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Hello,

Yes, I have already attempted this configuration, but there has been no change in behavior. The application also experiences intermittent crashes. In Internal mode, non-Steam games frequently fail to launch. In Attached mode, the program reports that games are running, but they are not functional. This issue predominantly affects non-Steam titles.

I understand that these applications are designed to run in a specific manner, and I have tested them in both windowed and borderless display modes. Despite the program indicating normal operation, the applications did not function correctly. GTA5 was used solely for testing and its non-functionality is not a concern; however, this functionality would have been beneficial for RDR2.

Specifically, the 'Hotkey popup' does not appear, nor are there any other visible indications of activity, despite the program logging that it is running. As previously shown in an image, the log displays: 

"12:29:09 [INFO] GameTranslate successfully launched: GameTranslate_Desktop.exe

12:29:09 [INFO] The executable is a 64-bit binary.

12:29:09 [INFO] DLL path: C:\Program Files\GameTranslate\dlls/GameTranslate_x64.dll

12:29:09 [INFO] GameTranslate launched! 12:29:09 [INFO] GameTranslate tried to launch 1 time(s) before succeeding

12:29:19 [INFO] DLL verification period completed"

Yet, no 'Hotkey popup' appears, and no action occurs. When the hotkey (Shift+V) is pressed and held, no action is triggered. However, the hotkey's activation is evidenced by the disappearance of the "selection rectangle" while pressed, and its reappearance upon release, confirming its active state. The same behavior is observed with games in Attached mode, where, if a game has a custom mouse cursor, it reverts to the default cursor while the hotkey is held.

I am unsure which specific crash dump file is needed, as there are quite a few, so I will share all of them. Thank you.

Files: Link

Hey norby!

Thank you for the explanation of the problem and all those debug logs. It's very helpful.

Hmmm.. Do you get any crash messages when you experience those launch fails for non-Steam games in internal mode? There are definitely cases where injecting a .dll can cause a game to crash, but the app should restart the game and try again. Is that not happening?

These launch issues have no real relevancy to Steam at all, in fact, you should generally have more problems with Steam games than vice-versa. It sounds more like an indie game issue. Unless these non-Steam games have their own launchers. Fyi, next update should make booting Steam games pain-free, not that it would help your case much, heh.

The explanation you gave does give me a pretty good clue to what is actually going wrong.

Could you please try to install the old 0.4.3 version and see if that works in Desktop/Attached mode?

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8tnc5el6le6djlsnd3ptf/GameTranslate_demo_0.4.3_x6...

For the crashdumps you have in those logs;

1.   I see that you had some crashes launching a few games that seem to require administrator privileges to run. Please try the "GameTranslate_compatibility_mode.exe" found in the install folder or simply run GameTranslate as Admin. Let me know if that works! (I can't tell you which game/games it is, as that information couldn't be accessed..)

2. There's a crash related to the screenshot API. Try going into General settings and change the screenshot API to DXGI. Not entirely sure why this crash is happening, but it could also be related to Admin issues.

Thank you!