Overlay

Learn Akron’s in-game overlay tabs, search, policy badges, safe habits, and troubleshooting.

The overlay is Akron’s primary UI. It is organized into stable in-game tabs. Optional tabs from other mods appear only when those mods are loaded and are documented separately.

Use Menu anatomy when you need shared vocabulary for issue reports, suggestions, or screenshots.

Main areas

Area	Use it for
Global	Current-session controls such as timescale, transition speed, frame stepping, safe mode, submission mode, and autosave.
Level	Level-scoped tools such as Auto Kill, Auto Deafen, freeze, respawn time, visual noise, hitboxes, triggers, and proof helpers.
StartPos	Start position capture, placement, slot selection, smart matching, and respawn-at-StartPos behavior.
Backups	Automatic and manual save backups, restore actions, results, triggers, and retention.
Bypass	Save and completion mutation tools such as instant complete, unlocks, and berry obtain actions.
Keybinds	Overlay, menu, and action bindings.
Player	Player-facing HUD controls such as Control Display, plus movement, visual, resource, and assist controls.
Sound	Audio splitter, low-volume bypass, audio speed, pitch shift, and volume controls.
Creator	Map inspection, room capture, map capture, room warp, camera, and export tools.
Interface	Appearance first, setup and community pack tools second, then overlay behavior such as Pause While Open, Streamer Mode, logging, and search.
Labels	Room labels, input displays, room timer, death stats, custom HUD labels, and label styling.
Shortcuts	Open options, retry, reloads, neutral drop, backboost, and cutscene/dialogue skip.
Internal Recorder	Video capture, replay buffer, completion clips, proof helpers, output, codec, audio, and preset controls.

See External integrations for Motion Smoothing, Speedrun Tool, CelesteTAS, Extended Variant Mode, and Extended Camera Dynamics rows that appear only when those mods are loaded.

Search and popups

Use overlay search when you know the option name. Many rows have a popup or tooltip with configuration values. Changing a popup value stores the setting; the parent row still controls whether that behavior is enabled.

Policy badges

Rows can show policy badges. Read the row badge and any popup suboption badges before enabling a feature.

A clean parent row can contain a stricter suboption. For example, a capture feature can be clean while a timer-freeze suboption is Cheat.

Safe overlay habits

• Check the visible attempt status and policy indicators before enabling features.
• Keep attempt-changing tools in explicit room-lab or testing setups, not submitted-run setups.
• Use Everest’s Akron mod options for Safe Mode or per-map compatibility overrides. These settings are separate from attempt status.
• Use search to select the exact row and avoid adjacent settings.
• Export the current setup before importing shared packs or making broad changes.

Troubleshooting

If the overlay does not open:

• Check the overlay hotkey in Everest controls.
• Confirm Akron loaded in the mod list.
• Try a different bind if another mod consumes the same input.

If the overlay still does not open, collect the active bind, loaded mod list, and any Everest log errors before reporting the issue.