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> to rename the game executable to hl2.exe This seems genuinely unbelievable. Does anyone have a technical explanation for this?

• hurtigioll 4mo ago
  gpu drivers detect games, among other thing by looking at executable names then driver "optimizes" behavior, sometimes dishonestly (reducing precision), sometimes honestly (working around game engine stupidity)
  • limflick 4mo ago
    Couldn't that also cause glitches since optimizations meant for HL2 might not work for, say San Andreas? I understand some optimizations might be universal but I can't help but think about unexpected behavior.
    • tester756 4mo ago
      Who's problem is this? Nvidia probably doesnt officially say anything about this and 99.9% of people do not rename process name
      • hurtigioll 4mo ago
        of course they do. nvidia even has an official api for a game to identify itself so they dont need to look at executable name
      • limflick 4mo ago
        Phrasing, I wasn't blaming anyone, just curious about the technicalities.
      • account42 4mo ago
        It's definitely Nvidia's problem if this breaks something. Nothing in the D3D/OpenGL specs says that you can (not) use certain executable names.
        • redsocksfan45 4mo ago
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        • sidewndr46 4mo ago
          Yeah, I'm sure NVIDIA is going to get around to "fixing" a decade's old industry standard for something that contributes less than 10% of their revenue.
    • ChocolateGod 4mo ago
      Yes. A lot of people use Nvidia profile inspector to enable reBar on all games and claim that Nvidia is purposely holding back performance, but doing this causes many games to crash.