Learn the control room.

Change your pack and make it yours

1. Open Pack Library, pick a pack, then Use this pack. It opens in the editor: your overlay doesn't change yet.
2. In Customize, pick your colors, place the alert on the grid and set its size. Packs with optional details list them under Effects.
3. Check the preview at real 1920×1080 size, animated or static, then hit Apply to overlay.

Good to knowNothing reaches your stream before Apply to overlay. Try as many looks as you want.

Use your own sounds

1. In Customize, open the Sound tab.
2. Under Your files, drop one MP3 per alert type (2 MB and 10 s max). An alert without its own file plays your Default.
3. Set each sound's volume. Under What plays live, you can mute one alert's audio: its visual still plays.

Good to knowYour sounds follow you on every pack. To keep one pack's original sound design, turn your sounds off for that pack: your files stay saved.

Hold alerts during a cutscene

1. Hit Quick Pause in Broadcast Control. New alerts wait in the buffer instead of playing over your moment.
2. After 60 s they resume on their own, in order. You can change that duration in Settings (30 s to 2 min).
3. Need longer? Pause holds until you press Resume.

Good to knowForgot to resume? An auto-resume safety releases everything after 5 min by default. Past the buffer cap, new alerts play live: nothing is dropped.

Save a look and switch in one click

1. Set up your look, then open Profiles and hit Save current look (or Save as profile from the editor). Name it: Horror, Chill, IRL…
2. Tick Include my sound settings if this profile should also set your volume, Smart Volume and muted alerts.
3. To switch, pick a profile: its card says what it loads. Hit Load and everything swaps live.

Good to knowUp to 6 profiles. Changed the loaded look? Hit Save changes on its card to keep it, or Revert to saved in its ⋯ menu. Each profile also gets its own Stream Deck key.

Check everything before you go live

1. Your overlay must be in OBS: open Overlay URL, then Add to OBS (setup guide).
2. Open Test Alerts and pick an event. It plays in OBS exactly like a real one.
3. Under Fire a test achievement, trigger an Achievement to see how your pack ends a rush.

Good to knowTo check size and position, the editor preview can also freeze a test alert in OBS.

Control it from a Stream Deck

1. Open the Stream Deck tab and click Download the plugin, then double-click the file.
2. In the Stream Deck software, Keys tab of the right-hand column, drag the WES Alert keys onto your deck, then click Connect in a key's settings and confirm the code in your dashboard.
3. Press. The keys show your broadcast live: paused, countdown, alerts waiting, active look.

Good to knowAlready using an HTTP plugin or Streamer.bot? It keeps working; the Stream Deck guide covers both.

Adjust how the engine behaves

Five sections in the Settings tab, each with its own Apply. An amber diamond on the tab means a change isn't applied yet.

Alerts

Turn each alert type on or off. Follow Grouping merges a burst of follows into one alert (off by default).

Broadcast

Quick Pause duration (30 s to 2 min), auto-resume safety (off, 2, 5 or 10 min), buffer cap (5 to 30 alerts).

Achievements

Achievements on or off, and how many seconds of calm end a rush: 7, 10, 15 (recommended) or 20.

Connection · Security

Your Twitch link, OBS connection and tokens. The security guide explains when to rotate them.

Audio (Main tab)

Sound on or off, master volume and Smart Volume live in the right column of Main, next to your live controls.