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<big><big>'''''CURRENTLY ON A TRIP IN MUNICH. OFF TILL 14/03'''''</big></big><br />
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Retired moderator.  
  
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Hi. <br />
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If it's crazy voodoo, I have probably seen it already.
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If you are wondering who I am, well I'm a simple guy good at digging between a bug here and a glitch there
 
  
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Enjoying the most from every game has always been my aim and i understand that not everybody have the time and the patience i had.  
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After a decade spent 10x as much time fixing games, Windows or Linux™ than actually playing them, real life called.  
  
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I'm now an active moderator. Please feel free to ask me anything
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'''My PC specs:'''
 
'''My PC specs:'''
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* Asus P5LD2-X/1333
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* Asus Xonar DX
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* Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @3,19GHz
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* Corsair HX1000i
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* Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X
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* Creative SBS 260
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* 4 GB
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* DeepCool Assassin III
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* Windows 7 64-bit
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* Intel Core i5 9600K
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* Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
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==Game fixer software list==
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* EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
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*[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-zip] to unpack archives
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* LG 27GN850
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*[http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm MSI Afterburner] for benchmarking and recording
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* Logitech G413
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*[http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/nvidia_inspector_download.html Nvidia Inspector]/[http://www.radeonpro.info/ RadeonPro] to play with graphics settings
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* Patriot Viper Steel RGB PC4-28800 C20
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*[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx Process Monitor] to log game calls
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* Philips Fidelio X2HR
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*[http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Universal Extractor] for that archives where 7-zip isn't enough
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* Razer Imperator 3.5G
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* Sahara Gaming C500B-TS
  
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==Games fixer toolkit==
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[https://msi.com/Landing/afterburner MSI Afterburner] for benchmarking and recording <br>
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[https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-profile-inspector-2-4-0-3.425787/ Nvidia Profile Inspector]/[https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/radeonmod-tweak-utility.403389/ RadeonMod] to play with graphics quirks <br>
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[https://github.com/GameTechDev/PresentMon PresentMon] to track the mysteries of the DWM (and input lag)<br>
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[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx Process Monitor] to log game I/O calls <br>
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[http://www.rohitab.com/apimonitor API Monitor] and [https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/ Process Hacker] for when you are truly banging your head <br>
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[https://kiwidog.me/2021/07/analysis-of-large-binaries-and-games-in-ghidra-sre/ Ghidra] (you can discover a lot even just by dumbly searching for strings) <br>
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[[Special K]], the Swiss army knife of smoothing out any game <br>
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[https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/ ThrottleStop] for when (especially) laptops are too hot or too crippled <br>
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[http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174957-new-unofficial-version-200/ Universal Extractor] for those archives where 7-zip just isn't enough <br>
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[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/debugger-download-tools WinDbg] to read dumps and debugging messages <br>
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[https://winmerge.org/ WinMerge] to compare files and folder
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! My priorities atm !! Comments: !! Links
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! My wish list !! Comments: !! Links
 
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| '''Aureal A3D''' || Currently my ''active'' task. I already wasted half a month, could succeed soon || [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3217448] [http://www.head-fi.org/t/687635/aureal-a3d] [[Talk:Sound card]]
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| Disable MassEffect1 mouse smoothing from UnrealScript || Even if something is likely amiss in native code, certainly with the right reciprocal operations it should be possible to patch? || [http://me3explorer.freeforums.net/me1-engine-playerinput-mouse-smoothing-and-so-on-t795.html] [http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/938178-Does-The-Unreal-Engine-3-Have-Rounding-Errors-For-Low-In-Game-Mouse-Sensitivity] [http://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/unreal-3-engine/68931-find-needed-offsets.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150913021839/http://forum.bioware.com/topic/481534-me1-mouse-accelerationdeclerationsmoothingdampening/]
 
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| Left 4 Dead 2 ''online'' splitscreen || [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1029890&page=23] [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12266137#post12266137] [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1029890&page=25]
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| MassEffect1 AMD FX cpu bug || What's the specific broken shader? Why is Bulldozer still off? || [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Mass_Effect#Characters_become_black_blobs_on_AMD_.3EK10_CPUs] [https://github.com/CookiePLMonster/SilentPatchME/issues/3]
 
