Monday, September 14, 2026

Separate-process renderer for GTA IV called b-bridge

b-bridge by gutbash is a separate 64-bit renderer based on RTX remix and DXVK which frees GTAIV.exe RAM formerly allocated for rendering.

 TL;DR It is a godsend for big modpacks.

"b-bridge moves the entire Direct3D 9 device into a separate 64-bit process. The game keeps a thin 32-bit `d3d9.dll` that forwards every call over a shared-memory channel to a 64-bit server, which renders through DXVK on Vulkan. On the test system this returned about 880 MB of address space to the game and held frame time at parity with in-process DXVK, allowing a 5 GB texture-pack stack to run where the same install previously crashed within minutes."

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Как сделать достижения Steam для вашего языка

Эта статья для добавления перевода достижений в Goldberg Steam Emulator.  

Прежде всего, у вас должен быть исходный файл achievements.json для Goldberg Steam Emulator. Создать такой файл можно с помощью любого генератора конфигурации для эмулятора. Например, этого.

Для добавления перевода будет использоваться скрипт Steam achievement translation toolkit, который требует разделённый табуляторами файл с 4 колонками следующего формата:

английское достижение  английский текст  переведённое достижение  переведённый текст

Friday, September 4, 2026

Using DepotDownloaderMod to manually update your Steam games

  • Get DepotDownloaderMod and unpack it anywhere (+ install required .Net runtime if you don't have it on your system). 
  • Get manifests for your game and put them into DepotDownloaderMod folder. Encrypted manifests obtained with SMD will do as long as you have valid depot keys.
  • Unpack _download_depot_bat-cs.rin.ru.7z (password is at the end of filename after -) with sample depot keys supplemental file to DepotDownloaderMod folder. 
  • Edit _download_depot.bat (game_folder, game_id variables)
  • Drag manifest files you want to download onto _download_depot.bat in File Explorer or launch _download_depot.bat from command line with depot files as arguments like
    _download_depot.bat *.manifest