These commands can be incredibly useful, but every digital game store has a different way to access them.

What Is a Command Line Argument, and Why Should You Care?

You could add special “arguments” after the executable’s name if you wanted to.

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Quite useful when you don’t have enough space for DOOM!

Yet command line arguments (also known as parameters) are still a common feature of modern games.

Under “Launch options” you could add any command line arguments you want.

Selecting Properties for the Video Game Stray in Steam

kill the properties window and launch the game to see the results.

Switch to the “Features” tab and then check the box next to “Custom Executables/Arguments.”

You’ll have to choose the game’s executable using the open file explorer window that pops up.

Stray Steam Launch Option

Then add any arguments you want to and give your modded executable a name under “My Label.”

Click “OK” to back up your changes.

Your modified executable should be listed under the name you gave it.

Epic Games Store Settings

There are other ways to optimize your games, such as withGeForce Experience.

Related:Why You Should Use GeForce Experience to Optimize Games

Borderlands Parameter Settings in Epic Game Store

GoG Game Right-click Menu Configuration

The GoG game Features tab with Custom Executable checkbox

GoG Game configuration add another executable option

GoG game configuration arguments

GoG Game Modified Executable Launch