Setting Presence Information

Presence information for a player is set by using the SignedInGamer.Presence property, which is a reference to a GamerPresence object. GamerPresence has two properties that are used to set presence information:

• PresenceMode, which is set to one of the values of GamerPresenceMode.

  GamerPresenceMode contains values that represent strings describing what the player is doing in your game. For a full description of each string, see the GamerPresenceMode reference topic.

• PresenceValue, which is an integer that provides a numeric value used with presence modes such as Stage, Level, and Score.

To set presence information for a player

• Set SignedInGamer.Presence.PresenceMode with one of the values of GamerPresenceMode.

  foreach (SignedInGamer signedInGamer in 
      SignedInGamer.SignedInGamers)
  {
      signedInGamer.Presence.PresenceMode = 
          GamerPresenceMode.InCombat;
  }
  

  As described previously, some values also require SignedInGamer.Presence.PresenceValue to be set.

Note

A game title is not displayed in a player's presence information on Xbox LIVE until that game passes peer review. Once a game passes peer review, the presence information for a player shows three things: a confirmation the player is playing an Xbox LIVE Indie Game, the game's title, and the presence information set by SignedInGamer.Presence. For example: While a game is in development, but before it passes peer review, presence information indicates the developer is using App Hub as shown:

See Also

Reference

GamerPresence Class
SignedInGamer.Presence Property
GamerPresenceMode