Am I allowed to use OBS to capture eve, then only show specific parts of the UI?

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I’d like to use OBS to only show a few windows in Eve. It can record a specific window (the game), then crop it in several places, before showing it in a preview window.

I only want to do this because I have one monitor. I’m not multiboxing nor do I want to input broadcast. I would just like to monitor the game while doing something else.

I’ve seen a few posts (1, 2) about something similar to this, but they don’t clarify whether this is considered “modifying the game UI”. It wouldn’t make any modifications to the game, and I have a hard time seeing how this would give me an unfair advantage over other players.

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There’s nothing against the eula about recording the game.

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Rule clarifications should always be done via Support (The GM team) → https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011834800-Contacting-Support

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Thanks for letting me know, I checked the support site but didn’t see an option for rule clarifications, so I assumed I should post this here. I’ll go do that.

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Obviously only CCP can confirm you are allowed, but ill give you a little example of something I did a few years ago.

I had just got myself a new mouse, had extra buttons and you could set shortcuts for it, pretty standard but out of curiosity I opened a ticket and asked CCP if it was ok to make key combos for the mouse or if that was classed as automation. I’m talking a button for dscan a button for launch drones/recall drones etc. The answer I got back was so ambiguous at first I wondered if they understood what I was asking but it didn’t say stop.

I decided ■■■■ it. I’ve told them what I’m doing. I say just do the same.

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Do you live in Highsec, Memcallen? Asking for a fiend…

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No, I just want to turbokrab in nullsec in peace. But you can come to our space if you want. I hear we don’t have enough content.

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Thats why you send them a message.

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Why don’t you just log off?

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You can run EVE through with UTM on an iPad or iPhone pro. Touch is terrible but you can do basic tasks or monitor the game.

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It’s been my experience ( much like with the ISD) that if you ask five of them for a rule clarification, you’ll get five different answers.

Mr Epeen :sunglasses:

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FTFY :wink:

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The same could be achieved if you only ask one of them 5 questions through out a year.

Change is real and decisions can change over time.