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Version 0.156 (In-Progress)

Note that the work on the documentation for this version is still in-progress.

API

Platform

  • Replay capture accuracy: change replay's timestamp logic: capture replay's with using PTS (Presentation timestamp) and not ETS (Encoding timestamp).
  • Separate audio tracks: 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.

Dev Console

  • Soon

Game events

  • WARFRAME
    • New updates and events under:
      • inventory
      • username

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 game events past Incidents page.
  • 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 2020-9-15 by Itay Gliksman
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