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Re:Show HN: Open-source GeForce NOW alternative with Stadia'... by wccrawford on Sunday May 19, 2024 @06:38AM (#40405887)
Games that come with their own launcher start up 1 executable, then exit it and start another one.

It's really easy to track that first one. But the second one is a pain in the rear.

I'm guessing that's the problem they're still trying to solve without manually inputting info for each individual game, or making the player do that.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source GeForce NOW alternative with Stadia'... by csmpltn on Sunday May 19, 2024 @09:08AM (#40406704)
> « It's really easy to track that first one. But the second one is a pain in the rear.»

Tracking child processes spawns/handles, or even resorting to polling for process name for a while, all should be fairly simple to implement…

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Re:Show HN: Open-source GeForce NOW alternative with Stadia'... by OmegaMetor on Sunday May 19, 2024 @09:37AM (#40406882)
GeForce now used to have tons of "issues" with people easily being able to run any app or program they wanted, using a few tricks. Last time I tried it, it seemed like it was all locked down a lot better, but previously it'd still be steam opening the other program. It was nice while it lasted, since they wanted cyberpunk available day one, it was actually accessible about a week before the game released.
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