SM-Record

A high-performance recording mod for Scrap Mechanic that captures frames directly from the DirectX 11 render pipeline and saves them as PNG images.

Features

• Real-time frame capture at target FPS from the D3D11 backbuffer
• Minimal overhead via GPU staging textures
• In-game ImGui overlay with start/stop and live preview
• Automatic DLL injection via DebugInjector
• Managed frame queue with debt monitoring
• PNG output with DirectXTex

Quick start

1. Windows 10/11 x64, Visual Studio 2022 (C++), vcpkg configured, Scrap Mechanic installed
2. Open the solution and build (Debug|x64 or Release|x64)
3. Run the injector (F5) to launch and inject

Usage

1. Launch the game (overlay appears)
2. Start/Stop recording
3. Frames saved to your recording folder

60 FPS tip

For perfectly consistent 60 FPS output, pair with a modified SM-TimeScaleModifier that fixes delta time to 0.016.