Overlay not rendering on Japanese version - Window title mismatch

[tomoisia]

Bug Description

The overlay fails to render on the Japanese version of Elden Ring because of a window title mismatch.

Root Cause

In src/d3drenderer.cpp line 269:

gameWindow_ = FindWindowW(L"ELDEN RING™", nullptr);

The code searches for window title ELDEN RING™ (with trademark symbol), but the Japanese version's actual window title is ELDEN RING (without the ™ symbol).

Environment

• Elden Ring Version: v2.6.1.1
• Region: Japanese
• EXE MD5 Hash: 0F8C973FFB4CCE2AA9899A6777172A8C
• Actual Window Title: ELDEN RING
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
• OS: Windows 11

Symptoms

• DLL loads successfully
• Fonts load completely
• Console shows normal initialization
• Challenge.txt is generated (proving game memory reading works)
• But overlay never renders on screen
• Keybinds (=, F8) have no visible effect

Solution

Changing line 269 from:

gameWindow_ = FindWindowW(L"ELDEN RING™", nullptr);

to:

gameWindow_ = FindWindowW(L"ELDEN RING", nullptr);

This fixed the issue completely.

Suggested Fix

Consider using a more flexible window search that works with both versions, such as:

gameWindow_ = FindWindowW(L"ELDEN RING", nullptr);

or using EnumWindows with partial title matching.