OBS cant hook Elden Ring, OBS isnt recognising Elden Ring

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nizeyoral

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No matter what I do, OBS just dont wants to hook elden ring - wtf obs?
Created an Szene with game capture as a source and put as an specific window the elden ring exe, but no matter what I do, I just have blacksceen (IN ELDEN RING ONLY) - I have no problems with all my other games, they all work fine even with EAC and other overlays on.

What did I already tried?
-launched everything as administrator
-launched elden ring without EAC and in offline mode + launched it with EAC
-updated my gpu drivers (clean install)
-restarted my PC :D
-tried to switch the mode in the source to: "capture any fullscreen app" + "capture specific window" + "capture foreground windows with hotkey"
-deleted the szene plus source and added it back
-disabled all overlays (steam, rivatuner)
-switched the ingame settings to: "fullscreen" + "windowd" + "borderlesswindow"
-disabling fullscreen optimizaion + enabling it

-I tried to capture and to hook elden ring with shadowplay (not installed anymore and during the tests above) and it worked. I also tried other recording software such as XSplit and it worked absolutely fine (used the game capture source in this software aswell and it instantly hooked the game).

So the problem seems to be OBS sided. I even found a thread on reddit, where people just decided to capture the game in display capture mode, just because they didnt managed to fix it. Thread is two years old.
Well I dont fucking now what OBS´s problem is, but I hope somebody can help me since I want to record the damn DLC for a video.
 
qhobbes

qhobbes

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Can you try posting a log?

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...
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nizeyoral

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qhobbes

qhobbes

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1. Settings > Advanced > Video > Set Color Space to Rec. 709
2. Create a new Scene Collection with just 1 Scene and 1 Game Capture source.

If that doesn't work, remove Game Capture and add Window Capture. Change your in-game setting to borderlesswindow and then try capturing that window.
 
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nizeyoral

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qhobbes said:
1. Settings > Advanced > Video > Set Color Space to Rec. 709
2. Create a new Scene Collection with just 1 Scene and 1 Game Capture source.

If that doesn't work, remove Game Capture and add Window Capture. Change your in-game setting to borderlesswindow and then try capturing that window.
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Well I tried it and it didnt work at all, but thanks for your try.
What is the best way to report this annoying bug?

Window Capture works without problems if the capture method is set to windows 10.
 
qhobbes

qhobbes

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I just have blacksceen (IN ELDEN RING ONLY) - I have no problems with all my other games
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To me this indicates an issue with Elden Ring. It is doing something different than all your other games.

Have you done the things in the latest patch notes?
1. Deactivate third party applications that control mouse behavior.
2. Verify the integrity of the game's files before starting the game.
3. Check the Ray Tracing setting in the "System" > "Graphics Settings" > "Raytracing Quality" from the title screen or in-game menu to verify it wasn't unintentionally enabled (if you had it disabled).

Try the OBS 30.2 RC (you can just DL the .zip and run in portable like you do now). Maybe they (From) did something with the code signing certificate.
 
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nizeyoral

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qhobbes said:
To me this indicates an issue with Elden Ring. It is doing something different than all your other games.

Have you done the things in the latest patch notes?
1. Deactivate third party applications that control mouse behavior.
2. Verify the integrity of the game's files before starting the game.
3. Check the Ray Tracing setting in the "System" > "Graphics Settings" > "Raytracing Quality" from the title screen or in-game menu to verify it wasn't unintentionally enabled (if you had it disabled).

Try the OBS 30.2 RC (you can just DL the .zip and run in portable like you do now). Maybe they (From) did something with the code signing certificate.
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Yep, tried that already and then tried the new OBS, but it didnt work. RIP XD
 
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nizeyoral

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qhobbes said:
Did it work before the DLC?
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Nope, I was never able to hook elden ring in gamecapture mode. I was always recording it either with a different app or with screenrecord.
But the fun thing is, in different apps the gamecapture hook works WITHOUT any problems. It must be an OBS problem only but the weirdo devs dont care rip.
 
PaiSand

PaiSand

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I saw too many streamers playing live this game, before and after the DLC, with single computer or using a capture card.
Perhaps the issue is on your side.

Create a new scene collection, only add the game capture and test it.
If this wasn't enough, create a new profile and scene collection, repeat as above.
Just to be sure, if you installed a plugin in the past, look if this plugin left files on the %appdata%\obs-studio\ folders.

