After the user clicks one of these buttons, the button may briefly enter a disabled state while the EOS SDK handles the user's requested action. This list is displayed first for convenience and ease of use when receiving and accepting invites, but friends in this list are also shown in the appropriate section in the rest of the friends list.įor each invite, the user can choose one of two actions: Accept or Decline (represented by a button with X icon). The first section of Friends shows incoming invites from the user's friends. The substring that matches the user's input is highlighted. As the user types, the Social Overlay filters out all friends whose display names do not match the user's input. This component enables users to filter their complete list of friends. If Do Not Disturb is enabled, you can get game invites, friend invites, completed achievements, and so on, but you will not receive any notifications. Not Joinable means that invites are not allowed.Ĭlicking the Status Panel opens a settings screen where you can toggle your Do Not Disturb status. Friends is broken up into several sections that each display different information about the user's friends list.Ī colored avatar with the first letter of the user's name.Ī bell icon which represents if the user has Do Not Disturb mode enabled or not. The Friends page is also the first page that displays when opening the Social Overlay the first time. In EOS SDK version 1.6+, the Friends icon appears at the top of the Navigation Bar. This avoids confusion and prevents bad user experiences. For example, if the Achievements service has disruptions, Epic can hide the Achievements button until the service issue is resolved. In rare cases when services are experiencing disruptions, Epic can hide Navigation Bar items. The items listed in the Navigation Bar are primarily determined by the EOS SDK version and the features your project is using.
The Navigation Bar enables users navigate to the various pages within the Social Overlay. The Social Overlay has various overrides and fallbacks in place to provide the next best locale based on the locale requested by users. The following table lists all the locales the Social Overlay currently supports: This behavior may change in the future to improve the user experience. If you navigate to another page, close the overlay, then open the overlay, you will be on the last page you opened. When you open the Social Overlay for the first time, it will display your friends list. Press the hotkey combination in the notification to open the Social Overlay.
Expect the core functionality to remain stable overall, but expect the text, look, and feel of the overlay to be improved and polished over time.Īfter the application loads and initializes the Social Overlay, it will display a notification reading: You are now online on the Epic Social Panel. To provide the best experience for all users, features will be added and adjusted in the future. Our goal is to provide the best user experience for both developers integrating their games with the Social Overlay and users interacting with it.
The EOS SDK also informs the Social Overlay which features you have enabled or disabled.įor rare cases when services are experiencing disruptions, Epic can enable or disable features in the Social Overlay to provide a good user experience during outages. During initialization, the EOS SDK informs the Social Overlay which features your EOS SDK includes. The EOS SDK and Social Overlay communicate via a bridge. The EOS SDK loads and initializes the Social Overlay, and then the user requests the latest Social Overlay version deployed to our CDNs. This enables us to push new features and fix bugs independently of the Epic Online Services (EOS) SDK version your game is running. The Social Overlay uses web technology and is distributed through Content Delivery Networks (CDN) across the globe. If you plan on launching your game on consoles with Epic Account Services integration before October 2022, please contact us at to coordinate a release plan.
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