Games - they are the main engine for the development of computer technology. All the developers of "iron" improve the model so that the games go well on them. But the article will focus not on hardware, but on software for games - on Overwol. What kind of program it is, why it is needed and how to configure it - this and much more will be discussed in this article.
Account
And we will begin our story with the first launch of the specified application. After you double-click the shortcut on the desktop for the first time, a window will appear in front of you, in which you will be asked to register in the program service. At this stage, there are three scenarios:
- If you don’t have an account and want to create one. In this case, you need to enter your registration data in the appropriate fields and click the Create an account button. After that, a letter will come to the mail with further instructions.
- If you do not have an account and you do not want to create one. Then it will be enough for you to click on the Skip link. But this is fraught with the fact that you will not be able to make purchases in the internal store.
- If you have an account. In this case, you need to click on the Log In link, after which you will be transferred to the account login window where you need to enter your data.
After you have completed one of the above instructions, you can fully use the Overwolf program, but now let's talk about some settings of the application functions.
Screen recording
We do not yet know that this is Overwolf, so it would be wise to start by listing one of its most popular functions - recording a screen.
Many people know about this feature - it allows you to record your gameplay of the game. But before you do this, you need to make some settings for Overwolf. How to do this, now it will be described.
- Run the program.
- Go to its settings.
- Open the Video section.
- In the Hotkeys area, assign keys to start and stop the video recording process and to take a screenshot.
- In the Video Folder area, specify the folder where the footage will be saved.
- In the "Save screenshots to folder" area, select a folder to save screenshots.
- In the Video area, specify the devices from which recording will take place.
You can stop here, as these settings are enough to comfortably record video from the screen.
FPS mapping
If you do not have a very powerful computer, then this feature will appeal to you. When you enter the FPS section in the settings and turn on the option of the same name, in games you will see a frame per second indicator, based on which you can understand whether you are playing a game or not. So, if the value drops below 30, then you are advised to lower the graphics in the game.
Library
At this stage of reading, it is already becoming clear that Overwolf is a program for interacting with games, but it not only allows you to view FPS and record video, it has more interesting options.
One of these is the internal library, which contains all of your installed games. The fact is that the first time you run the program, it scans your computer and adds all detected applications to the list. In the future, you can run them without leaving the program. At the same time, if you could not find the desired game in the list, you are allowed to choose the executable file yourself. And if you have so many games that you have to search for the right one for a long time, then you can use the search.
Account Connection
And we will end the article with an amazing feature of the program - the ability to add accounts for video hosting and social networks. What does it mean? By going to the “Accounts” section in the settings, you can link, for example, “Vkontakte”, so that right during the game you can reply to messages. Or you can link your YouTube account to watch your favorite videos without leaving the game.
So you found out that this is Overwolf, but not all options of this application were listed in the article, there is still a lot of interesting things.