And of course, make sure you have latest drivers, windows updated, etc.-
 
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nizeyoral

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User was warned for this thread.
PaiSand said:
I saw too many streamers playing live this game, before and after the DLC, with single computer or using a capture card.
Perhaps the issue is on your side.

Create a new scene collection, only add the game capture and test it.
If this wasn't enough, create a new profile and scene collection, repeat as above.
Just to be sure, if you installed a plugin in the past, look if this plugin left files on the %appdata%\obs-studio\ folders.

And of course, make sure you have latest drivers, windows updated, etc.-
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Nice, youre coming with basic solutions. Go try to hook the game in gamecapture mode and you will see, its not working.
There is literally no way its a problem on my PC since ALL THE OTHER GAMES run fine. Its fucking OBS you little fangirl.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
Going to issue a first, second, and final warning for the behavior here.

There is no need to be so hostile or aggressive for something that has been explained to be outside our control. We encourage reporting it to the game developers so they have more visibility on the issue, as the log indicates that the game is blocking the hook, or you have some kind of conflict (i.e. mods, overlays, or other third-party software).

Known Application Conflicts | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
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nizeyoral

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Fenrir said:
Going to issue a first, second, and final warning for the behavior here.

There is no need to be so hostile or aggressive for something that has been explained to be outside our control. We encourage reporting it to the game developers so they have more visibility on the issue, as the log indicates that the game is blocking the hook, or you have some kind of conflict (i.e. mods, overlays, or other third-party software).

Known Application Conflicts | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
obsproject.com obsproject.com
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That a simple user is not reading a thread about troubleshooting is already off to me and I really dont know why @PaiSand had to reply with the steps I ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE THREAD :D - but well okay.
But an admin, that cant take his time to check the steps I already made and listed above step by step - thats just hilarious.
If you just took 3 minutes to check my thread and red carefully, you would know that its simply not a third party app, overlay - or whatsoever because I already disabled and tried everything in this way.
Im not using mods nor OBS plugins - otherwise I would mentioned it and it would be already on the troubleshoot list, listed above.

Why I even created this thread with all the steps I already tried, when @qhobbes (thanks at this point) is the only person that is reading it?

And also sure, warn me for calling somebody fangirl, that is obviously trolling here and basically said "Well I saw people streaming this game so the problem must be on your side" - when there is no way he can know how all these people record elden ring and what for software they use to record. Im not hostile nor aggressive, I just gave a dumb answer to a dumb suggestion (because as we all can see neither you nor the guy above can read a thread with all the things I tried).
He could have tried to reproduce the bug himself before trolling and replying with absolutely no helpfull stuff that we already tried here (You know its not hard, download OBS, add a source for elden ring in gamecapture mode and try to hook).

Cheers
 
koala

koala

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nizeyoral said:
Why I even created this thread with all the steps I already tried, when @qhobbes (thanks at this point) is the only person that is reading it?
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As I'm a frequent forum user I read your thread of course, but didn't answer because of the offensive attitude you showed, and also because I don't have Elden Ring, so I cannot give first hand information.
A quick Google search results in people were able to record Elden Ring with OBS game capture as soon as they added -allow_third_party_software to the Elden Ring launch parameters.
 
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nizeyoral

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User was banned for this post.
koala said:
As I'm a frequent forum user I read your thread of course, but didn't answer because of the offensive attitude you showed, and also because I don't have Elden Ring, so I cannot give first hand information.
A quick Google search results in people were able to record Elden Ring with OBS game capture as soon as they added -allow_third_party_software to the Elden Ring launch parameters.
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Where exactly I had an offensive attitude before @PaiSand replied? Oh well nowhere lol.
Also its not an third party software problem, since I started this game completely without EAC since EAC is blocking third party software and the code is only for the case you run elden ring with EAC.
But I tried the line anyways since you never know right, but sadly it didnt work so its not the problem.
Also I checked other capture software and it hooked Elden Ring without problems at all - even with EAC on and off, XSplit just worked very well and also did shadowplay.

And btw, I dont care if you use this forum frequently - it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that neither @PaiSand nor the Admin himself red my thread properly.
The only person that REALLY tried to help me, and im really thankfull for that, was @qhobbes.

And also im not here to argue so just leave it please, I just told you guys the facts. I dont know what u expect me to be like when there is literally a guy that copy pasted the steps from @qhobbes because he cant take 5 minutes to read the convo here and what we already tried.
 
PaiSand

PaiSand

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Clearly you didn't fully read what 4 people told you in here.
Please stop tagging me. We all know you did it to cause a bad reaction but is not going to happen.
 
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