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<blockquote data-quote="EMKO" data-source="post: 251544" data-attributes="member: 20333">Hey i just thought about this. How does Steam and Xfire do the in game menu? i understand they dont have the source code for games like call of duty 4 it also runs in full screen with no lag that i notice ?&nbsp; maybe they do it different way?i notice that when im in a game with steam and i press shift+alt i see in the task manager a new process called GameOverlayUI.exe with this i can talk to friends change some things. I see that the game overlay only appears when i am in full screen and if i alt tab it goes down with the game and when i come back its still on the game and behind overlay since its transparent i see the game in full 99fps.i did a quick search and i found this some program that lets u use windows programs ontop of a game. <a href="http://www.gameoverlay.com" target="_blank">GameOverlay.com</a>&nbsp; it says it does this by.&nbsp;It allows you view and interact with windows outside the game, but without &quot;Alt-Tabbing&quot; and requiring the game to reinitialize its graphics. It does this by actually rendering the window inside the game!im going to go test this out with some emulators.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EMKO, post: 251544, member: 20333"] Hey i just thought about this. How does Steam and Xfire do the in game menu? i understand they dont have the source code for games like call of duty 4 it also runs in full screen with no lag that i notice ? maybe they do it different way? i notice that when im in a game with steam and i press shift+alt i see in the task manager a new process called GameOverlayUI.exe with this i can talk to friends change some things. I see that the game overlay only appears when i am in full screen and if i alt tab it goes down with the game and when i come back its still on the game and behind overlay since its transparent i see the game in full 99fps. i did a quick search and i found this some program that lets u use windows programs ontop of a game. [url=http://www.gameoverlay.com]GameOverlay.com[/url] it says it does this by. It allows you view and interact with windows outside the game, but without "Alt-Tabbing" and requiring the game to reinitialize its graphics. It does this by actually rendering the window inside the game! im going to go test this out with some emulators. [/QUOTE]

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