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| Both Xinput triggers usable with DirectInput || Every game older than 2006 should be affected || [http://steamcommunity.com/app/13570/discussions/0/540734423848047626/]
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| MassEffect2 Cerberus autologin || Cerberus Daily News may be no more, but at least having the terminal display to open OOTB would be a nice touch || [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_2#Cerberus_Network_autologin_failure]
 
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| Disable MassEffect1 mouse smoothing || I really can't understand why usual UE3 fixes doesn't work || [http://me3explorer.freeforums.net/me1-engine-playerinput-mouse-smoothing-and-so-on-t795.html] [http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/938178-Does-The-Unreal-Engine-3-Have-Rounding-Errors-For-Low-In-Game-Mouse-Sensitivity] [http://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/unreal-3-engine/68931-find-needed-offsets.html]
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| Decode Steam cdkey hashes || For when they are assholes over at EA || [https://github.com/tralph3/Steam-Metadata-Editor/issues/28]
 
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| ATI Truform || On [[User:Expack3|Expack3]]'s request. Evaluating feasibility || [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/topic/787-question-regarding-ati-truform-pre-dx11-tessellation-implementation/ PCGW forums] [WIP]
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| Complete the ''sound'' tales saga || Half a lifetime of research still wasn't enough to note down everything and clarify what happened after XP || [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/topic/980-audio-apis-and-eax/] [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Sound_card]
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| Atlantis: The Lost Tales graphics fix || Basically patched versions have graphical glitches.. In mine hex editing ability I trust || [http://www.gog.com/forum/atlantis_series/please_gog_concentrate_on_fixing_it/post1]
 
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| Battlefield 2 old .dll hunt || BF2 shadows are reported to be broken with newer AMD drivers ||
 
 
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==Contacts==
 
==Contacts==
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:[http://steamcommunity.com/id/mirHL Steam]
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&nbsp;Find me somewhere, and just ask.
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:[http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/irc PCGW IRC channel]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:09, 24 March 2023

Retired moderator.

If it's crazy voodoo, I have probably seen it already.

After a decade spent 10x as much time fixing games, Windows or Linux™ than actually playing them, real life called.

My PC specs:

  • Asus Xonar DX
  • Corsair HX1000i
  • Creative SBS 260
  • DeepCool Assassin III
  • Intel Core i5 9600K
  • Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
  • EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
  • LG 27GN850
  • Logitech G413
  • Patriot Viper Steel RGB PC4-28800 C20
  • Philips Fidelio X2HR
  • Razer Imperator 3.5G
  • Sahara Gaming C500B-TS

Games fixer toolkit

MSI Afterburner for benchmarking and recording
Nvidia Profile Inspector/RadeonMod to play with graphics quirks
PresentMon to track the mysteries of the DWM (and input lag)
Process Monitor to log game I/O calls
API Monitor and Process Hacker for when you are truly banging your head
Ghidra (you can discover a lot even just by dumbly searching for strings)
Special K, the Swiss army knife of smoothing out any game
ThrottleStop for when (especially) laptops are too hot or too crippled
Universal Extractor for those archives where 7-zip just isn't enough
WinDbg to read dumps and debugging messages
WinMerge to compare files and folder

My wish list Comments: Links
Disable MassEffect1 mouse smoothing from UnrealScript Even if something is likely amiss in native code, certainly with the right reciprocal operations it should be possible to patch? [1] [2] [3] [4]
MassEffect1 AMD FX cpu bug What's the specific broken shader? Why is Bulldozer still off? [5] [6]
MassEffect2 Cerberus autologin Cerberus Daily News may be no more, but at least having the terminal display to open OOTB would be a nice touch [7]
Decode Steam cdkey hashes For when they are assholes over at EA [8]
Complete the sound tales saga Half a lifetime of research still wasn't enough to note down everything and clarify what happened after XP [9] [10]



Contacts

 Find me somewhere, and just ask.