Steam streaming doesn't see game window

[Chais]

To reproduce (tested with Sea of Thieves and Fallout Shelter): Without streaming mode:

1. Leave streaming mode disabled
2. Add game to steam library on streaming host
3. Start game from streaming client
   • Expected results:
     1. Game starts with audio, video and input
   • Actual results:
     1. Game starts with black screen, but audio and input

With streaming mode:

1. Enable streaming mode
2. Add game to steam library on streaming host
3. Start game from streaming client
   • Expected results:
     1. Game starts with audio, video and input
   • Actual results:
     1. UWPHook starts with fullscreen window
     2. Video freezes as soon as focus shifts to game, audio works, input doesn't

Streaming host is running Windows 10 1903, Steam is opted into client beta on both host and client. Client runs Linux. I'm not trying to use a controller, just mouse and keyboard.

[arnath]

Also having this issue with both host and client on Windows 10. Game is running visibly on the host but I get a black screen with audio and the game's moue cursor on the client.

[zeiphon]

Experiencing the same issue here, also with Sea of Thieves

[Ganitzsh]

Same here with all my games

[Filaipus]

I have the same problem, just tried with Microsoft Flight Simulator.

[eliot89]

Hi! I have the same issue, I tried with Grounded and Drake hollow, I only see a black screen.

[stukindaguy]

Same here, exact same results for both streaming mode and non streaming mode. Tested with Forza Horizon 4 and Control.

[ThomasCr]

To bad, I have the same problem with Forza Horizon 4, the only Game I have from Xbox Store.

The Game starts, I can hear the sound, but a) when I have selected the option for Fullscreen streaming, I only see the window from uwphook and when not selectet, I see only black screen.

But when I connect with VNC I see, the Game running, But even when I select the game, it get not displayed on the client.

Testet with Host & Client Win 10 21H2

[bamtheboozle]

any updates on this? still happening with fallout 4 for example

[Veraxus]

Related Tickets:

• https://github.com/BrianLima/UWPHook/issues/32
• https://github.com/BrianLima/UWPHook/issues/23

Duplicate Tickets:

• https://github.com/BrianLima/UWPHook/issues/74

This is still a major bug. Using Steam Deck to launch a UWPHook game from an in-home Steam PC is still completely broken. You will hear the audio on the Steam Deck, but the controls do not work and you do not see the game window on the Steam Deck. No amount of refocusing or juggling windows on the Host machine fixes this. I tested with UWPHook's "Enable streaming mode" option BOTH enabled AND disabled. Neither worked and the problems are almost identical in either mode.

Tested with the following GamePass games:

• Persona 5 Royal
• Spelunky 2
• Scorn
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Psychonauts 2

Same result with each. UWPHook splash screen appears briefly, then you get a black screen with a loading icon in the bottom right, but only audio is actually coming through. No game image and no controls.

Tangential Information: I had a little success using GloSC instead of UWPHook, but that is also a dead project and had other bugs.

[xoniq]

Almost two years later, any update?

[mirari]

Almost two years later, any update?

The more popular method now is to use moonlight and sunshine streaming, directly targeting the desktop, which allows for the launch of any program including UWP after establishing a streaming connection.