Share player status via Steamworks Rich Presence and read a user's friends list
domain: gaming · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Call ISteamFriends::SetRichPresence(key, value) for each status key you want visible to friends, such as a custom 'status' key describing the current activity
Set the special 'steam_display' key to a localization token defined in your app's Rich Presence localization file so Steam can render a friend's status in their own language
Call GetFriendCount and iterate GetFriendByIndex to enumerate the user's friends list, then call GetFriendPersonaName for display names
Call GetFriendRichPresence on each friend to read their published key/value pairs and build a 'playing with friends' or 'join game' UI
Clear a rich presence key by calling SetRichPresence with an empty value when the player leaves that state (e.g. exits a match)
Known gotchas
Rich Presence is capped at 20 key/value pairs per user, keys max 64 characters and values max 256 characters; exceeding either causes SetRichPresence to return false silently
Rich presence data for friends can lag behind real-time state because it propagates through Steam's friend list refresh, not an instant push, so don't build tight join-in-progress timing around it
The localization token used in steam_display must exist in your Steamworks Rich Presence localization settings or friends will see the raw token string instead of readable text
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