toth5-overlay

The main broadcast assets for Tip of the Hats 2017.

This is a NodeCG bundle. It cannot be run on its own, it has to be run as part of an existing NodeCG installation. Please see NodeCG's documentation for installation and setup instructions before continuing with toth5-overlay setup.

Demo

We didn't have time to make a video demo/breakdown for this year. Sorry! You can watch last year's here: https://youtu.be/F0xGN-aSytA

Installation

Install NodeCG (don't forget to run npm install and bower install from your the root of your NodeCG installation directory after you have installed it! This is what installs all of NodeCG's dependencies, which are required.)
Clone toth5-overlay to nodecg/bundles/toth5-overlay
Create nodecg/cfg/toth5-overlay.json. This is the config file.

Configuration

The config lives at nodecg/cfg/toth5-overlay.json. The config is required many asepects of toth5-overlay's functionality. It is also required to receive live donations, but chances are that you don't have your own instance of the Games Done Quick donation tracker running, so you don't need to worry about that.

To receive donations from an instance of the GDQ Donation Tracker, you'll need to set up an instance of donation-socket-repeater. We had to make this little program because we were behind a very restrictive firewall at the venue where ToTH2016 was held, and having the tracker send donations directly to us via HTTP POSTS wasn't a viable approach. Instead, the donations are sent to this little server app running off-site, which then establishes a websocket connection to the graphics running on-site, which does not need any special firewall rules or port forwarding.

useMockData pulls from Lange's dropbox with some placeholder data. Feel free to examine the code (1, 2) and edit to point to whatever URL you want so you can set up your own mock data.

If you don't have Twitter or Last.fm API credentials, you must make them before attempting to use the "now playing" and Twitter graphics. Check their developer sites for more info on how to register.

{
	"useMockData": true,
	"donationSocketUrl": "the.address.of.your.instance.of.donation-socket-repeater",
	"twitter": {
		"consumerKey": "yourConsumerKey",
		"consumerSecret": "yourConsumerSecret",
		"accessTokenKey": "yourAccessTokenKey",
		"accessTokenSecret": "yourAccessTokenSecret"
	},
	 "lastfm": {
		"targetAccount": "yourLastfmAccount",
		"apiKey": "yourApiKey",
		"secret": "yourSecret"
	},
	"scraptf": {
		"apiKey": "yourScrapTFAPIKey (talk to Geel if you need one)",
		"fundraiserId": "yourScrapTFFundraiseID (talk to Geel about making a fundraiser)"
	},
	"x32": {
		"address": "your.behringer.x32.ip",
		"techDirectorMicChannel": 14,
		"floorManagerMicChannel": 16,
		"couchMixBus": 1,
		"hostMixBus": 3,
		"player1MixBus": 9,
		"player2MixBus": 11,
		"player3MixBus": 13,
		"player4MixBus": 15
	}
}

Usage

Start up NodeCG. By default, the dashboard can be accessed from http://localhost:9090/. Of course, if you have edited your NodeCG config, then that may no longer be the url from which you can access the dashboard. Adjust accordingly.

After you've confirmed that the dashboard is loading correctly, you can access the graphics from http://localhost:9090/graphics/toth5-overlay and http://localhost:9090/graphics/toth5-overlay/dotafortress.html. Both of these graphics are 1080p60 and can be added to OBS or vMix as browser sources with that resolution and framerate.

Credits