RE: [GD-Windows] os version

[Tom F. <to...@mu...>]

Agreed. Make it a user-selectable option to disable Windows keys (I think
I've seen maybe two games with this - far too low a number), and _even if
it's selected_, handle loss of focus properly. I've lost count of the number
of games that have died because they gently prodded the internet, at which
point ZoneAlarm pops up and says "this program wants to talk to the net - do
you want it to let it?", forcing an Alt+Tab type behaviour which for most
apps toasts the machine (on Win98 - Win2k is much better at recovering
without a BSOD).

-Allow Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Windows key, etc.
-Give users an option to tick to disable the keys.
-Always handle loss of focus even if they tick the option.

This topic always causes flame wars. :-)


Tom Forsyth - Muckyfoot bloke.

What's he up to now (and can I have a go)?
http://www.eidosinteractive.com/downloads/search.html?gmid=86

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Davies [mailto:ma...@co...]
> Sent: 12 February 2002 10:29
> To: Rich; gam...@li...
> Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] os version 
> 
> 
> I must say I completely agree with Rich.  I am so tired of 
> games that crash
> when I try to Alt-TAB to another application like my mail 
> client.  Well done
> to games like System Shock 2 and Diablo II that pause the 
> game automatically
> and handle it properly.  In Diablo II I occasionally press 
> TAB (for the map)
> and ALT (for seeing items) at the same time and switch out, 
> but since the
> game is paused its harmless and much more preferable to not 
> being able to
> task switch or, even worse, to crashing.  If I really didn't 
> like it, I
> could redefine the controls so I didn't have to use TAB anyway.
> 
> 
> Matt Davies
> Programmer, Confounding Factor
> ma...@co...
> www.confounding-factor.com
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gam...@li...
> > [mailto:gam...@li...]On 
> Behalf Of
> > Rich
> > Sent: 12 February 2002 02:49
> > To: gam...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] os version
> >
> >
> >
> > In article <001c01c1b368$4aab5e40$7f55533e@aurora>,
> >     =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ignacio_Casta=F1o?= <cas...@ya...>  writes:
> >
> > > Hmm... I just want to disable Alt+tab and other task 
> switching keys,
> >
> > Windows is not a Console system.  You don't own the OS, the 
> user owns
> > the OS.  Just deal with task switching and don't bother coding all
> > kinds of buggy OS version code.  If the user wants to task 
> switch away
> > from your application, who are you to defy the user?
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