Changelog0.3.0

Highlights

Highlights in fragcap 0.3.0.

v0.3.0 makes fragcap installable and lets it capture a game launched any way, not just a Steam title started through Steam.

  • Windows installer (MSI). A one-click installer puts fragcap on your PATH, installs the targets hint database, and links the npcap download page. A portable .zip and the hint database are also published, each with a SHA-256 checksum. The installer is unsigned for this release (see Installing below); code signing is tracked for a later release.
  • Capture any game, launched any way. A new target resolution cascade and a watch mode capture a game by identity (its executable name plus an optional path anchor), however and wherever it starts. Modded installs launched from a mod manager, standalone titles, and non-Steam games are now capturable, not only Steam-launched ones. Runtime observation is the final arbiter and opens no process handle.
  • A targets hint database. An embedded, offline database seeds which client a game runs. It ships empty and grows privately from your own machine as you capture; nothing about your library is shipped or shared.
  • Engine-aware resolution. Unreal, Unity, Godot, and Ren'Py installs are recognized by their layout, so the process that actually holds the sockets is found even when the launched executable is a stub.
  • One schema for every artifact. Profiles are now JSON governed by a published master schema; fragcap schema validate <file> checks any targeting or attribution file and reports every problem in one pass.
  • Clearer live capture. Live capture now refuses up front when it is not elevated, explaining how to re-launch, instead of failing later inside the driver.

Installing on Windows

  1. Download fragcap-0.3.0-x86_64.msi and its .sha256 from the assets below.
  2. Verify it: Get-FileHash fragcap-0.3.0-x86_64.msi -Algorithm SHA256 should match the value in the .sha256 file. The installer is unsigned, so Windows shows a SmartScreen "Windows protected your PC" warning with an "Unknown Publisher" note; this is expected. Choose More info, then Run anyway.
  3. Run the installer. It installs to Program Files, adds fragcap to the system PATH, and installs the hint database.
  4. Open a new terminal (so the PATH change takes effect) and run fragcap doctor to check your setup.
  5. Live capture also needs the npcap driver, which the installer cannot bundle. Install it from https://npcap.com (the installer links it on completion) with its two non-default options enabled: WinPcap API-compatible mode and loopback traffic capture support (fragcap needs both; fragcap doctor names either if it is missing).

Prefer no installer? Download the portable fragcap-0.3.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip instead and run fragcap.exe from the unzipped folder; it carries the hint database beside the binary.