closing games with alt+F4

nielsi · 2006-06-04, 13:01

I was wondering: is there something wrong with closing a directX game with alt+F4, apart from the fact your game won't be saved? The reason is that in many games you can't exit the game with your controller ('press Q to quit') while in a mediacenter situation you don't always want to have a keyboard on your lap or walk to a keyboard just for closing a game. If you program an alt+F4 button on your remote you would be able to close any active program. Can closing a game this way mess anything up?

2006-07-04, 17:12

hi,

well it depends on the game. Regarding emulators (through My Programs) most of them are safe to be closed that way, except for zsnes (directx) [perhaps only with me] and epsxe (opengl) [known & listed bug] which must be killed or properly shut down. However if brutally killed, minor glitches may subsequently appear (original resolution not restored, etc...).

If you need an example of a working girder conf file (with resolution & color depth resetting for instance), PM me

2006-06-04, 13:01	#1 (permalink)
nielsi Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	closing games with alt+F4 I was wondering: is there something wrong with closing a directX game with alt+F4, apart from the fact your game won't be saved? The reason is that in many games you can't exit the game with your controller ('press Q to quit') while in a mediacenter situation you don't always want to have a keyboard on your lap or walk to a keyboard just for closing a game. If you program an alt+F4 button on your remote you would be able to close any active program. Can closing a game this way mess anything up?

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2006-07-04, 17:12	#2 (permalink)
~ok\| Guest Posts: n/a	hi, well it depends on the game. Regarding emulators (through My Programs) most of them are safe to be closed that way, except for zsnes (directx) [perhaps only with me] and epsxe (opengl) [known & listed bug] which must be killed or properly shut down. However if brutally killed, minor glitches may subsequently appear (original resolution not restored, etc...). If you need an example of a working girder conf file (with resolution & color depth resetting for instance), PM me