Discord introduced a sequence of updates for the desktop app that assist make PC gaming simpler and work higher for gamers.
The corporate is releasing a very new model of the Sport Overlay with expanded recreation help and higher efficiency, together with a refreshed search for the desktop app that brings new methods to tweak and customise Discord to make it work finest for gamers.
This follows a few updates final week throughout the Sport Builders Convention, the place it launched a brand new cell advert format and a social SDK.
Introducing the brand new Sport Overlay
Discord rebuilt the Sport Overlay from the bottom as much as assist make speaking with pals whereas enjoying your favourite video games smoother.
Beforehand, the Overlay labored finest by “hooking” itself straight into your recreation’s window, sacrificing recreation efficiency within the course of. This new model of the Overlay delivers a snappier, quicker expertise, targeted round what you care about most.
The following time you open the Overlay, you’ll discover every little thing is now particular person widgets as an alternative of “Discord, however within the Overlay,” and a brand new motion bar helps you attain your voice and video controls, begin streaming your recreation in a single click on, or be part of a voice name in the event you’re not presently in a single.
You may watch your buddy’s recreation streams straight within the Overlay. Make any on-line recreation really feel as in the event you had been enjoying in split-screen with your pals sitting alongside you, irrespective of how distant they’re.
And since every little thing is a widget, you’ll be able to transfer all of the elements of the Overlay the place you need them to suit for the kind of recreation you play — RTS? FPS? (sure, it’s that good). Adapt it to your wants.
Plus, since Discord is now not attempting to shove the Overlay straight into your recreation and angering the anti-cheat gods. The Sport Overlay works on extra titles, together with a bigger portion of the most-played video games on Discord. Should you want any assist whereas attempting out the brand new Overlay, test it out right here.
Desktop will get a refresh
Customization could be crucial facet of any recreation, from how your character seems in-game to accessibility and controls.
At the moment, Discord is rolling out a light-weight desktop refresh that brings you extra customization choices and introduces some beforehand mobile-only choices to desktop.
The corporate is increasing its number of desktop base themes, rising the quantity of free themes to 4: Mild, Ash, Darkish, and Onyx (aka extra darkish themes). Three new UI Density choices, Spacious, Default, and Compact, will allow you to modify the general spacing for consolation and readability.
Plus, the channel record is lastly resizable, good for studying channels with longer names like #?-general-discussion-memes-are-banned-here, so you’ll be able to proudly submit memes in there — simply because the mods meant.
When you’re in a name, the refreshed desktop app has extra centralized controls for voice and video settings, with extra of the buttons collected right into a single bar for simpler entry. Discord can also be making it extra apparent when your mic or digital camera is on or off with stronger coloration indication — stronger crimson glow when your mic is muted and a brand new inexperienced glow when your digital camera is “energetic.”
Lastly, you’ll additionally discover refreshed colours and illustrations all through the app.
All of those updates are supposed to improve legibility, cut back the sensation of being overwhelmed by visible noise, and keep consistency throughout desktop and cell gadgets. Right here’s a help article in the event you’d like some steering on the desktop app’s new look choices.
With over 72% of Discord customers recurrently gaming on PC, Discord’s focus continues to be enhancing everybody’s expertise on desktop, whether or not it’s earlier than, throughout, or after the sport. From the quicker, stronger Sport Overlay, to extra customization choices for the desktop consumer, PC gaming simply obtained an enormous improve, the corporate stated.
Discord plans updates all year long to assist your time enjoying video games on Discord the very best it may be, the corporate stated.
