Changelog

  1. Ascent 0.5.81

    League recording fix

    Recording

    • League recording fixed. Some players saw a yellow border or lost their cursor while recording League of Legends. Both are fixed.
  2. Ascent 0.5.8

    Skip a game with F4, AV1 and more cloud storage

    Recording

    • Opt out of recording per game. Press F4 when a new game starts to skip recording it. Your choice is saved, so the next time that game opens it won't record.
    • AV1 encoder support. A new optional encoder under Recording. It's brand new for us, so if you hit any issues please reach out and we'll help.

    Cloud storage

    • Bigger storage limits for everyone. Free goes from 5 GB to 15 GB, Pro from 150 GB to 250 GB.

    Clipping

    • Fixed clip-library loading and excessive CPU usage when reading damaged clip files.
    • Fixed clipping problems when using Always On recording mode.
    • , and . now skip 1 frame instead of 2 on clips, matching how they already work on VODs.

    Games

    • Fortnite: fixed video stuttering.
    • Added Mistfall Hunter and Arena Breakout: Infinite by request.

    Settings

    • Game tiles and per-game settings were finicky. Recording choices now persist properly.
  3. Ascent 0.5.7

    Hundreds of Steam games, recorded automatically

    Game library

    • Massive new game library. Hundreds of the most popular games on Steam are now detected and recorded automatically, no setup required. Each one gets its own tab as soon as you've recorded it.
    • Fortnite, Overwatch 2, Apex Legends, Elden Ring, Street Fighter 6, How to Fish, and many more.

    Improvements

    • Refreshed UI throughout the app, along with a batch of quality-of-life fixes.
    • Fixed several Rainbow Six Siege issues.
    • Teamfight Tactics now records correctly.
  4. Ascent 0.5.6

    Faster uploads

    Performance

    • Faster uploads. Tuned upload concurrency and buffering so recordings move to the cloud noticeably quicker, with automatic backoff on weak connections to avoid stalls.

    Stability

    • Fixed a random crash that could happen in the background during normal use.

    Custom games

    • Custom game recordings now upload to the cloud automatically, matching every other game.

    Other

    • Fixed Start on login so the setting is remembered correctly per machine.
  5. Ascent 0.5.4

    Rainbow Six Siege support

    Rainbow Six Siege

    • Added Rainbow Six Siege as a supported game.
    • Siege matches record automatically when they start. Turn it on or off under Rainbow Six Siege in Settings.
    • Your Siege games and clips now have their own tabs in the Games library and Clips, with a proper Siege icon.
    • Round and event markers are pulled from match replays so you can jump straight to the key moments.

    Other

    • The game tabs now stay on a single row as more games are added.
  6. Ascent 0.5.3

    Smarter uploads, plus a batch of fixes

    Upload modes

    • Uploads now have three modes: Off, Standard, and When Free.
    • When Free pauses automatically during games, while streaming, on low battery, and on metered connections, so uploading never competes with your gameplay or your data cap.
    • Switch modes right from the upload popup, no trip to settings needed.
    • What changes for you: if you previously had auto-upload off, you are now on When Free; if you had it on, you are on Standard. You can change this anytime, including back to Off.

    Upload queue and indicator

    • New persistent upload indicator shows exactly what is uploading, with the game, stats, and progress.
    • Clearer labels for why an upload is paused (game, streaming, battery, metered).

    More reliable uploads

    • Uploads now survive host failover instead of stalling.
    • Smarter throttling and parallel part uploads make large videos finish faster and more reliably.

    Valorant

    • Fixed wrong or Unknown player identity that could break your KDA timeline and post-game summary.

    Fixes

    • Marvel Rivals games now appear under the Marvel Rivals tab instead of League of Legends.
    • AltGr clip hotkeys now save and trigger correctly.
    • Fixed a tray icon crash that could happen when plugging or unplugging devices.
    • The storage bar now shows your real disk usage when your storage limit is Unlimited.
  7. Ascent 0.5.0

    Valorant and Teamfight Tactics

    Valorant

    • Full Valorant support with a new row layout, post-game stats panel, and timeline events.
    • Row shows map, score, ACS, HS%, ADR, and final score at a glance.
    • Timeline markers for kill, death, assist, ultimate, spike plant, and spike defuse, each with its own toggle in Valorant Settings.
    • Player view shows Your Team / Enemy Team instead of Red / Blue.

    Teamfight Tactics

    • Full TFT support with a dedicated row, post-game stats panel, and timeline events.
    • Post-game panel shows your units, items, traits, augments, and companion.
    • Historical sets supported so older games still render correctly.
    • Timeline markers for placement, level-up, and round-end with per-event toggles.
    • Ranked and Double Up rank handling.

