Note

• The project has a sister-repo for MuMu Player
• Additional options available in the Tray Icon
• Play Games Developer Emulator is also supported

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Tray Options
• Auto-Startup
• Custom Launch Args
• Previews
• Building from Source
• Permissions

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Requirements

.NET 9.0.X Desktop Runtime (x64)

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Installation

• Standalone
  • No Auto Update
• Portable
  • Auto Update
• Setup
  • Auto Update
  • Shortcut in Start Menu
  • Can be uninstalled by right clicking uninstall in Start Menu
  • Installed in %appdata%/Local/PlayGames-RichPresence

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Tray Options

• Enabled (Checkbox)
• Open App Directory (Button)
• Run on Startup (Checkbox)
• Hide Tray (Button, Hides the Tray Icon until next start)
• Exit (Closes the program)

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Auto-Startup

Enabling Run on Startup clones the current launch arguments and runs it as that on startup.

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Custom Launch Args

Argument	Default Value	Description
--custom-application-id=	1204167311922167860	Discord Application Id
--seq-url=	http://localhost:9999	Seq Logging Platform
--bind-to=	N/A	Binds this process to another process' ID. When the other process exits, this one does too
--extended-logging	N/A	File Log Level: Verbose (From Warning)
--rp-disabled-on-start	N/A	Rich Presence is Disabled for Play Games
--no-file-logging	N/A	Disables logging to the file (Located in the current directory)
--no-auto-update	N/A	Disables Auto-Updates & Checking for Updates (Only affects Velopack (Portable / Setup) versions)
--hide-tray-icon-on-start	N/A	Hides the Tray Icon when running PlayGames Rich Presence

Launch Args Example

& '.\PlayGames RichPresence.exe' --extended-logging --seq-url=http://localhost:9999

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Previews

For advanced users

Permanently hiding the Tray Icon

There's currently no UI option to hide it permanently, but you can do so via the command line

• Open up PowerShell and paste this in

$path = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
$key = 'MuMu RichPresence Standalone'
$value = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path).$key;
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $key -Value ($value + ' --hide-tray-icon-on-start')

Building from Source

Pre-Build Requirements

• .NET SDK 9.0.X (x64)
  
• Git

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Build Steps

Manual

git clone https://github.com/JustArion/PlayGames_RichPresence && cd "PlayGames_RichPresence"
git submodule update --init --remote --recursive
dotnet publish .\src\PlayGamesRichPresence\ --runtime win-x64 --output ./bin/

with Auto-Update

$VERSION = '1.0.0'
git clone https://github.com/JustArion/PlayGames_RichPresence && cd "PlayGames_RichPresence"
git submodule update --init --remote --recursive
dotnet publish .\src\PlayGames_RichPresence\ --runtime win-x64 --output ./bin/
dotnet tool update -g vpk
vpk pack --packId 'PlayGames-RichPresence' -v "$VERSION" --outputDir 'velopack' --mainExe 'PlayGames RichPresence Standalone.exe' --packDir 'bin' --framework net9-x64-desktop
echo "Successfully built to 'velopack'"

Makefile

git clone https://github.com/JustArion/PlayGames_RichPresence && cd "PlayGames_RichPresence"
make build
echo "Successfully built to 'bin'"

Makefile with Auto-Update

git clone https://github.com/JustArion/PlayGames_RichPresence && cd "PlayGames_RichPresence"
make velopack VERSION="1.0.0"
echo "Successfully built to 'velopack'"

After running these commands the output should be in the bin folder in the root directory of the repo.

Permissions

A comprehensive list of permissions the application needs / could need can be found here

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