Fledgling Fyora fdrown2226 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I am running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 on a Pentium 4 machine. Often, when exiting Avernum 4, I will press (alt-F4) instead of going to the Game Menu and clicking Quit from there. If I don't quit the game from the Game Menu, there is still a process running when I bring up the Task Manager. In fact there is a process left running every time I exit the game using (alt-F4) It doesn't seem to adversely effect the program, but it does occupy a portion of memory. If I don't reboot my computer, I have to open the Task Manager and end each instance of the process manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 For what it's worth, this error does not appear in G4 or A4 on Windows 2000, SP4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Why are you using Alt-F4 instead of exiting from the game menu? Seriously, how hard is it to use the menu? I understand that you think this is a problem, but if you aren't going to exit the game the proper way, you should expect the possibility of it not working correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora fdrown2226 Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Because it's quicker. Alt-F4 is a universal Windows command that has been around since the creation of the Windows operating system. Normally, when a program is coded to run in Windows, you would capture the commands that you don't want to allow as a part of error trapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Well, with games you should exit correctly. What you are doing is like opening the thing where the disk goes on a console while it is on! It isn't hard to press Esc, then move your mouse down to where you can exit the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 This should have been caught in beta. I did test out all the normal stuff, and monitored for memory problems, but that was Windows 2000. Since Jeff programs on Mac and then ports, it isn't unlikely that these things could get missed. If you like, email Jeff (using the Contact Us link at the bottom of the webpage) and describe the problem and your hardware and OS. You might receive a better answer than you are getting now. But, you may not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora fdrown2226 Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 It's not really a big problem. I just wanted to point it out to make you aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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