fixed an issue when using overwolf.extensions.relaunch too quickly.
  • Several security patches for ransomware protection and processes protection.

Dev Console

  • We added a "per-version" retention report to compare retention between different app versions. You can see it on your board.

Game Events

  • We're expanding our library with typedef files for the different in-game events, starting with Valorant info updates. You can find our def file in this repo, or as an npm package.
    More info here.

Version 0.156 (Oct. 2020)

API

Platform

  • Replay capture accuracy: change replay's timestamp logic: capture replay's with using PTS (Presentation timestamp) and not ETS (Encoding timestamp).
  • Multiple audio tracks: It is now possible to record videos that support more than one audio track, using the new flag for stream settings: separate_tracks": bool.
    When disabled (default), create the video source with track1 only.
    When enabled, video (mp4) will be created with three different audio tracks:
    • track1: Microphone + Desktop.
    • track2: Desktop output.
    • track3: Microphone input.
  • Extension logs: Send the isolated relevant's extension logs to server (upon crash/request to send logs).

Bug Fixes

  • Do not launch extension with "LaunchWithOverwolf" launch event when extension is disabled.
  • overwolf.extensions.current.getExtraObject - Fixed cases where this function wouldn’t return a callback.
  • Fixed a bug with native windows when navigating to a different window.
  • Reaching 50MB of free space no longer causes the OBS process to hang.
  • The video recording UI no longer stays in a pending state if we can’t load ow-graphics-hook32.dll for whatever reason.

Dev Console

  • Soon

Game events

  • GENERAL
    • Recently both Path of Exile and Rocket League received an Epic Games version and our events are currently unreliable on those versions. We are adjusting the events and will update in the near future.
    • Be advised that currently in Apex Legends - the assist event is broken in relation to "knockdown". Only "elimination" is supported.
  • WARFRAME
    • New updates and events under:
      • inventory
      • username
  • Call of Duty - Warzone
    • New updates and events under:
      • match_info
      • game_info
  • Fortnite
    • New update under:
      • me
      • match_info
  • World of Warcraft
    • New update under:
      • group_applicants
  • Minecraft
    • New update under:
      • match_info
  • VALORANT
    • New updates under:
      • match_info
  • Warframe
    • New updates under:
      • match_info
  • APEX LEGENDS
    • New updates under:
      • match_info

Version 0.155 (Sep. 2020)

Note that iterations 154 and 155 were combined into a single iteration.

API

  • overwolf.utils.placeOnClipboard() and overwolf.utils.getFromClipboard() reimplemented so that we tackle the coexistence issues with AutoHotKey script.

  • overwolf.games.inputTracking.getActivityInformation() - remove the 5 minutes min time for getting a result.
    Note that We're still not recording the first 30 characters, and we will send the activity info to our servers only if your sessions is longer than 5 minutes.

  • New flag for replay \ streaming video settings object: use_app_display_name.
    If this flag in on, when creating a video capture folder, it will use the app "short name" as the folder name, instead of using the app name from the manifest. (the app "short name" is defined in the dock_button_title manifest flag).

  • it is now possible to change the number of maximum saved log files that apps are saving with the new max_rotation_log_file manifest flag New manifest flag max_rotation_log_files - for app Log rotaion control. It allow to increase app log's file rotation (up to 40).

  • New feature: Set window zoom level - overwolf.window.setZoom().
    Now you can change the zoom factor of your window through the API (the effect is exactly like changing the zoom in a web browser).

  • The overwolf.media.audio is now considered obsolete, and will display the relevant warning in the console when using it.

  • We marked several functions and APIs as OBSOLETE. Soon, we altogether remove them from the docs and from the API itself. Note that you should get a warning in your dev console when using one of the obsolete functions.
    This is the full list of OBSOLETE functions and APIs:

    • overwolf.media.stopGifBuffer()
    • overwolf.media.generateGif()
    • overwolf.media.startGifBuffer()
    • overwolf.media.replays.turnOff(replyID, callback) - this signature already removed from the docs.
    • overwolf.media.replays.getState()
    • overwolf.media.replays.startCapture(replayType, pastDuration, callback)
    • overwolf.media.replays.stopCapture(ReplayType, replayId, callback)
    • overwolf.media.replays.capture(replayType, pastDuration, futureDuration, captureFinishedCallback, callback)
    • overwolf.media.replays.finishCapture() - already removed from the docs.
    • overwolf.streaming.updateStreamingDesktopOptions()
    • overwolf.benchmarking (all)
    • overwolf.tobii (all)
    • overwolf.media.audio (all)
    • overwolf.settings.setFpsSettings()
    • overwolf.settings.getHotKey()
    • overwolf.settings.registerHotKey()
    • overwolf.settings.getCurrentOverwolfLanguage()
    • overwolf.settings.OnHotkeyChanged

Platform

  • WebServer: overwolf.web.webserver now allow CORS.
    Now the built-in OW webserver sends the correct CORS headers (Access-Control-Allow-Origin) to client.
    It's useful for case when you need to pass some data (ex: authentication token) from your website to Overwolf app. More info here.
  • Windows 10 version 2004 Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling feature might cause captured videos to be laggy. More info here.

