Studio Play Test

Overview

In OVERDARE Studio, you can test and verify the functionality of placed objects or scripts using the Play feature. This allows you to check your work in real-time and quickly identify any necessary adjustments.

Important Notes

The environment in which users play published games is mobile, not the PC used for OVERDARE Studio. Therefore, elements related to mobile devices, such as controls and UI, must be tested and finalized on a mobile device. For mobile testing, refer to Item #5 in the Publishing Worlds Manual.

How to Use

Play Feature Location

The Play feature is available in the Home tab in the top tab area of OVERDARE Studio.

By selecting the Play tab in the tab area, you can display features only related to Play.

Play, Pause, and Stop

Click the Play button (or press F5) to start the game.

While in Play mode, click the Pause button to temporarily pause the game. Click the Stop button (or press Shift+F5) to end the game and return to the editing screen.

Test Option Settings

In the Play tab, click the arrow (🔽) next to the Stop button to configure test options.

Enter Spectator Mode

You can switch to Spectator Mode by pressing the Spectator View button (or the F8 key) while in Play mode.

In the spectator mode, you can detach from the player character and observe the game from a free camera perspective. Press the Player View button (or the F8 key) again to return to the player’s perspective.

Virtual Emulation Test of Mobile Environment

In the Studio, a mobile device environment can be emulated virtually for testing, allowing you to preview how system UI, joysticks, jump buttons, and GUIs appear in an actual mobile environment.

Function Location

The Device Emulation function can be enabled or disabled by clicking Device Emulation in the Play tab on the top tab area of ​​OVERDARE Studio.

Device Emulation Mode

When Device Emulation is enabled, the viewport automatically adjusts to the resolution of the selected device.

• 1️⃣ Select Device: Select the device to simulate. You can choose a predefined device or add a new one.

• 2️⃣ Select Resolution Scaling Method: Set how the viewport screen matches the actual device's size.

  • Physical Scale: Displays the same size as the actual device, reflecting the pixel density (DPI) of the actual device.

  • Actual Resolution: Displays pixels as they are, regardless of dot per inch (DPI).

  • Fit to Window: Displays the current viewport screen to its full size.

• 3️⃣ Show SafeArea Region: If the selected device has a SafeArea such as a notch or punch hole, the region is displayed.

When you run a play test with Device Emulation enabled, the viewport displays the system UI, joystick, and jump button.

In normal play mode, the camera can be rotated with left and right mouse clicks, but in Device Emulation mode, rotation is possible only with left-click.

• 1️⃣ Show System UI Region

• 2️⃣ Show SafeArea Region

• 3️⃣ Joystick Region

• 4️⃣ Jump Button

Unlike the joystick and jump button, the buttons in the System UI region do not work when clicked; they are simply displayed as images only.

Memory Usage Display and Warning

If the selected device's memory limit exceeds, the memory usage at the top of the viewport is displayed in orange, and a warning is output to the Output Log.

However, the memory usage is not measured from an actual device but is estimated through a simple ratio calculation based on the size of resources (e.g., textures, sounds, meshes) included in the project. Therefore, differences may occur compared to the actual memory consumed on a device due to memory management for each device.

Adding a New Device

Click Manage Devices in the device selection dropdown menu to open the Emulation Device Manager window, where a new device can be added.

When creating a device, sequential names from newDevice0 to newDevice9 are assigned by default, allowing up to 10 devices. However, renaming allows unlimited addition of devices.

• 1️⃣ Registered devices are displayed.

• 2️⃣ Can set the device specifications of the selected device.

• 3️⃣ Can add or delete new devices or duplicate registered devices.

  • Name: Name of the device

  • Device Platform: OS type of the device (has no functional impact, used for differentiation)

  • Physical X: Horizontal resolution of the screen (in pixels)

  • Physical Y: Vertical resolution of the screen (in pixels)

  • PPI: Pixel density of the screen (Pixels Per Inch)

  • Memory: Device memory capacity (in MB)

• 4️⃣ Saves the entered device information.

The added device information is saved as a JSON file in the path below:

C:\Program Files\Epic Games\OverdareStudioPJVXb\Sandbox\EditorResource\Sandbox\DeviceSpecs_Custom