OverlayWriter

Command line interface to edit text files for OBS/SLOBS overlays.

Currently designed directly for Vaughan Esport's overlays.

Features

• set - overwrites current values in the files
• clear - clears the files
• set - swaps the names and/or scores for team 1 and 2
• get - returns the names/scores of the teams and match

Using Overlay Writer

Setup

1. Clone this repo
2. In OBS/SLOBS select the read from file option for texts and select the appropriate file under the textFiles directory
3. Navigate to the directory in your terminal
4. Install requirements using pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Edit your overlay away!

Tip: Use the custom extents checkbox in the properties of text sources to center the text on your overlay at all times

Example Usage

To change team 1's name to "The Better Team": ow set t1 The Better Team

Run ow --help to see all commands and ow {command} --help to see sub commands.

Configuration

File Paths

All paths to the text files are found in config.py

Simply change the desired relative path to your desired path for the file.

Console Colours

All console colours are set in config.py

Simply change the name of the colours in the square brackets.

List of colours here