. [*] [b]API Name[/b] - The string used to access this stat using the API. [*] [b]Set By[/b] - Sets who can modify the stat. The default is Client. For more see [doclink=#game_server_stats][/doclink]. [*] [b]Increment Only[/b] - If set, this stat is only allowed to increase in value over time. [*] [b]Max Change[/b] - If set, sets a limit on the amount that the stat's value can change from one SetStat call to the next. [*] [b]Min Value[/b] - If set, the minimum numerical value this stat may take. …

This is to help ensure consistency and to avoid making it possible for a malicious game server to set anyone's stats at any time. Given the restriction, it is important not to wait until the end of a round to set stats. Set them continuously so you can store them as a user quits. …

Not everything needs to be a distinct action set though, you can also use action set layers to handle similar modes. For example if you can drive both a car and boat in your game you may want to include one "vehicle" action set with an action set layer of "boat" or "car" on top of it. Action set layers retain any settings of the parent action set and can make understanding and editing configurations more manageable for both your development team and your users. …

You must set the minimum playtime required to earn a card under the badge's card drop settings. Images Required: [list][*][b]Type:[/b] Large Card Images [b]Format:[/b] 1920px x 1080px JPG, smaller than 350KB. …

[subsection=badges]Badges[/subsection] When a user collects the entire set of cards, they are able to craft a badge. There are 5 regular badges and one foil badge. Level 1 requires collecting the set 1 time, and 5 times for Level 5. …

[b]NOTE:[/b] This will work only on achievements that game servers are allowed to set. If the "Set By" field for this achievement is "Official GS" then only game servers that have been declared as officially controlled by you will be able to set it. …

[b]NOTE:[/b] This will work only on achievements that game servers are allowed to set. If the "Set By" field for this achievement is "Official GS" then only game servers that have been declared as officially controlled by you will be able to set it. …

[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Invert Horizontal Axis[/td][td]On, Off[/td][td]If set, moving left on the pad will move the mouse right, while moving right on the pad will move the mouse left. Note that game settings often have this same setting, so you need to ensure they don't cancel each other out.…

[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Invert Vertical Axis[/td][td]On, Off[/td][td]If set, moving up on the pad will move the mouse down, while moving down on the pad will move the mouse up. Note that game settings often have this same setting, so you need to ensure they don't cancel each other out.…

We set this by selecting the special "action set" button in the binding screen and selecting "Apply Action layer --> System Options" from the pop up menu: [docimg=slime_rancher_radial_menu_config_3.png]slime_rancher_radial_menu_config_3.png[/docimg] Note that the special "action set" button will not appear in the binding menu if you don't have any custom action sets defined. This means that you must create your custom action set layer [i]before[/i] you try to set up the activation toggle for it. See the [doclink=features/steam_controller/action_set_layers][/doclink] article for more info on creating action set layers. …

[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]pTags[/b][/td][td]const [apitype]ISteamRemoteStorage::SteamParamStringArray_t[/apitype] *[/td][td]A set of tags where at least one of the tags must attach to the UGC.[/td][/tr] [/table] Adds the requirement that the returned items from the pending UGC Query have at least one of the tags in the given set (logical "or"). …

[/td][/tr] [/table] Gets info about currently installed content on the disc for workshop items that have [code-inline]k_EItemStateInstalled[/code-inline] set. Calling this sets the "used" flag on the workshop item for the current player and adds it to their [code-inline]k_EUserUGCList_UsedOrPlayed[/code-inline] list. …

This can not be longer than [apitype]ISteamFriends::k_cubChatMetadataMax[/apitype].[/td][/tr] [/table] Sets a key/value pair in the lobby metadata. This can be used to set the the lobby name, current map, game mode, etc. This can only be set by the owner of the lobby. …

[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]steamIDGameServer[/b][/td][td][apitype]steam_api::CSteamID[/apitype][/td][td]Sets the Steam ID of the game server. Use [apitype]steam_api::k_steamIDNil[/apitype] if you're not setting this.[/td][/tr] [/table] Sets the game server associated with the lobby. …

If you find yourself using this feature for more than just fixing a few rare edge cases, you're probably overusing it. [/callout] [subsection]Action Set Layers[/subsection] In addition to Action Sets you can also overlay incremental changes to the active Action Set with an Action Set Layer. …

Layers are declared in their own section, ex: [code] "action_layers" { "IngameModalLayer" { "title" "#Layer_IngameModal" "legacy_set" "0" "set_layer" "1" "parent_set_name" "InGame" "AnalogTrigger" { } "Button" { "Modal_Accept" "#Action_Modal_Accept" "Modal_Decline" "#Action_Modal_Decline" } } } [/code] [section]Localization[/section] The master IGA file should include a localization section alongside the action set definitions. …

You must hook up the Win32 [url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5z4bw5h5.aspx]_set_se_translator[/url] function which calls a function you create to handle the minidump. In that function you can use [api]steam_api::SteamAPI_SetMiniDumpComment[/api] and [api]steam_api::SteamAPI_WriteMiniDump[/api] to notify Steam about the impending crash. …

SteamAPI_SetMiniDumpComment( "Minidump comment: SteamworksExample.exe\n" ); // The 0 here is a build ID, we don't set it. // Note that values larger than ten million (10,000,000) will cause error reporting to fail. …

The following fields must be completed to define a leaderboard: [list] [*] [b]Name[/b] - Set this to be a name that makes sense as part of internal development. [*] [b]Community Name[/b] - If the leaderboard is to be shown on the Community Hub, set the public facing name here. …

Select from Numeric, Seconds or Milliseconds. [*] [b]Writes[/b] - If this is set to Trusted, the leaderboard scores cannot be set by clients, and can only be set by via SetLeaderboardScore WebAPI. Defaults to false. [*] [b]Reads[/b] - If this is set to Friends, the game can only read leaderboard scores for friends of the user, all scores can always be read by WebAPI. …

