Streamer Manual

How to broadcast Warp without leaking your hand. Multi-trail and Warp 6 Classic both publish an on-screen commentator feed for OBS.

Play: warp.iwgf.org

Quick setup (recommended)

Display	What to show
Capture / OBS	Bridge table / Warp 6 chart (hand hidden) + commentator overlay
Off-camera	Private hand (second monitor, phone, or pop-out)

In-game checklist

Start a match (local vs AI, or online sector).
Open the sector log (comms / log control) → Stream setup (Warp 6: Stream setup on the Classic Bridge header).
Click Enable stream-safe:
- Hides your hand on the capture Bridge
- Multi-trail: switches the HUD log to Commentator
- Opens the private-hand companion (local) or /hand (online)
Add OBS browser sources from the URLs in Stream setup (see below).
Crop OBS so the private-hand window is never in frame.

On multi-trail tables, you can also cycle the HUD log: All captains → Yourself → Commentator → Off. Warp 6 publishes commentator snapshots for the /commentary overlay (and the online /commentary route) even without a HUD ticker.

OBS browser sources

Use Browser sources. Prefer a transparent background for commentary.

Online sector

Replace CODE with your sector code (uppercase).

Source	URL	Notes
Watch (full table)	`https://warp.iwgf.org/online/CODE/watch`	Gallery view; defaults to commentator log
Commentary only	`https://warp.iwgf.org/online/CODE/commentary`	Chrome-free highlight feed (multi-trail + Warp 6)
Join	`https://warp.iwgf.org/online/CODE`	Seat invite (not for OBS)
Private hand	`https://warp.iwgf.org/online/CODE/hand`	Off-camera only — same Firebase seat as `/play`

Commentary and watch require the host’s spectator gallery to be open. If the host closes spectate, those URLs fail closed.

Local match (vs AI / pass-and-play)

Keep the game tab open — local overlays use BroadcastChannel.

Source	URL	Notes
Commentary only	`https://warp.iwgf.org/commentary` (or your local origin + `/commentary`)	Mirrors the live Bridge (multi-trail + Warp 6)
Private hand	`…/local/hand`	Off-camera only — playable hand strip

On localhost / Tauri preview, Stream setup copies your current origin so links hit the running build.

Private hand

Why a second window?

Stream-safe hides tiles on the capture Bridge. You still need somewhere to play — that is the private hand.

Online — `/online/{CODE}/hand`

Same Firebase Auth seat as play (uid: anonymous guest or Google).
Multi-trail: helm strip (cargo + controls + Continuum panels).
Warp 6 Classic: cargo strip + First Launch / open-vector choices, Draw (Uncharted Sector Extraction), Pass, and Mercenary Salvage. The shared chart stays on the capture Bridge / Watch source.
Sign in with Google in the lobby before rated launch (guest seats do not rate).
Do not share this URL publicly.

Local — `/local/hand` and couch seats

Playable copy of the bottom cargo panel (coordinates, route / vector picker, draw / pass / shields / spool / Drop to Impulse).
Warp 6 uses the same companion for First Launch, open-vector charts, Uncharted Sector Extraction, pass, and Mercenary Salvage.
Continuum Flash, Continuum Wager, Hand Exchange, and Module Epsilon draft picks open on this window when it is your seat.
Syncs with the Bridge over BroadcastChannel — game tab must stay open.
Pass-and-play (shared device): during handoff, confirm Ready at helm here (keeps the big handoff dialog off the capture Bridge when stream-safe is on).
With stream-safe on during drafting, the capture Bridge only shows who is drafting — pack tiles stay on the private hand.
Never add /local/hand (or seat URLs) as an OBS browser source.

Couch mode (pass-and-play, multi-device)

When each captain has their own phone/tablet:

Start local pass-and-play.
Stream setup → Enable couch mode (or check Couch mode + Open seat hands).
Each captain opens their locked URL: /local/hand/human%3A0, /local/hand/human%3A1, … (Stream setup lists copy buttons).
The capture Bridge keeps the table / chart; multi-trail can also show the commentator. Cargo stays off-camera.
Device handoff overlays are skipped — each seat always sees only their redacted hand.

