diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_serialise.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_serialise.cpp
index 5b077cec0..4a0869450 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_serialise.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_serialise.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ void DoSerialiseViaResourceId(SerialiserType &ser, Interface *&el)
 
   if(ser.IsWriting())
     id = GetResID(el);
+  if(ser.IsStructurising() && rm)
+    id = rm->GetOriginalID(GetResID(el));
 
   DoSerialise(ser, id);
 
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12RootSignatureParameter &el)
 {
   RDCASSERTMSG(
       "root signature parameter serialisation is only supported for structured serialisers",
-      ser.IsDummy());
+      ser.IsStructurising());
 
   SERIALISE_MEMBER(ParameterType);
   switch(el.ParameterType)
@@ -211,8 +213,10 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12_CPU_DESCRIPTOR_HANDLE &el)
 
   PortableHandle ph;
 
-  if(ser.IsWriting())
+  if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
     ph = ToPortableHandle(el);
+  if(ser.IsStructurising() && rm)
+    ph.heap = rm->GetOriginalID(ph.heap);
 
   DoSerialise(ser, ph);
 
@@ -232,8 +236,10 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12_GPU_DESCRIPTOR_HANDLE &el)
 
   PortableHandle ph;
 
-  if(ser.IsWriting())
+  if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
     ph = ToPortableHandle(el);
+  if(ser.IsStructurising() && rm)
+    ph.heap = rm->GetOriginalID(ph.heap);
 
   DoSerialise(ser, ph);
 
@@ -255,11 +261,16 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, DynamicDescriptorCopy &el)
 
   PortableHandle dst, src;
 
-  if(ser.IsWriting())
+  if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
   {
     dst = ToPortableHandle(el.dst);
     src = ToPortableHandle(el.src);
   }
+  if(ser.IsStructurising() && rm)
+  {
+    dst.heap = rm->GetOriginalID(dst.heap);
+    src.heap = rm->GetOriginalID(src.heap);
+  }
 
   ser.Serialise("dst"_lit, dst);
   ser.Serialise("src"_lit, src);
@@ -287,8 +298,10 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12BufferLocation &el)
   ResourceId buffer;
   UINT64 offs = 0;
 
-  if(ser.IsWriting())
+  if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
     WrappedID3D12Resource1::GetResIDFromAddr(el.Location, buffer, offs);
+  if(ser.IsStructurising() && rm)
+    buffer = rm->GetOriginalID(buffer);
 
   ser.Serialise("Buffer"_lit, buffer);
   ser.Serialise("Offset"_lit, offs);
@@ -341,17 +354,21 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12Descriptor &el)
     }
     case D3D12DescriptorType::SRV:
     {
-      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
+      ResourceId Resource = el.data.nonsamp.resource;
+
+      if(ser.IsStructurising())
+        Resource = rm->GetOriginalID(Resource);
+
+      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, Resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
 
       // convert to Live ID on replay
       if(ser.IsReading())
-        el.data.nonsamp.resource = rm->HasLiveResource(el.data.nonsamp.resource)
-                                       ? rm->GetLiveID(el.data.nonsamp.resource)
-                                       : ResourceId();
+        el.data.nonsamp.resource =
+            rm->HasLiveResource(Resource) ? rm->GetLiveID(Resource) : ResourceId();
 
       // special case because of squeezed descriptor
       D3D12_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC desc;
-      if(ser.IsWriting())
+      if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
         desc = el.data.nonsamp.srv.AsDesc();
       ser.Serialise("Descriptor"_lit, desc);
       if(ser.IsReading())
@@ -360,35 +377,51 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12Descriptor &el)
     }
     case D3D12DescriptorType::RTV:
     {
-      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
+      ResourceId Resource = el.data.nonsamp.resource;
+
+      if(ser.IsStructurising())
+        Resource = rm->GetOriginalID(Resource);
+
+      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, Resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
 
