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How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2

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1371 points yett | 4 comments | 23 Apr 25 14:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.687s | source
1. rkunde ◴[23 Apr 25 16:49 UTC] No.43774044[source]▶
I wonder if they fixed the vehicle definition file as well, or just the parser. The latter would be an incomplete fix.
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2. tonmoy ◴[23 Apr 25 16:57 UTC] No.43774141[source]▶
Given that those parameters are for wheels on a plane that doesn’t have wheels, I would say fixing the parser is the better fix
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3. doublerabbit ◴[23 Apr 25 17:56 UTC] No.43774812[source]▶
It is, but who enjoys fixing parser issues...
4. ddm999 ◴[23 Apr 25 19:45 UTC] No.43775951[source]▶
SilentPatch (for GTAs, at least) specifically is a code-only mod, such that the single .asi file can be removed to uninstall it & all it's changes.

A real update should fix both (note: I don't believe the later releases did, they also just added defaults to the parser) but for SilentPatch: a mod is not a real update, and being as simple as possible to remove & reducing conflicts with other mods is more important here than a fix that digs as deep as possible.