Bug fixes

  • On Uninstall, Overwolf now deletes all related registry entries from all users.
  • Fixed a highlights bug where on rare occasions it would record the video, but wouldn't inform the app requesting it.
  • Fixed cases where the video onStop/onStart listeners wouldn't return a callback.
  • Fixed a bug where HTML5 audio would play twice.
  • Fixed a bug with video naming when using the split API and the configuration include_full_size_video was false.

Dev Console

  • Now you can edit your subscription plan and manage your subscribers.
    We have added to the Dev Console a new tab: "Subscription". When clicked, two options will appear:
    • Plans - you can edit the subscription plans you already own: title, price, description, period, status, and assets (that'll be shown in Overwolf's app store).
      For now, you can only edit current plans. To create one, please ask your dev-rel manager.
    • Subscribers - you’ll be able to edit each subscriber expiration date and status (active/canceled/revoked/invalid).
  • You can now see your app's URL to the Overwolf store listing directly from the console.
  • To make our apps more transparent to users, we added the option to configure if you have ads, subs, and if the app is free. This will be shown to users on the app store.
  • You can now see which tags are enabled for your app when searching for a game. To add more tags contact your dev-rel manager.

Game events

Version 0.153 (Aug. 2020)

Note that iterations 150 to 153 were combined into a single iteration.

API

  • overwolf.utils.openUrlInDefaultBrowser() - Now allows extra behaviour. Right now "skip_in_game_notification" is the only option. When set to true, the alert notifying in-game users that their browser is about to open will not display.
  • Add to overwolf.utils.enums.eStorePage - Now you can Open the requested app’s reviews/feedabck page in the Overwolf Appstore.
  • overwolf.windows.getCurrentWindow() now returns also the monitor id.
    Now you quickly determine which monitor the window is displayed.
  • New manifest flag - process_name.
    using one simple flag in the manifest, app developers can now differentiate their own apps from the rest of the OverwolfBrwoser.exe process rubble in the Task Manager.
    By adding your custom "process_name" to an app manifest, all the processes related to the app ads are now running with the name given them by this flag.
  • Added extra info to the overwolf.settings.hotkeys.onChanged API, so it’s consistent with the overwolf.settings.hotkeys.get function.
  • The "file" param is now optional when calling overwolf.social.discord.share(). Instead, you can use the "message" param to include a URL of a file that you want to share.

Platform

  • Disabled Dev Tools as a default.
    From now on, when clicking Ctrl+Shift+I on a window will NOT open the developer tools. (Even if the disable_dt manifest flag is set to false). The only way to enable it back is by changing a registry key.
  • Allow pin to the taskbar (and launch the app + app icon):
    Now you can pin an open app to the taskbar, and the app icon will not change to the Overwolf icon, and the pinned app can be launched from the taskbar. (even if OW is closed)
  • Non-logged in app installations - We have reverted the need to be logged into Overwolf in order download and install apps.

Game events

Version 0.149 (Jul. 2020)

API and Platform

Game events

Docs

  • We are now supporting bigger screenshots for your OW app store page: 1200x750 pixels, instead of the old 656X410.

Version 0.148 (Jun. 2020)

API and Platform

  • "DPI-aware" feature for native windows:
    It means that when you move the native window between monitors with different DPIs for example from 100 DPI to 125 DPI, the window will automatically resize according to the new DPI.
    There's also a new manifest flag to disable that behavior if the developer wants none of that: disable_auto_dpi_sizing.
  • Moved to be part of our internal API and removed from the docs:
    • event overwolf.streaming.onRecordingEngineStateChanged.
    • function overwolf.streaming.getRunningRecorders().

Version 0.147 (May. 2020)

Note that iteration 146 and 147 were combined into a single iteration.