       // convert to Live ID on replay
       if(ser.IsReading())
-        el.data.nonsamp.resource = rm->HasLiveResource(el.data.nonsamp.resource)
-                                       ? rm->GetLiveID(el.data.nonsamp.resource)
-                                       : ResourceId();
+        el.data.nonsamp.resource =
+            rm->HasLiveResource(Resource) ? rm->GetLiveID(Resource) : ResourceId();
 
       ser.Serialise("Descriptor"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.rtv);
       break;
     }
     case D3D12DescriptorType::DSV:
     {
-      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
+      ResourceId Resource = el.data.nonsamp.resource;
+
+      if(ser.IsStructurising())
+        Resource = rm->GetOriginalID(Resource);
+
+      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, Resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
 
       // convert to Live ID on replay
       if(ser.IsReading())
-        el.data.nonsamp.resource = rm->HasLiveResource(el.data.nonsamp.resource)
-                                       ? rm->GetLiveID(el.data.nonsamp.resource)
-                                       : ResourceId();
+        el.data.nonsamp.resource =
+            rm->HasLiveResource(Resource) ? rm->GetLiveID(Resource) : ResourceId();
 
       ser.Serialise("Descriptor"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.dsv);
       break;
     }
     case D3D12DescriptorType::UAV:
     {
-      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
-      ser.Serialise("CounterResource"_lit, el.data.nonsamp.counterResource)
-          .TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
+      ResourceId Resource = el.data.nonsamp.resource;
+      ResourceId CounterResource = el.data.nonsamp.counterResource;
+
+      if(ser.IsStructurising())
+      {
+        Resource = rm->GetOriginalID(Resource);
+        CounterResource = rm->GetOriginalID(CounterResource);
+      }
+
+      ser.Serialise("Resource"_lit, Resource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
+      ser.Serialise("CounterResource"_lit, CounterResource).TypedAs("ID3D12Resource *"_lit);
 
       // convert to Live ID on replay
       if(ser.IsReading())
@@ -403,7 +436,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, D3D12Descriptor &el)
 
       // special case because of squeezed descriptor
       D3D12_UNORDERED_ACCESS_VIEW_DESC desc;
-      if(ser.IsWriting())
+      if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
         desc = el.data.nonsamp.uav.AsDesc();
       ser.Serialise("Descriptor"_lit, desc);
       if(ser.IsReading())
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_serialise.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_serialise.cpp
index 8a17e01dc..86b3d7a10 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_serialise.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_serialise.cpp
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ void DoSerialiseViaResourceId(SerialiserType &ser, type &el)
 
   if(ser.IsWriting() && rm)
     id = GetResID(el);
+  if(ser.IsStructurising() && rm)
+    id = rm->GetOriginalID(GetResID(el));
 
   DoSerialise(ser, id);
 
@@ -1297,7 +1299,7 @@ static void SerialiseNext(SerialiserType &ser, VkStructureType &sType, const voi
   // this is the parent sType, serialised here for convenience
   ser.Serialise("sType"_lit, sType);
 
-  if(ser.IsReading())
+  if(ser.IsReading() && !ser.IsStructurising())
   {
     // default to a NULL pNext
     pNext = NULL;
@@ -4191,7 +4193,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, ImageState &el)
   SERIALISE_ELEMENT_LOCAL(imageInfo, el.GetImageInfo());
 
   rdcarray<ImageSubresourceStateForRange> subresourceStates;
-  if(ser.IsWriting())
+  if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
   {
     el.subresourceStates.ToArray(subresourceStates);
   }
@@ -4254,7 +4256,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateEntry &el)
   {
     uint64_t offset = 0;
     uint64_t stride = 0;
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
     {
       offset = el.offset;
       stride = el.stride;
@@ -9279,7 +9281,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkImportMemoryWin32HandleInfoKHR &el)
   {
     rdcstr name;
 
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
       name = el.name ? StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(el.name) : "";
 
     ser.Serialise("name"_lit, name);
@@ -9317,7 +9319,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkExportMemoryWin32HandleInfoKHR &el)
   {
     rdcstr name;
 
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
       name = el.name ? StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(el.name) : "";
 
     ser.Serialise("name"_lit, name);
@@ -9386,7 +9388,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR &el)
   {
     rdcstr name;
 
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
       name = el.name ? StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(el.name) : "";
 
     ser.Serialise("name"_lit, name);
@@ -9425,7 +9427,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkImportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR &el)
   {
     rdcstr name;
 
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
       name = el.name ? StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(el.name) : "";
 
     ser.Serialise("name"_lit, name);
@@ -9479,7 +9481,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkExportSemaphoreWin32HandleInfoKHR &el)
   {
     rdcstr name;
 
