Friend Avatars

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Steam avatars are returned as a Texture 2D that you can use in a UMG Image widget, for example with Set Brush from Texture.

Getting an Avatar

Call one of the avatar nodes with the player's Steam ID:

Node	Size
Get Small Friend Avatar	32×32
Get Medium Friend Avatar	64×64
Get Large Friend Avatar	128×128

To get the local player's own avatar, pass the result of Get Steam ID.

When the Avatar Is Not Loaded Yet

Steam downloads avatars in the background. If the avatar is not available yet, the node returns an invalid texture. Handle this case:

1. Check the returned texture with Is Valid.
2. If it is not valid, use Get Steam Friends and bind the Avatar Image Loaded event.
3. When the event fires, compare Data → Steam ID with the player you asked for and use Data → Image.

Players Who Are Not Your Friends

Steam only knows about your friends and players you share a lobby, game server or leaderboard with. For other players, call Request User Information first. When Steam has the information, the avatar nodes work as described above.

Example

Friend is a Steam ID variable and Avatar is a Texture 2D variable that an Image widget can use:

• BeginPlay binds Avatar Image Loaded.
• ShowFriendAvatar gets the medium avatar. If it is not valid yet, it calls Request User Information so Steam loads it.
• OnAvatarLoaded sets Avatar when the loaded avatar belongs to Friend.

See also Friend List.