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