API and Platform

  • New feature: overwolf.window.flash()
    Flashes a window that is not in focus (for example, minimized to taskbar).
    Support either constant pulses or a single flash - the choice is yours.
  • New manifest flag: disable_cleanup.
    If set to true, app local data will not be cleaned up after app uninstallation.
  • New API: overwolf.extensions.io
    No need to use the external I/O plugin anymore for your current extension-related I/O functionalities.
    Now you can easily create, delete, or update files on your extension's dedicated storage space.
  • Allow apps to request opening the hotkey settings for a specific game. An example:
    • Current hotkey URL:
      overwolf://settings/hotkeys#hotkey_name_in_manifest.
    • New hotkey URL:
      overwolf://settings/games-overlay?hotkey=hotkey_name_in_manifest&gameId=game_id.
      game_id is optional.
  • Upgrade to OBS 25.0.0
    • Update obs-ffmpeg.dll (NVENC encoder). That can affect some devs that are trying to capture videos and get encoders errors and a message that the NVEC driver should be updated.
  • Updates for the streaming and replay APIs: added a quota object:
    Allow setting max media folder size in GB, and exclude folders that are not part of this quota.
  • Video recording engine updated, and now it supports Vulkan capturing!

Game events

Version 0.145 (Apr. 2020)

Note that iteration 144 and 145 were combined into a single iteration.

API and Platform

  • New API: overwolf.campaigns for the new LoL "Refer a friend" feature. Note: the docs for this API will be released soon
  • Cookie Sync - Cookie Syncing was updated to support Microsoft Edge (non-dev version) and the new Firefox schema.
  • Security and bug Fixes.

Version 0.143 (Mar. 2020)

Game events

Game events

Version 0.142 (Feb. 2020)

API and Platform

Game events

Version 0.141 (Jan. 2020)

Version 0.140 (Dec. 2019)

  • Internal bug fixes and refactoring.

Version 0.139 (Dec. 2019)

Version 0.138 (Nov. 2019)

  • All API functions that take callback arguments:
    from now on, we guarantee that a non-null result object parameter will always be returned and it will always contain a |success| boolean field.
    This means no more if (!result || !result.status ...) checks. Instead, this should always work: if (result.success).
  • New Overwolf definition file addition - make your lives easier and your coding experience faster. Full details can be found here.
  • New Event: overwolf.extensions.onExtensionUpdated. Notify when the app was updated.
    This event will replace the depracated "overwolf.extensions.onExtensionUpdateStateChanged" event.
    Fires after the current app were successfully updated.
  • We updated the recommended process for manual update of your app.
  • overwolf.tobii: this API has been deprecated.
  • League of Legends Events
    • New event:
      • match_clock
  • Dota 2 Events
    • New info-update:
      • role
      • hero_pool
  • Dota Underlords Events
    • New supported game events

Version 0.137 (Nov. 2019)

  • MTGA Events - New supported game
    • New info-update:
      • detailed_logs_enabled
    • New event:
      • match_outcome
  • WOT Events
    • New event:
      • match_outcome
  • New doc about our Game Events Simulator app.
  • New sample app with enhanced UI.
  • New manifest flag: minimum-gs-version - Allows extensions (apps) to set a minimum game summary app version in the manifest, this works similarly to minimum-overwolf-version and relevant only for apps thay using the game summary pannel.
  • New manifest flag: service_providers - you can use this flag to set different parameters that are relevant for a service provider app. Use the new API function overwolf.extensions.getServiceConsumers() to read the flag value.
  • New API function: overwolf.utils.openStore() - Opens the requested app’s profile/login/subscription page in the Overwolf Appstore.
  • New API namespace: overwolf.extensions.shareddata - a new namespace that allows any app to share data with another app. the plan is to use it for the Game Summary tabs.
  • New plugin: The Process Manager plugin that allow OW apps to run executable (for example, run a game when you launch an OW app).

Version 0.136 (Oct. 2019)

  • Added new override setting to overwolf.windows.obtainDeclaredWindow() - useDefaultSizeAndLocation. When this flag is set to true, the window will be created using the default (manifest) size and location, rather than the saved setting.
  • League of Legends Launcher Events
    • New update:
      • lcu_info
      • lol_end_game_stats
      • game_version

Version 0.135 (Sep. 2019)

  • CS: GO game events
    • New update:
      • phase
  • New properties for the GameInfo object:
    • monitorHandle - Returns the current monitor handle. You can now check for example, on which monitor your app is running.
    • windowHandle - Returns the current app window handle.
  • New function: overwolf.extensions.checkForExtensionUpdate() - allows the current app to check if there is an extension update.

Version 0.134 (Aug. 2019)

Version 0.133 (Jul. 2019)

Version 0.132 (Jul. 2019)

Version 0.131 (Jun. 2019)

Last updated on 2021-1-19 by Sh4rgaas
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