Encrypted OGL reg keys

kuja

I was first going to ask where the old tweaks had gone, then I realised they'd been encrypted/removed which begged the question: what use are modded drivers for OGL?

I've long maintained that all of the modded driver sets are little more than bloatware that merely forces defaults, which of course draws a heated response from mods of this site and other placebo lovers, but here is a concrete problem: All of the major modders still have their OGL tweaks in the old format, and the driver no longer queries those reg keys.

Anyone care to explain?

Omega's latest set, for example adds the following tweaks:

; ---=== Added By Omegadrive (OpenGL Tweaks) ===---
HKR,, OGLCustomSettings, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, UseNewOGLRegPath, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLAlphaDitherMethod, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLConvertTextures32To16, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLDisableDitherWhenAlphaBlending, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLEnableFullSceneAA, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLEnableHWPageFlip, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLEnableKTXBufferRegion, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLEnableTextureCompression, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLMaxAnisotropy, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLPerfSet, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLSubPixelPrecision, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLTracing, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLWaitVerticalSync, %REG_DWORD%,2
HKR,, OGLLODBias, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLForceZBufferDepth, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLAlphaDitherMethod, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLEnableFastFullSceneAA, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLFullSceneAAScale, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLTextureOpt, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLFastTrilinear, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLTruformMode, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLAnisoType, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,, OGLAnisoPref, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLAnisoQuality, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLAliasSlider, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLDAnisoSlider, %REG_DWORD%,2
HKR,, OGLMode, %REG_DWORD%,2
HKR,, OGLSmoothPref, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, OGLEnableTripleBuffering, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,, DisableFglAgp, %REG_DWORD%,0

; ---=== Added By Omegadrive (OpenGL Private Tweaks) ===---
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",disableHyperZ, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",disableScreenSavers, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableAALines, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableBufferRegionExtension, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableDynamicDither, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableFastZMaskClear, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableMultiTexture, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableTextureCompression, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableVidMemTextures, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableZCompression, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",fastTrilinear, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",LOD, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",useFastAALines, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",useFastTextureCompression, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",waitForIdleAfterSubmit, %REG_DWORD%,0
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",ZCompForAllConfigs, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",zFormat9x_32, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enable3DNow, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableMMX, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableSSE, %REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,"OpenGL\Private",enableSSE2, %REG_DWORD%,1

However, in the included OGL driver, only

OGLEnableTripleBuffering
OGLSelectedSwapEffect
OGLTruformMode
OGLTextureOpt
OGLFullSceneAAScale
OGLEnableFastFullSceneAA
OGLAlphaDitherMethod
OGLForceZBufferDepth
OGLLODBias
OGLAnisoType
OGLMaxAnisotropy
OGLWaitVerticalSync UseNewOGLRegPath

are unencrypted/still in the driver, none of which could be called a 'tweak'.

So ...

The_Neon_Cowboy

um bud... the settings are all controlled/setable by the windows registry settings

kuja

Gee, really?

The driver no longer queries the regkeys that Omega, DNA et al use. Look for strings in the driver/watch what it queries with regmon if you don't believe me. All of their tweaks are useless now that the relevant keys are in the form of things like fZ9wmCPrMba6AUEm, 54ypPobI3AHL3 and so on.

pr0digal jenius

actually there are multiple places it queries

and if by "Encryted" you mean they look like:
D3D_40792312
OGL_0187890
D3D_30913648

then you are only partially right. some tweaks are "encrypted", others are not.

MindlessOath

i think that CCC is the one that does the encrypting now. not so sure the drivers themselfs look for them tho i could be wrong... and it doesnt mean they are encrypted in the registry, just the hooks are (i belive) tho i havent done any sort of research on this so i can be 100% wrong :P lol

ChrisW

RadLinker uses the encripted OpenGL values. I believe the old values were removed after Catalyst 3.1 or something.

kuja

Ahh cool, thx Chris.

@prodigal - the strings in the OGL driver/regkeys queried are all random jumbles of letters/numbers for me
@Mindless - I doubt it, I've never used CCC and again, looking at the driver with a hex editor they are 'fixed'.

MindlessOath

Chris, is their any way of finding out how to use those or find those values out? any method, or is their someone who can post them?

i would like to make a project doing some of this stuff for own use.

ChrisW

That's a good question. I found them by using trial and error comparing them with the old names in the OpenGL module before they renamed them.

MindlessOath

damn... so now i have to find a version 3 of ati drivers then compair them how about being a nice guy :P lol, na dont worry, if its that much work i wont worry about it.