closing games with alt+F4 (1 Viewer)

[nielsi]

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?

 

[~ok|]

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