Capturing Heroes of Newerth with Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)

This guide is a simple way to fix Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) from not detecting HON client on computers running Windows Operating System.
If you are playing Heroes of Newerth and want to record it then OBS is the right for you.

OBS is free to use and allows you to stream your game. This software is compatible on different games. Some streamer who plays Dota 2, Overwatch and many more uses this too.
OBS also runs on different platform from Windows, Mac to Linux.

If you are playing HoN and notice that OBS is not detecting your game. Then follow this simple tips.

• Run as administrator
• Some games are strict and does not allow 3rd party software to modify/read its content. So you need to run the OBS in administrative mode. This is simple, just right click the OBS and select "Run as Admin".
• Check HoN video settings.
• HoN has a exclusive mode option with maximize the use of the graphics card/mem. Make sure that the "exclusive mode" is uncheck to allow OBS reading info from the grachics card/mem. See screenshot below (Fig 1.1).

    Figure 1.1


Try those steps because it works on me. I spend an hour trying to fix/search what is causing my game to crash. Hope this helps you. Write a comment if this works to you to let other user know its working. Happy gaming.