How do I change how my stream overlay looks?

Open Settings, “Organizer tools”, “Overlay”, or tap “Overlay settings” in a game’s Stream settings. The page starts with a live preview of your overlay on a pitch, which changes as soon as you pick something, so you see the result before going live. Under it is the “Test link”: paste it into OBS to see your overlay on a sample match where goals, cards and substitutions play by themselves.

Everything is chosen by picture. “Broadcast style” is Classic, Esports, Broadcast or Retro, and “Scoreboard” is Centered or Corner. “Squad bar” and “Squad position” control the team line-ups (see “How do I show the team squads on my stream overlay?”). Under “During the match”, “Goal Animation” shows the scorer’s card on a goal, and “Event Highlights” shows highlight authors in the top-right corner.

Under “Between games”, the “Between-game screen” switch (squads, schedule and table when no game is on) turns that screen off. While it is on, three checkboxes choose when it shows: “Before kick-off”, “Between games and half-time” and “After the event”. For example, keep “Before kick-off” ticked and untick “Between games and half-time” to show squads before the game and nothing at half-time. Where it is off, the overlay shows nothing, so viewers see only the camera picture. All of them are on until you change them.

Changes save automatically. The settings belong to your account, so they apply to every game you stream with your overlay link. The same switches are in the “Overlay” panel of the Playbox Stream app while you stream.

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