How do I record postal 2 in OBS? (Open broadcaster software)

[Sivarg]

I've tried the normal way I do with other games, and I've tried ignore format requirements, start steam in admin mode and OBS in admin mode, aswell as tried to record through screen only. None of them work, so I'm out of idea's how to record in postal 2, anybody know how to?

[Minari99]

What? I can record it normally...

[datæ]

Add a scene by right clicking the scene window, then right click the sources window while postal is running, add > game capture and make sure it's set to postal and click OK.

[Sivarg]

Originally posted by Chicken McNuggets:

Add a scene by right clicking the scene window, then right click the sources window while postal is running, add > game capture and make sure it's set to postal and click OK.

Doesn't work for me sadly. It just makes black videos with the sound in the background. Not sure what I'm doing wrong though, doing exactly what you're saying.
EDIT: BTW, when I alt tab out to check my recorded video, and go back into the game, it causes postal 2 to crash. Maybe I've got an outdated version of obs? Though it usually updates by itself, coming with warnings saying it requires to update and if you want to let it or not. So maybe postal 2 is outdated?

[Running With Scissors [S]]

From OBS forums:

"Game capture works only with programs that use DirectX 9/10/11 and OpenGL. Postal 2 appears to use DirectX 8.1, so that isn't going to get captured properly. You'd need to run the game in a window and use window capture, or use a program like Dxtory to capture it and then add Dxtory's DirectShow output to OBS as a video capture source."

[Running With Scissors [S]]

You could try running Postal 2 in OpenGL, and see if OBS will capture it, here's how to do it:

Edit your local Postal2.ini file with Notepad or a text editor, look for this section:

[Engine.Engine]
RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=Engine.NullRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice

Change it so that there's a semicolon in front of the D3DDrv line, and none in front of the OpenGLDrv line:

[Engine.Engine]
;RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=Engine.NullRenderDevice
RenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice

[Sivarg]

Originally posted by Running With Scissors S:

From OBS forums:

"Game capture works only with programs that use DirectX 9/10/11 and OpenGL. Postal 2 appears to use DirectX 8.1, so that isn't going to get captured properly. You'd need to run the game in a window and use window capture, or use a program like Dxtory to capture it and then add Dxtory's DirectShow output to OBS as a video capture source."

Ah alright, thanks for the info, much appreciated!
EDIT: I'll give them a try, thanks again!

[cgi]

If anyone has the same issue, turn on "Use OpenGL rendering" and go fullscreen windowed