Valve is increasing Steam’s already teetering tower of built-in options with a brand new background gameplay recording and sharing system that is obtainable in beta now.
As detailed on Valve’s Recreation Recording beta web page, Steam’s new suite of console-like video options start with two distinct recording modes. A Background Recording mode repeatedly saves gameplay to a most popular drive – customers can set period and storage limits – whereas an On Demand Recording mode permits customers to start out and cease recording as they select.
A brand new timeline characteristic and player-added occasion markers are supposed to make it simpler to search out key moments (achievements, screenshots, and in-game occasions in supported video games also can auto-generate markers if desired) and recordings may be clipped utilizing new “light-weight” instruments.
There’s additionally a redesigned Recordings & Screenshots interface the place customers can edit and share footage, and a one-click sharing choice for posting video right into a chat session with a good friend or to the world at giant. Valve says recordings can simply be transferred to a different gadget – Steam Deck to PC, as an example – and momentary hyperlinks to MP4s may be despatched through the Steam Cell App or a QR code.
And at last, a brand new Replay mode is accessible from the Steam Overlay in each recreation, enabling customers to shortly leap again by way of their latest gameplay. “Helpful for issues like seeing what went fallacious when your hero died,” Valve notes, “or recalling one thing talked about by an NPC earlier.”
Steam’s new Recreation Recording system – detailed extra completely right here – is at present obtainable in beta for all customers, and builders can entry a brand new SDK and API. To discover the brand new options, Steam customers ought to go into Settings > Interface > Beta Participation then choose both Beta choice. Background or On Demand recording can then be enabled through Settings > Recreation Recording. Count on a public launch after Valve has ironed out any kinks.