When the home team scores, viewers expect the graphic to react. In ScoreCastr, the scorebug plays a takeover or a flag when you score with the right button. This guide lists every one by sport: which button plays it, which template has it and whether it changes the score or stats.
Takeovers and flags
A takeover fills the scorebug for a few seconds, like GOAL or TOUCHDOWN, then the score comes back. A flag is a smaller tab or strip on the scorebug, like ACE over one team. Both play once and clear themselves. You don't need to show or hide anything.
They play on whatever template the match uses. Each template draws them its own way.
Every template: touchdowns, goals and home runs
These work on Classic, Apex and Primetime, on every plan:
| Sport | Button | What it plays | What else it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Touchdown (Shortcuts card) | Touchdown takeover | +6 to the team with the ball |
| Football | Field Goal | Field goal flag | +3 to the team with the ball |
| Football | 2 Point Conversion | Two-point flag | +2 to the team with the ball |
| Soccer | AWAY GOAL / HOME GOAL | GOAL takeover | Adds the goal |
| Ice hockey | Team buttons under GOALS (Shortcuts card) | GOAL takeover | Adds the goal to the period and the team's goal count |
| Ice hockey | Green +1 in a team panel | GOAL takeover | Adds the goal, not counted in the goal stats |
| Field hockey | +1 Goal | GOAL takeover | Adds the goal to the current period |
| Field hockey | Trigger Goal Flag Only | GOAL takeover | Nothing: the score doesn't change |
| Baseball, softball | Home Run (Shortcuts card) | HOME RUN takeover | Scores the batter and every runner |
On Apex and Primetime, the home run takeover reads GRAND SLAM! when the bases were loaded.
Extra Point adds 1 with no animation. The small plus and minus buttons in each sport's score box change the score with no animation too. Use them to fix mistakes. See Keep score live.
Apex and Primetime flags
These buttons only appear on an Apex or Primetime match, which needs the Starter plan. They sit in the sport's SHORTCUTS card.
| Sport | Button | What it plays | Changes stats? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Safety | Safety flag | Adds 2 to the other team (on Classic too, with no flag) |
| Basketball | AND ONE (per team) | AND ONE flag | No. Score the free throw separately |
| Basketball | End of Quarter (under TAKEOVERS) | END OF 1ST, HALFTIME and so on, from the current period | No |
| Basketball | Show Winner | The leading team as the winner | No. Greyed out on a tie |
| Volleyball | ACE (per team) | ACE flag | Adds one ace. Doesn't add the point |
| Volleyball | BLOCK (per team) | BLOCK flag | Adds one block. Doesn't add the point |
| Volleyball | Show Winner | The team ahead on sets as the winner | No. Greyed out while sets are level |
| Baseball, softball | STRIKEOUT | Strikeout flag over the fielding team | No: the count, outs and stats don't change |
| Baseball, softball | DOUBLE PLAY | Double play flag over the fielding team | No |
| Baseball, softball | PITCHING CHANGE | Pitching change flag over the fielding team | No |
| MMA | KNOCKDOWN (per fighter) | Knockdown flag | Adds one knockdown to that fighter |
| MMA | TAKEDOWN (per fighter) | Takedown flag | Adds one takedown to that fighter |
The baseball flags have one button, in the fielding team's color, and always play over the team in the field.
The sport guides cover each card in full: football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and MMA.
Results at the end
Two results show by themselves, with no button:
- MMA: Declare as Winner sets the fight to FINAL and the scorebug shows the result. On Apex and Primetime it enters with a takeover in the winner's color, then a WINNER tab stays over the winner. See Run an MMA fight.
- Tennis and pickleball: on Apex and Primetime, the winner gets a trophy and the other side dims at the end.
From a Stream Deck
Only football has animated codes:
| Code | Action |
|---|---|
| 2212 / 2213 | Away / Home Touchdown (Animated) |
| 2214 / 2215 | Away / Home Field Goal (Animated) |
Goal codes in soccer, ice hockey and field hockey change the score with no animation. The baseball Home Run button has no code, and neither do the Apex and Primetime flags, so those are dashboard clicks. See Set up a Stream Deck.
Fix common problems
The touchdown went to the wrong team. Football's Shortcuts card scores for the team with possession. Fix the score with the plus and minus buttons, then set possession before the next score.
The animation didn't play. You used a plain plus button or a Stream Deck goal code. Use the Shortcuts card button for the moment, or field hockey's Trigger Goal Flag Only to play the GOAL takeover without changing the score.
The flag buttons are missing. The match is on Classic. Switch to Apex or Primetime. See Switch templates.
Checklist
- Scores entered with the Shortcuts card or goal buttons, not the plain plus buttons
- Possession set before football scores
- Apex or Primetime chosen if you want the extra flags
- Remember that volleyball ACE and BLOCK don't add the point
- Each animation tried once in Live Preview before the game