    Input overlay

    • Significant visual improvements to the input overlay.
    • New Opacity slider in Overlay Settings, plus the existing Anchor and Scale controls now apply on the player side too.

    Sharing and privacy

    • Privacy is now a three-tier choice: Private, Unlisted (link-only), and Public.
    • New Default share level setting under Upload so new recordings start at your preferred privacy.
    • Rebuilt Share and Upload modals around a single privacy dropdown.

    Communities

    • Communities now have uploadable avatars.
    • Owners can delete a community.
    • Various improvements.

    Account

    • New Sessions screen to see every active sign-in and revoke ones you don't recognize.
    • Fixed a bug causing web to log you out unexpectedly.

    Ascent AI

    • A lot of you really like the AI game review and want more from it. We're going to keep working on it to make the analysis sharper and more useful.
    • New Ascent AI settings tab with an opt-out for using your recordings to improve these features. Pro users who opt out will also pause automatic game reviews on new games.
  8. Ascent 0.4.18

    Riot Sign-On, Explore and a new updater

    Valorant

    • Added Valorant match tracking with a post-game stats panel.
    • Player resolution now uses gameName#tagLine first and verifies the PUUID is actually in the match.

    Riot Sign-On

    • You can now connect your Riot account directly from settings via Riot Sign-On.
    • Separate API keys per game (LoL, TFT, Valorant) for more reliable data.
    • Platform IDs are canonicalized (e.g. NA to NA1) before match lookups.

    Explore

    • New Explore page with Twitch player wiring.
    • Sidebar restructured to surface communities and explore.
    • Fixed a load error that broke the Explore page on some setups.

    Updates

    • New auto-updater with a self-healing redirect from legacy install locations.
    • Cleans up orphaned 0.3.x installs automatically so the updater can finish.

    Recording

    • Fixed a hang when a match ended before recording finished starting.
    • Upload jobs no longer get stuck in PROCESSING after a network timeout.

    Account

    • The X on your profile picture now actually removes the avatar.
    • Brand logos for Riot and Steam on connection settings (Riot is listed first).

    Other

    • Community pages now use the full viewport width.
    • Faster, quieter background fetches for LoL data.
  9. Ascent 0.4.17

    League auto-recording fix

    Recording

    • Fixed auto-recording for League. Recording stopped starting after a recent League Client update changed an internal API we depend on. It should auto-record again as soon as a match begins.

    If you're still hitting issues after this update, please join the Discord and open a support ticket.

  10. Ascent 0.4.16

    Overlay fix

    Overlay

    • Fixed the white box issue where some users saw a solid white rectangle in place of in-game notifications. If you're still hitting overlay issues after this update, please join the Discord and open a support ticket.
  11. Ascent 0.4.15

    Overlay fix and a legacy overlay toggle

    Overlay

    • Fixed an issue where a white box appeared in place of in-game notifications for some users. Notifications should now render transparently as intended.
    • Added a Use Legacy Overlay toggle under Settings → Overlay → Compatibility. Enable this if notifications still don't render correctly. It falls back to a transparent window on top of the game.
  12. Ascent 0.4.14

    Input overlay

    Recordings

    • New Input Overlay. Bake a keyboard and mouse visualizer into your recordings so you can review your mechanics frame by frame. Toggle it on under Settings → Overlay, pick a corner, and set the size.

    Player

    • Fixed missing event timeline on League Arena matches.
    • Clips tab loads faster.

    App

    • Username field auto-lowercases as you type instead of showing a validation error.
    • Cleaner error messages.
  13. Ascent 0.4.13

    A brighter theme and 5-minute clips

    Theme

    • Brightened the visual theme for better readability.

    Player

    • You can now disable event stacking in the timeline.
    • Rename clips directly from the video player.

    Clips

    • Clip length increased to 5 minutes (up from 2).
  14. Ascent 0.4.12

    Marvel Rivals, highlights and automatic clipping

    Marvel Rivals

    • Added basic support for Marvel Rivals.
    • Recordings start on match start and end on match end.
    • Game events not yet available due to anti-cheat limitations.

    Referral program

    • Refer friends in Referral Settings and both get $2.50 credit towards Pro.
    • Stack credits by inviting multiple friends.

    Player

    • Events are now grouped in the timeline.
    • Clip creator usability improvements.
    • Graph saves preferences and supports click-to-seek.

    Highlights

    • Automatically generate a montage by selecting game events to include.
    • Supported for League of Legends, CS2, and Deadlock.

    Automatic clipping

    • Enable specific game events in Clip Settings to trigger automatic clips.
    • Clips are saved to your library like normal.

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