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
       name = el.name ? StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(el.name) : "";
 
     ser.Serialise("name"_lit, name);
@@ -9518,7 +9520,7 @@ void DoSerialise(SerialiserType &ser, VkImportSemaphoreWin32HandleInfoKHR &el)
   {
     rdcstr name;
 
-    if(ser.IsWriting())
+    if(ser.IsWriting() || ser.IsStructurising())
       name = el.name ? StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(el.name) : "";
 
     ser.Serialise("name"_lit, name);
diff --git a/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.h b/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.h
index fafccfae4..3776eb47c 100644
--- a/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.h
+++ b/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Serialiser
 public:
   static constexpr bool IsReading() { return sertype != SerialiserMode::Writing; }
   static constexpr bool IsWriting() { return sertype == SerialiserMode::Writing; }
+  bool IsStructurising() const { return m_Structuriser; }
   bool ExportStructure() const
   {
     // in debug builds, allow structured export during write for debugging. In release, only allow
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ public:
 
   bool IsErrored() { return IsReading() ? m_Read->IsErrored() : m_Write->IsErrored(); }
   void SetErrored() { IsReading() ? m_Read->SetErrored() : m_Write->SetErrored(); }
-  bool IsDummy() { return m_Dummy; }
   StreamWriter *GetWriter() { return m_Write; }
   StreamReader *GetReader() { return m_Read; }
   uint32_t GetChunkMetadataRecording() { return m_ChunkFlags; }
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public:
 // ScopedDeseralise* classes. We can verify with e.g. valgrind that there are no leaks, so to keep
 // the analysis non-spammy we just don't allocate for coverity builds
 #if !defined(__COVERITY__)
-        if(!m_Dummy && (flags & SerialiserFlags::AllocateMemory))
+        if(!m_Structuriser && (flags & SerialiserFlags::AllocateMemory))
         {
           if(byteSize > 0)
             el = AllocAlignedBuffer(byteSize);
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ public:
 // ScopedDeseralise* classes. We can verify with e.g. valgrind that there are no leaks, so to keep
 // the analysis non-spammy we just don't allocate for coverity builds
 #if !defined(__COVERITY__)
-      if(IsReading() && !m_Dummy && (flags & SerialiserFlags::AllocateMemory))
+      if(IsReading() && !m_Structuriser && (flags & SerialiserFlags::AllocateMemory))
       {
         if(arrayCount > 0)
           el = new T[(size_t)arrayCount];
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public:
 // ScopedDeseralise* classes. We can verify with e.g. valgrind that there are no leaks, so to keep
 // the analysis non-spammy we just don't allocate for coverity builds
 #if !defined(__COVERITY__)
-      if(IsReading() && !m_Dummy && (flags & SerialiserFlags::AllocateMemory))
+      if(IsReading() && !m_Structuriser && (flags & SerialiserFlags::AllocateMemory))
       {
         if(arrayCount > 0)
           el = new T[(size_t)arrayCount];
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ protected:
   template <SerialiserMode othertype>
   friend class Serialiser;
 
-  void SetDummy(bool dummy) { m_Dummy = dummy; }
+  void SetStructuriser(bool s) { m_Structuriser = s; }
 private:
   static const uint64_t ChunkAlignment = 64;
   template <class SerialiserMode, typename T, bool isEnum = std::is_enum<T>::value>
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ private:
 
       ser.ConfigureStructuredExport(lookup, buffers, 0, 1.0);
       ser.SetStreamingMode(true);
-      ser.SetDummy(true);
+      ser.SetStructuriser(true);
       ser.SetUserData(userData);
       ser.SetStringDatabase(stringDB);
 
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ private:
   // See SetStreamingMode
   bool m_DataStreaming = false;
   bool m_DrawChunk = false;
-  bool m_Dummy = false;
+  bool m_Structuriser = false;
 
   uint64_t m_LastChunkOffset = 0;
   uint64_t m_ChunkFixup = 0;
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ public:
   {
     ConfigureStructuredExport(lookup, false, 0, 1.0);
     SetStreamingMode(true);
-    SetDummy(true);
+    SetStructuriser(true);
   }
 };
 #endif