How to use the overlay and projector screens

The links block at the top of Auction Details. View Auction is always there; Auction Overlay and Projector View join it once the auction is live, and stay after it ends.

• Before the auction starts, find the overlay and projector links in the Links tab of the Start Auction window instead.

The stream overlay: the player on the block, the leading team, the latest bids and your sponsors, drawn over a transparent background so it sits on top of your camera feed.

• Opens without a login, so it works as a browser source in OBS or any streaming tool.
• Give it to the person running your YouTube or video stream.
• You can hide the 12th Men logo, the ongoing bid panel, the bids table and the sponsor strip in Overlay settings (live screen menu → Overlay settings).

Example: …/auctions/<auction-id>/overlay

The big-screen view for the venue: auction name, the player card, the bidding team’s purse and the last result.

• Only the auction’s organizers and admins can open it. Logged-out visitors get the login form; anyone else is sent to the View Auction page.
• Press the F button in the bottom-right corner for full screen.

Example: …/auctions/<auction-id>/projector

Opens the link in a new browser tab.

Copies the link so you can paste it into OBS or send it on. A confirmation such as “Overlay Link copied to clipboard” appears.

The button under Important Link. Before the auction it reads Start Auction; once it is live it reads Live Auction. Both open the themes and links window.

• The button is hidden once the auction has ended.
• It stays disabled while required auction details are still missing.

Lists every auction link with its status (Active or Closed), what it is for and who to share it with, plus Open, Copy and Share buttons.

• Copy all links copies every link at once, one per paragraph.

The design of the stream overlay, previewed at the top of the window. Theme 1 is the default.

• Seven options: Theme 1 to Theme 7.
• Theme 2 uses the Theme 1 overlay layout and Theme 6 uses the Theme 3 layout.
• The projector keeps the same layout whichever theme you pick (unless Broadcast Theme is on).

The colour swatches under the themes. The colour tints the overlay cards, the projector background and the live auction screen.

• Blue, Light Green, Green, Dark Blue or Light Blue. Blue is the default.

Saves the theme and colour, then takes you to the live auction screen.

• If the auction has not started yet, Save also starts it. Pick your theme before you are ready to go live, or close the window without saving.

What the overlay shows between players. It switches to the player card as soon as you put a player up on the live screen.

The overlay’s bids table before the first bid. After that it lists the three latest bids, newest first, and the leading team and amount appear at the top. Hidden if Bid history is turned off in Overlay settings.

What the projector shows before bidding starts. After a sale it shows “Last player … was sold to team … for … points”. With Broadcast Theme on, the projector shows the Broadcast layout instead.

A page that shows or hides parts of the stream overlay. Open it from the live screen menu → Overlay settings.

• Only the auction’s admins and organizers can open it.
• Each switch saves as soon as you flip it, and the change syncs to overlays already open, including your OBS browser source.
• Select Live auction or the back arrow to return to the live screen.
• The Full-screen sponsor switch on this page has no effect on the overlay yet.

Opens the overlay in a new browser tab so you can check your changes.

The branded header at the top of the overlay. On by default.

The current bid amount and bidding team, top left of the overlay. On by default.

The recent bids table beside the player card. On by default.

The scrolling sponsors in the bottom-left column. On by default.

• Disabled until the auction has at least one sponsor.

Rotates last season, previous season and career stats along the bottom of the overlay.

• The strip only appears for auctions linked to a previous season that have stats to show.