{"id":46559,"date":"2018-08-23T00:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T00:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/?p=46559"},"modified":"2019-02-24T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T20:01:23","slug":"upcoming-retroarch-1-7-4-details-on-discord-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/upcoming-retroarch-1-7-4-details-on-discord-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"RetroArch 1.7.4 &#8211; Details on Discord integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/discord.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/discord.png 640w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/discord-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Blog post written by Winneon<\/b><\/p>\n<p>RetroArch 1.7.4 now has extended Discord RPC integration! Previously before 1.7.4, RetroArch would act as any other game in Discord: as a simple &#8220;Playing&#8221; status that said you had RetroArch open. It wasn&#8217;t very descriptive or helpful other than displaying the name &#8220;RetroArch&#8221;. With the 1.7.4 update, RetroArch will display more information beyond a simple &#8220;Playing&#8221; status! Below is the full list of new features this new extended integration brings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new &#8220;In-Menu&#8221; and &#8220;In-Game&#8221; status that displays whether you&#8217;re in the standard RetroArch menu, or playing a game in a libretro core.<\/li>\n<li>Playing &#038; paused indicators displaying whether or not the currently running core is paused or not.<\/li>\n<li>Sleek icons based on the Monochrome XMB theme that display what platform your game is running as. This is dependent on the core, not the individual game\/content, so there will be case scenarios where it may be wrong (i.e. showing a GameCube icon when you&#8217;re playing Super Mario Galaxy in Dolphin).<\/li>\n<li>A text indicator that displays what platform &#038; core you&#8217;re playing under when hovering over the platform icon.<\/li>\n<li>A text indicator that display what game\/content you&#8217;re playing. If you chose your game\/content from a playlist, it will use the playlist entry&#8217;s name instead of the content filename.<\/li>\n<li>A counter\/stopwatch that shows your current session&#8217;s playtime when you&#8217;re playing a game\/content in a libretro core. The counter will pause when the game\/content also pauses along with the new playing\/paused indicators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TECv3BZIL54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How to use it?<\/h2>\n<p>The extended Discord RPC integration requires updated core information files for most cores currently available. You can update your core info files by following the instructions below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start RetroArch.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Online Updater.<\/li>\n<li>Select &#8220;Update Core Info Files&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Afterwards, to enable the Discord integration, following the remaining instructions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start RetroArch.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Settings -> Privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Change &#8220;Enable Discord&#8221; from &#8220;OFF&#8221; to &#8220;ON&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Other than that, make sure you are running Discord on the same PC as your RetroArch client, and you have <strong>&#8220;Display currently running game as a status message&#8221;<\/strong> enabled in your Discord settings. Sadly, the Discord RPC API does not support remote connections.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-1-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-1-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-1-768x324.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-2-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-2-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xmb-2-768x324.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog post written by Winneon RetroArch 1.7.4 now has extended Discord RPC integration! Previously before 1.7.4, RetroArch would act as any other game in Discord: as a simple &#8220;Playing&#8221; status that said you had RetroArch open. It wasn&#8217;t very descriptive or helpful other than displaying the name &#8220;RetroArch&#8221;. 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