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Hydra Hub

Live screens and clips

Watch a player's game live, or record a short clip, from Hydra Hub.

What you get

  • Screens: watch any online player's game live from the hub, a few frames a second.
  • Clips: record 5 to 30 seconds of a player's game. Clips are kept with the player for 30 days.
  • Automatic capture: a detection can take a screenshot or a clip by itself. Turn it on per detection in Policy.

Nothing runs until a staff member asks, so it costs players nothing until then.

Setup

Add the hub's public address to server.cfg and restart HydraAC:

cfg
set hydra_hub_public_url "https://hydra-ac.com"

Then give your staff the permissions they need in Team: Watch live for Screens, Screenshots and clips for clips.

What is captured

Captured: the game world and GTA's own HUD, exactly as the game draws them.

Not captured: other scripts' NUI pages (phones, inventories), the FiveM and pause menus, and anything other programs draw over the game, such as Discord or NVIDIA overlays.

A modified game can try to block or fake a capture, so treat screens and clips as supporting evidence alongside what your server recorded.

Privacy

Every watch and every clip is recorded in the audit log. Add a line to your server rules, for example: "Staff may view your game screen live and record short clips for anti-cheat purposes."