[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]actionSetHandle[/b][/td][td][apitype]ISteamController::ControllerActionSetHandle_t[/apitype][/td][td]The handle of the action set you want to activate.…

[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]actionSetHandle[/b][/td][td][apitype]ISteamController::ControllerActionSetHandle_t[/apitype][/td][td]The handle of the action set you want to query.…

Set the install directory on the [b]General[/b] section under the [b]Installation[/b] drop-down for your application's Steamworks Settings. [docimg=set_install_dir.png]set_install_dir.png[/docimg] …

You can now formally link related games by defining and setting a franchise for each game, movie, software, or VR experience, and then linking each to a franchise homepage. This document covers the why and how. …

[section]Creating a franchise page[/section] You'll first want to think about what the name of your franchise is and what set of games, videos, DLC, software, or VR experiences comprises that franchise. Then you'll need to take a couple of steps for each title that should be part of that franchise in Steam: [olist] [*][b]Set the ‘franchise’ on each game[/b] - In the ‘edit store page’ section for any of your games (right below where you set developer and publisher), you'll need to specify the franchise name you want to use and then switch to the 'publish' tab and publish your store page changes. …

Your upcoming game's release date in Steamworks serves two purposes: to tell players when they might expect your game, and to list your game on upcoming releases lists. How these dates appear can be customized within a set of options built into Steam. [docimg=release_dates_example1]release_dates_example1[/docimg] [section]Setting Your Game's Release Date[/section] The release date can be set from your game's landing page in Steamworks. On the right-hand side of the page, you'll see a section called "Specified release date". Click the edit icon there to update your release date settings. [section]Player-Facing Date Display[/section] You'll need to set an exact intended release date, which is not directly visible to players. …

The results are returned ordered by geographical distance and based on any near filters set. By default, we will not return lobbies that are already full, and the distance filter is set to [apitype]ISteamMatchmaking::k_ELobbyDistanceFilterDefault[/apitype] (nearby). …

If lobby data is changed on a lobby, all lobby members will receive a [apitype]ISteamMatchmaking::LobbyDataUpdate_t[/apitype] callback (this callback is the same way you know a [api]ISteamMatchmaking::RequestLobbyData[/api] call has completed). These are the set of functions you can use to get and set lobby data. Only the lobby owner can set or delete the lobby data. [list] [*] [api]ISteamMatchmaking::SetLobbyData[/api] [*] [api]ISteamMatchmaking::GetLobbyData[/api] [*] [api]ISteamMatchmaking::DeleteLobbyData[/api] [/list] Functions which allow you to iterate over the metadata, (this is typically only used for debugging purposes): [list] [*] [api]ISteamMatchmaking::GetLobbyDataCount[/api] [*] [api]ISteamMatchmaking::GetLobbyDataByIndex[/api] [/list] Lobbies also allow members to set their own metadata that other members can receive updates for with the following functions. …

See ESteamNetworkingConfigValue for individual descriptions. [subsection=SetConfigValue]SetConfigValue[/subsection] [code=cpp]bool SetConfigValue( ESteamNetworkingConfigValue eValue, ESteamNetworkingConfigScope eScopeType, intptr_t scopeObj, ESteamNetworkingConfigDataType eDataType, const void *pArg );[/code] Set a configuration value. …

Don't compare it to values obtained on another computer, or other runs of the same process. [subsection=SetDebugOutputFunction]SetDebugOutputFunction[/subsection] [code=cpp]void SetDebugOutputFunction( ESteamNetworkingSocketsDebugOutputType eDetailLevel, FSteamNetworkingSocketsDebugOutput pfnFunc );[/code] Set a function to receive network-related information that is useful for debugging. …

[docimg=playtest_special_settings_screenshot0.png]playtest_special_settings_screenshot0.png[/docimg] You will be able to show or hide Playtest signups whenever you like. [*] Now that customers are signing up for your Steam Playtest, you can prepare your content for them. Upload depots and set up builds on the Playtest just like any other game or demo. You can integrate Steamworks technical features, set Steam Input templates, configure cloud saves, and so on. …

We recommend that you only white-list properties that you are fine with an untrusted client setting (i.e. the user can spoof messages to set the value to whatever they want). Currently you can modify up to 100 items for a user in each call. …

[h4]Applying Restrictions[/h4] As mentioned previously, you can white-list certain properties so they can be set from the client. But you can also further restrict what properties can be set by requiring the target item to have a specific [code-inline]tag_category:tag_value[/code-inline] pair or for any [code-inline]tag_category[/code-inline] value. …

[section]Special inputs[/section] In addition to emulating mouse, keyboard, and gamepad input, there are also a row of special bindings at the top: [docimg=legacy_mode_2.png]legacy_mode_2.png[/docimg] [subsection]Change Action Set/Layer[/subsection] [docimg=legacy_action_set.png]legacy_action_set.png[/docimg] This lets you activate Action Sets or [doclink=features/steam_controller/action_set_layers][/doclink] that you have defined yourself. …

Only PS4 Controllers support colored light options. [list] [*] [b]Default User Setting[/b] No change to how the light functions [*] [b]Default XInput Slot Number Setting[/b] Slots 1-4 are colored red, blue, green, and purple, respectively. [*] [b]Custom Setting[/b] [list] [*][b]Controller Light Color[/b] Change the color of the light [*][b]Controller Light Saturation[/b] Change the intensity of the light [/list] [/list] [subsection]Music[/subsection] [docimg=legacy_music.png]legacy_music.png[/docimg] This lets you control music playback from your Steam music player. …