RenderDoc and Steam- Capturing Steam Apps in RenderDoc

Quick tip- if you want to use RenderDoc to capture an app you bought on Steam, don't launch the app directly via RenderDoc (for example by using the exe in the steamapps/common dir).

You want to wrap the steam exe instead and capture child processes.

To do this:

  • First kill any existing Steam processes.
  • Launch "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" with "Capture Child Processes" checked.
  • You should now be able to launch any DX* apps and get frame captures from them. They will show up in RenderDoc as child processes. 

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