Elden Ring Debug Tool Functionality

KaiyoteKave · August 24, 2024, 1:45am

Good evening everybody,
I hope everybody on the forum is doing well. I am encountering an issue using a debug tool for Elden Ring. In the readme.txt for the debug tool, it lists three system/program requirements for running the tool (see block quote below), which are evidently tools tailored to users running the tool on Windows.

Requirements

.NET 6 Desktop Runtime x64

.Net Framework 4.6.1

Visual C++ Redistributable x64 Packages for Visual Studio 2013

I am able to launch the GUI of the tool on my system after downloading the required tools, but a fair portion of the GUI’s functionality is not present (e.g. I am unable to click the “Check” button under the “Misc” tab). For reference, I am launching the tool (as an .exe) via Steam using Proton experimental. I am doing this because in order to modify certain event flags in my game save file, I have to have the debug tool open simultaneously with my game. My question is as follows: is there a better environment in which I should be launching the debug tool, and how can I ensure that environment is synchronized with the version of the game I am running through Steam? Finally, I should mention that I am running the SeamlessCoop mod for Elden Ring, and have encountered a couple of issues after conducting invasions. If I can make the debug tool function, I should be able to resolve the issue following the FAQ guides on the SeamlessCoop mod website, but am unable to do so.

Further context (my system specs):
https://0x0.st/XyvA.txt

Thank you so much to anybody who is willing to help with this! I am going to continue trying to figure it out in the meantime, but I would appreciate any guidance.

Best,
KaiyoteKave

KaiyoteKave · September 3, 2024, 1:15am

After researching a bit more, I found other folks who had similar issues, including those who held this helpful discussion on the Github for the debugger tool:

github.com/Nordgaren/Elden-Ring-Debug-Tool

Cannot hook process on linux (solution proposal inside)

opened 01:46PM - 26 Jun 24 UTC

daniele-bondi

Running the tool via wine works (I can interact with the window) but the elden r…ing process cannot be found. Looking through the code I traced the issue back to [this line](https://github.com/Nordgaren/Elden-Ring-Debug-Tool/blob/main/src/Elden-Ring-Debug-Tool-ViewModels/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs#L47): ```csharp Hook = new ErdHook(5000, 1000, p => p.MainWindowTitle is "ELDEN RING™" or "ELDEN RING"); ``` On linux, `Process.MainWindowTitle` always returns an empty string. <details><summary>If you have a linux system, you can test it with the following simple program</summary> <p> ```csharp using System.Diagnostics; internal class Program { private static void Main(string[] args) { foreach (var proc in Process.GetProcesses()) Console.WriteLine($"{proc.ProcessName} : {proc.MainWindowTitle}"); } } ``` </p> </details> --- I would like to ask to add some other criterion to detect the process. I would suggest to replace the `processSelector` argument with something like this ```csharp public MainWindowViewModel() { static bool ProcessSelector(Process process) { if (string.Equals(process.MainWindowTitle, "ELDEN RING™", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return true; if (string.Equals(process.MainWindowTitle, "ELDEN RING", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return true; // For linux compatibility, since Process.MainWindowTitle always returns an empty string on linux. if (string.Equals(process.ProcessName, "eldenring.exe", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return true; return false; } Hook = new ErdHook(5000, 1000, ProcessSelector); Hook.OnSetup += Hook_OnSetup; ... ``` I cannot test the change on my own because I cannot build a project targeting a windows-specific framework on linux, and I don't have a windows computer available. However, I checked that `Process.ProcessName` does in fact return the string "eldenring.exe". Alternatively, some manner of manual process selection would be fine too. Maybe clicking the "Not Hooked" status message brings up a process listing where you can select the PID to hook, or a numeric field where you can enter the PID directly.

Seems like even with the modifications to the debug tool, these users still had issues hooking the debug tool to their active game session. Ultimately I ended up brute forcing a re-play of my character up to the point I had it before, and have not run into further issues with the mod since. I would imagine that the long-term solution is to build a native version of the debugger tool that can be run on various Linux distributions, which I think would be a fun project to take on! I will provide any updates here if I do so, despite my utter lack of expertise.

Best,
KaiyoteKave