Best Shell

[Stiletto]

hey,
Lets say i wanna open a game with Shell.
The game is 3D and all, and i would like to know what is the best way to Shell a game:
what WindowState (normal, minimzed..) and focus should i use to shell the game. hope i got me..
tnx

[filburt1]

Since the game is bound to switch resolutions if it is 3D, it probably doesn't matter. But I would suggest vbNormalFocus. That's what Quake 3 does at least.

[Stiletto]

vbNormalFocus, u sure?
I want the game to be luanch as good as possible

[filburt1]

I'm pretty sure. Just make sure that you Shell the game itself and not a launcher for the game (for example in Descent 3, not "Descent 3.exe" but "main.exe").

[Stiletto]

yea sure.

'Description of Shell:
Shell(PathName, [WindowStyle As VbAppWinStyle = MinimizedFocus]) As Double

its not the code, its the lil popup from the Shell command.
after the path name, what kind of WindowStyle should i use?
my code is this:

Shell (Main.ExeFilelbl(GameNum).Caption), vbNormalFocus

[Stiletto]

Or mayb my code is good and i just need to leave it that way..