/local/hand without a seat still follows the active captain (streamer single companion). Prefer locked seat URLs for couch.

Commentator feed

The commentator is a highlight digest of the game log (ringside peaks, quiet between beats) — not a full move ticker and not generative AI.

Warp 6 Classic: Stream setup exposes the same commentary overlay / URLs as multi-trail. Local matches publish via BroadcastChannel; online sectors use /online/{CODE}/commentary (spectator gallery must be open). Classic lines cover First Launch, charts on open vectors (including nested Spacedocks), Uncharted extraction, passes, and Mercenary Salvage — not multi-trail modules.

Typical highlights: All Stop / go-out, round end, Red Alert, Fracture, Continuum, beacons / shields, round opening charts, Neutral Zone open, module spikes, go-out pressure (multi-trail); First Launch and vector charts (Warp 6).

HUD / watch: larger ticker, last few lines
Sector log → Commentator scope → download Highlights
Standalone overlay: /commentary or /online/{CODE}/commentary
Admin audible TTS (ElevenLabs) speaks the same highlight lines; timestamps are stripped for delivery

Spoken-as (pronunciation)

Humans: Profile → Spoken as (plain alias, e.g. Blitz → Blahtz). Snapshotted onto the sector roster when you create/join; host sees it in the lobby and can clear a seat or disable spoken-as for the whole match before launch.
AI officers: Lobby → AI officers → per-officer Spoken as (TTS) field (host only, lobby-locked at launch).
Fleet dictionary (Ops): Edit tools/tts/warp-fleet.pls, run yarn tts:pronunciation-dictionary, paste printed ids into functions/.env, redeploy. Details: tts-pronunciation-dictionary. Call signs on the table stay unchanged; TTS may substitute spoken-as / dictionary rules.

Rated play & streaming

Warp 12 only for TEI. Warp 6 / 9 / 15 / 18 are exhibition.
Online rated needs verified (Google-linked) humans — upgrade in the lobby before launch.
Using the tactical advisor voids TEI for the sector (online: for everyone).
Rated Subspace stays on quick hails during live play (no free-text collusion channel).
Solo practice TEI is local vs AI, unassisted — not a 1-human + AI online sector.

Suggested OBS layout

Game capture or browser source on /watch (or the Bridge window with hand hidden).
Browser source on /commentary — lower third, width ~960, height ~400–540, shutdown source when idle.
Optional: webcam / mic as usual.
Private hand on a second display or window outside the canvas.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
Commentary blank (online)	Host must enable spectate; reload the overlay
Local commentary / hand stuck	Keep the match Bridge tab open; reopen companion
Hand still on camera	Stream setup → hide hand, or enable stream-safe again
Can’t play with hand hidden (local)	Open `/local/hand` or Stream setup → Open private hand
Pass-and-play on multiple devices	Stream setup → Enable couch mode / Open seat hands
Online hand empty / wrong seat	Same Google or guest session as the seated `/play` tab
Rated launch blocked as guest	Sign in with Google in the lobby (or turn off Rated sector)

Recording easter eggs

Hidden helpers for clean video takes (not shown in the UI).

Replay end-of-match logo splash

On the Campaign complete / Sector complete label (win overlay or dock header), activate it three times quickly (within ~0.7s). After a 3-second beat, the Warp logo splash plays again and stays up until you click (or press Enter / Space / Escape). Boot splash in the desktop app still auto-dismisses on a timer.

The trigger is a non-selectable control so rapid clicks do not highlight text on camera.

Reset Warp factor chooser

On the warp-factor landing (/factor), while already on Warp 12, tap the Warp 12 card five times quickly. That clears the saved factor and reloads /factor so you can film the full galaxy unboxing / factor pick again.

In-app entry points

Stream setup — sector log dialog
Copy links — lobby (join / watch / commentary), table Options (stream & spectate), Stream setup
Log cycle — Comms log control on the Bridge HUD