01 · OBS Setup

Add the overlay to OBS.

Three steps, no installer, no extension. Keep OBS and your Dashboard open side by side.

01

Create a WES Alert scene.

In OBS, in the Scenes panel, click + and name the scene WES Alert. Keep it selected: the overlay lands in the selected scene. Your other scenes will reuse this one: one place to update, no duplicates.

02

Drag the overlay into OBS.

  1. In the Dashboard, Main tab, click Overlay URL, then Add to OBS, and confirm you're off stream.
  2. Hold Drag me into OBS and drop it on the OBS preview, the big picture in the middle.
  3. OBS asks you to confirm: click Yes.

The overlay is in, named and at the right size. In the Dashboard, Broadcast Control goes from OFFLINE to LIVE.

Do this off stream. OBS's confirmation window shows your private URL in plain text. Did anyone see it? Regenerate it in Settings › Security: see the Security guide.

Can't drag it? Paste it by hand

When OBS runs as administrator, Windows blocks the drag. Same result by hand:

  1. In the Connect to OBS window, click Copy.
  2. In OBS, in the Sources panel: + → Browser, name the source WES Alert.
  3. Paste the URL, set the size, leave everything else alone and confirm.
The Browser Source for WES: 1 your overlay URL, 2 1920 × 1080. Leave the rest as it is.
03

Add it to your other scenes, then test.

In each of your other scenes (game, IRL, BRB…), in the Sources panel: + → Scene → WES Alert. Alerts play on top, the rest is transparent.

Back in the Dashboard, click Test Alerts and pick an event: the alert plays in OBS.

Troubleshooting

The overlay only fills part of the picture.
Your OBS canvas isn't 1920 × 1080. In the WES Alert scene, select the source and press Ctrl + F (Fit to screen).
Nothing happens when I send a test alert.
Look at Broadcast Control in the Dashboard. If it says OFFLINE, OBS hasn't opened the overlay: check that the WES Alert scene is in your active scene with its eye icon visible, then select the source and click Refresh under the preview. If you regenerated your URL, delete the source and drag it in again: see Security · Overlay URL.
I have no sound.
In the Dashboard, Main tab, check that Sound Effects is on in the Audio panel. If the banner says Audio needs re-initialization, right-click the source in OBS → Interact, then click anywhere in the window that opens.
Where do I find help if this isn't covered?
Reach out via the contact on the Beta page. The closed beta is small enough that we read every email.

Setup done?

Pick a pack, tweak the palette, set your alert position. Everything lives in the Dashboard.