Documentation
Everything you need to go live
Guides for setting up your account, connecting to TikTok Live, and running interactive games on your stream. Press ⌘K to search.
New here? Start with these three.
All guides
Getting Started
Going Live
- How to go liveEvery way to put your Livecade overlay on your TikTok stream, and how to choose between them. Screen capture, OBS, the Windows app, straight from your phone, or the built-in Link source.
- Start a Live SessionStart a session from the dashboard, connect to your live TikTok stream, and let viewers interact with your game in real time.
Troubleshooting
- TikTok Live RestrictionsTikTok allows third-party game tools on LIVE. What its rules restrict, how to stream a game within them, and what to do if TikTok restricts your stream. No tool can remove or appeal a restriction for you.
- Overlay Not ShowingThe overlay is blank, black, cropped, or mirrored in OBS or TikTok Live Studio. The most common causes and how to fix each one, fast.
- No Sound on StreamViewers cannot hear the game, or the wrong audio is going out. How to route clean game sound to TikTok with VB-Cable, and the quick checks that fix most audio problems.
- Connection ProblemsStuck on Connecting, the feed keeps dropping, or the session ended on its own. What each connection status means and how to get back to Live.
Games
- Edit Your Game ContentExport your question bank to a spreadsheet, add your own, remove what you do not want, then import it back. Works for every Livecade game with a built-in bank.
- Clip MachineHow to make your own videos for Clip Machine. The copy-paste prompt setup that keeps a set of AI clips looking like one character, what it costs, and the upload limits.
- Use Your Own Character in AI HostUpload your own 3D character (GLB, VRM or FBX) to host your AI Host stream. Which files work, where to get one, how to check it in the preview, what each error means and how to fix it.
Billing
- Plans and BillingWhat Free and Pro include, how to upgrade, paying by card, PayPal or crypto, renewals, how to cancel, and what happens when a payment fails or Pro ends.
- AI CreditsHow AI credits pay for the AI in your games. The free AI you get every day, what a credit buys, how to get more, the daily limit, and what happens when they run out.
- Use Your Own AI KeysConnect your own OpenAI and Fish Audio accounts and pay them directly for the AI in your games, at about a third of the AI credit price. How to get each key, where to paste it, and what happens if one stops working.