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In GTA/RAGE games, you’ll often encounter native functions either taking or returning a Jenkins one-at-a-time hash, like the ones returned by GET_HASH_KEY. Traditionally, code would have had to either hardcode hashes (like -1044093321), or use GET_HASH_KEY directly (like GetHashKey(“a_m_y_skater_01”)). This would have lead to either less readability and maintainability, or having to wait for a […]

In a recent commit to the canary branch, we’ve added support for embedding standard emoji in nearly all cases where text is rendered by Scaleform GFx. This post details a bit of the effort that went on behind this, and where future changes may be headed. Where does GTA use Scaleform GFx? You might already […]