Earlier computer games can be purchased only on physical media, and it was not very convenient.Every game should have a look for yourself in all the stores, buy it, store discs at home and so on.With the advent of electronic distribution platform gaming gamers life became much easier - you can now set the "Steam" and fly through all of their games, store them in a shared library, and use lots of other useful features.One of them is "overlay" - a special function, the details of which will be discussed in this article.You can learn not only about how to enable overlay in the "incentive", but how to use it and how to deal with some common problems.
What is "overlay"?
Before we deal with how to include "overlay" in the "incentive" is to figure out what it is.If you use the "Steam", then you start all the games through the platform - you do not need to store tens of labels and choose among them the desired game - in fact, all the files are stored in one place and save in most games are duplicated in the cloud, soeven if your game is deleted, you fly "Windows" or even happen some mishap, you can then start your game from the point where finished.When you find yourself in the game, you will naturally devote their time process, but at the same time you have the opportunity to use "overlay".This is a special opportunity that opens the basic functionality "Steam" on top of the game so that you do not need it are closed or minimized.You can write in chat to a friend, go to the community to a particular game, the passage of spy, to assess their stats or take a look at what you got to achieve.This is an incredibly useful feature, so it is natural that everyone wants to know how to enable "overlay" in the "incentive".
Inclusion "Overlay"
answer to the question of how to enable the "overlay" in the "incentive" is not so simple, but that does not mean that this feature you will have problems.The fact is that the "Overlay" is active in the "incentive" by default, so if you enter the game through this platform, you can always call the desired screen.By default, this is the keyboard shortcut Shift-Tab, but you can always change this in the settings of your client.Thus, if you are not working "overlay" in the "incentive", it means only that you experience any error, which should be dealt with privately.
Faults with the "Overlay"
First of all you should understand that the only platform on which operates "overlay" - "Steam".How to open "overlay" in games of "Steam"?This question is asked by many gamers, but it does not make any sense."Overlay" - a feature of "Steam", respectively, it will work only if you run the game through this platform.However, there is another common problem, because of which may not work "overlay".The modern PC has a function Hardware Acceleration, which by default can not be activated.And if you do not work, and "overlay" will not run.The easiest way to enable this feature - is to open any video on the Internet and in the settings of the built-in player to put the appropriate checkbox.After that, the problem should disappear.
Games without "Overlay"
"Steam" strives for perfection, the platform is constantly growing and improving.However, it should be noted that in some games, "Overlay" simply does not work - it is not supported.For example, a recent post-apocalyptic Wasteland Release 2 does not support Overlay, but game developers and creators of "Steam" is actively working to solve this problem.
