βš™οΈSetup of a Discord App + Setup of the Discord SDK (In order to use Core, Activity, User, Overlay)

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Go to the Discord Developer portal and click on β€œApplications” or follow this link: https://discord.com/developers/applications/

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After you logged in with your Discord account you are able to create a new application. For that click on β€œNew Application”

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In your application under the β€œGeneral Information” tab you can fill out information like the name and the app icon. This will later show when you use Rich Presence / Activity functionality

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Also under the β€œGeneral Information” tab you can copy your application id. This is needed as a input for the Initialize Discord node. Do not share this code with others.

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Go to the β€œOAuth2” tab and click on β€œAdd Redirect”. Then copy the following URL into the text box that appeared. Make sure to click on β€œSave Changes” afterwards.

http://127.0.0.1
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Adding the Discord SDK files

Instantly download the file you need here: Download

After you got the needed .dll file:

  • Copy the file to the Win64 binaries folder which is located under β€œPATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT/Binaries/Win64/”.

  • You also need to add it every time you package your project under β€œPATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT/YOU_PROJECT_NAME/Binaries/Win64/”

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Restart the engine

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That’s it. You are all set to use the Discord SDK functions.

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πŸ™ Final Words

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