topic Using GPA on Rust via Steam in Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA)

Launching Uplay Application

Taylor__Flynn — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:23:48 GMT

I have been trying to launch Rainbow Six Siege through GPA for a few hours now to no success. While i was downloading the game I was able to collect some data but now i am unable to have the GPA appear at all. Once i click on the start option it launches the game before stopping and allowing for the game to continue launching. Is there any way i am able to fix this?

Flynn - do you launch Rainbow

Pamela_H_Intel — Mon, 18 May 2020 21:23:21 GMT

Flynn - do you launch Rainbow Six Siege through a client (Steam, Blizzard, etc.)? If so, you need to inject GPA into the client, not into your game, and then launch the game while GPA is injected into your client.

The instructions vary depending on your OS and whether you are using GPA via command line or the GPA tool suite. Here are a couple of options:

Windows host using Steam: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/gpa-user-guide-for-windows-host/top/analyzing-desktop-api-graphics-applications/starting-application-analysis/launching-steam-applications.html
macOS host, Metal: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/gpa-user-guide-for-macos-host/top/analyzing-metal-applications/starting-application-analysis-1/launching-an-application-using-command-line.html

If neither of these scenarios fits and you are using a launcher, cruise through our Developer Guide to find your configuration.

Pamela

Oh - there it is - in the

Pamela_H_Intel — Mon, 18 May 2020 22:46:51 GMT

Oh - there it is - in the title - Uplay . . .

Try this:

Make sure the client application is closed fully before starting your capture in Graphics Monitor
Select the client (Uplay) executable and folder location of the executable in Graphics Monitor
Press the start button which will start the capture
Launch your game through the client and GPA should be injected into the application.

Re: Oh - there it is - in the

amir_lua — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:06:23 GMT

I tried hooking gpa to steam and when i start it, it doesn't hook. It just launches steam normally
anyway i followed to the next step -running the game (rust) and still, GPA doesn't hook .

PS : the game rust has two executables

1: RustClient.exe which is what steam executes to launch the game
2: Rust.exe which GPA hooks to but it doesn't allow me to join a world becuase it launches the game without EasyAntiCheat

GPA is up to date

EDIT : update the previous version of intel gpa worked with Rust.exe but the latest version doesn't hook to it

EDIT.2 : i meant the opposite with the exe (Rustclient.exe)<-->(Rust.exe)

Re: Oh - there it is - in the

Pamela_H_Intel — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:03:26 GMT

Did you follow these instructions:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/gpa-user-guide-for-windows-host/top/analyzing-desktop-api-graphics-applications/starting-application-analysis/launching-steam-applications.html

Pamela

Re: Oh - there it is - in the

amir_lua — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:07:09 GMT

Yes i followed these instructions, still GPA just doesn't hook to rust.

Re: Oh - there it is - in the

Pamela_H_Intel — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 02:10:51 GMT

Okay, I will check with the developers next week to see if there is a known issue for applications with 2 executables and/or if there is a fix or a workaround.

Meanwhile, you could try with last week's release (2020.3) if you haven't yet, though I don't think the hooking would be different.

Pamela

Re: Oh - there it is - in the

amir_lua — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 05:22:47 GMT

GPA is up to date.

still it doesn't hook. I forgot to add something in the last reply, GPA didn't look like it hooked to steam, because i couldn't see GPA's GUI.

I tried capturing a frame in steam but i couldn't see the frame in the analyzer.

Also, switching on steam's Big Picture mode crashes steam, if i started steam from GPA.

If it's possible, could i force an .exe to have GPA hooked to it when it gets automatically launched by a either a launcher or myself.

Perhaps writing something in the launch arguments or hooking a dll manually.

And are there any logs in the software? maybe i could find the problem there.

anyways

Thanks in advance

Using GPA on Rust via Steam

Pamela_H_Intel — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 23:22:12 GMT

Amir_Lua,

We tried it ourselves. GPA successfully injects into Steam, our HUD is not shown there because Steam.exe does not use DirectX for its own rendering, so this is expected behavior.

Rust uses Easy Anti Cheat protection which prevents GPA from injection. You would need to ask Facepunch Studios or Steam - whichever company owns the rights now - for an unprotected version in order to use it with Intel(r) GPA.

Pamela