Game activity/game detection suggestion.
So currently the Discord app will try to detect the game you are playing or for games that don't get detected you can manually detect it via game activity & the app will display the game status & with the Go Live feature being rolled out, will allow you to stream the game. However this isn't 100% effective as it cannot guarantee the app will detect the game, even manually as that is just a list given to us based on it's current detection & not us linking the app directly to the file location.
Unfortunately, if the game is being altered in any way, for example Minecraft with mods, Discord can't guarantee how it'll detect on their app. Forcing that detection will likely be the only way to do so at this time. So when playing Minecraft with mods you have to manually detect the game but when the game is launched again you have to delete it from the game activity list then re-add it for Discord to detect it again.
My idea is a system like Logitech (& some other companies) use with their mouse software, so we add the games .exe to the game activity list & then when that .exe is launched the Discord app would detect it & be able to display the game status & allow for the Go Live feature/overlay & any future features to work regardless if the game is being altered like using mods, in the same way these mouse software allow us to set our dpi on a per game basis.
So in theory this would allow us to add all games & use the app features with no issue. I think this would be a viable solution in the future.
I spoke to Discord via Twitter DMs & they think it's a cool idea, so now what does the community think of this idea. It's not an end of the world problem but I think a good quality of life update.
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I literally have been deleting Minecraft and re-adding it every day to stream it via Go Live, and it's pretty obnoxious. The only "mod" I'm even using is Optifine.
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I think this is a great idea, right now im playing Minecraft and Discord does not detect different profiles, you have to manually tell Discord that you are playing Minecraft to use the overaly. (in a previous version it even detected the Minecraft launcher as a game) In Minecrafts' case, detecting an .exe would solve this issue (I believe)
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I use optifine and It never works with discord. I still cant even add it manually. It would be nice to see minecraft mods be compatible with discord features like overlay and stuff.
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I can't steam my art drawings, at all. (because i use ms pain) and it doesn't show up : (
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This is a much needed fix... It can get really annoying, and it's probably not hard to fix since the game's path doesn't even change...
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Discord really needs this!!
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Agreed, so people don't think you're lying when people ask why you're busy.
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Hello everyone, I've been having this issue too. This is not a fix for it but more of a work around.
I went into the Minecraft Launcher settings and checked "keep launcher open while games are running"
I then went into the discord settings and added the Minecraft Launcher to the game activity list, and renamed it just "Minecraft"So discord displays I'm playing minecraft when the launcher is open.
Like i said, not really a fix, but it has the effect I was looking for. Fortunately the launcher takes up minimal resources so leaving it open shouldn't be too bad for most ppl.
I hope this helps.
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This topic is a year old so i don't have much hope for it being resolved but i have a similar issue but with the "verified" game thing. discord detects my CAD software automagically as Elsword game and then since its verified will not allow me to change its name.
I too also have the issue with minecraft when playing different modpacks i want the detection algorithm to take into account the entire path and remember it so i can have multiple statuses for different instances of the same game.
Like i said this topic has been around for years with 0 acknowledgement from the devs so its unlikely anything will get done
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I have the same problem and I only have optifine installed. this is a actual problem.
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I think this may be fixed for some apps.
I have a Minecraft mod pack that I launch using MMC and the java that is bundled with the official launcher.
It used to be that I had to manually select it every single time, but recently discord started to auto detect it. It doesn't detect it specifically as Minecraft though. Just as the window title cause that doesn't change.
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