v0.78.0 In Good Company

A script can now see who's on Steam with them, and let them know what you're up to.

Friends and presence

for _, friend in ipairs(steam.friends()) do
  if friend.playingThisGame then
    print(friend.name, "is also playing —", friend.state)
  end
end

steam.setRichPresence("status", "Boss fight, 2 players")

steam.friends() returns the local user's friend list — each entry's id, name, online state ("online", "away", "busy", "snooze", "looking to trade", "looking to play", "invisible", or "offline"), and whether they're currently playing this same game. steam.setRichPresence(key, value) sets a status line friends see on your name in their own friend list; steam.clearRichPresence() clears it, and steam.friendRichPresence reads a specific value a friend's own game has set for them.

Not in this release: group and clan membership — Valve's own current toolkit for this engine doesn't support it. Inviting a friend, and having a game react to being launched from an invite, are their own upcoming pieces — this release is about seeing and being seen, not joining yet.

Upgrading

Nothing to do.