Am 18.10.2009 um 16:24 schrieb Warren Dumortier:
I don't think it's worth to be tested, because if Xfire doesn't crash (simply by not interacting with it) games are detected. However i will try it, who knows! ;)
An easier way to test is probably to disable Xfire In-Game, if you find out how to do that without using the normal options dialog.
Game detection has nothing to do with hooking. Game detection just reads your registry keys, files on disk etc for known games.
The hooking comes into action once you start a game. Xfire injects its DLL, hooks some calls, and then displays a message telling that Xfire- In-Game is enabled. That allows you to use Xfire features like the chat, screenshots and movie recording from inside the game, even if the game is running in fullscreen mode, and without tabbing out of the game.
The Steam in-game overlay works in the same way. However, Steam only injects its DLL into games started by Steam, while Xfire injects its DLL into every running app, even if it was already running when Xfire was started.
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Stefan Dösinger