/// <summary>
/// Starts the GTA process.
/// </summary>
private void StartGTAProcess()
{
Process process;
ProcessProvider provider;
provider = new ProcessProvider();
if (provider.GetGrandTheftAutoProcess() != null)
{
EventLogLogger.LogError("Unable to start the GTA V process as it is already running.");
throw new ApplicationException("Unable to start the GTA V process as it is already running.");
}
if (_config.IsSteamGame)
{
string steamPath;
steamPath = RegistryHelper.GetSteamPath();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(steamPath))
{
process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = $"{steamPath}\\Steam.exe";
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "-applaunch 271590 -StraightIntoFreemode";
process.Start();
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Unable to find the Steam installation path in the registry.");
}
}
else
{
string installPath;
installPath = RegistryHelper.GetGTASocialClubInstallPath();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(installPath))
{
process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = $"{installPath}\\PlayGTAV.exe";
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "-StraightIntoFreemode";
process.Start();
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Unable to find the PlayGTAV installation path in the registry.");
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Forcibly kills the GTA process and the associated launcher process.
/// Throws argument exceptions if the process are unable to be found,
/// or if they are still alive after being killed.
/// </summary>
private void KillGTAProcess()
{
Process process;
Process launcherProcess;
ProcessProvider provider;
int timeout;
provider = new ProcessProvider();
process = provider.GetGrandTheftAutoProcess();
timeout = 0;
if (process != null)
{
process.Kill();
}
else
{
throw new ApplicationException("Unable to locate GTA V process.");
}
do
{
// While the process has not exited, wait for a bit and then check again.
// If we wait for a period of 30 seconds then exit out of the loop and
// throw an exception because we do not want to end up in an infinite loop.
Thread.Sleep(1000);
timeout++;
} while (!process.HasExited && (timeout < 30));
if (timeout >= 30)
{
// If we hit the timeout, throw an exception and log the error.
throw new ApplicationException("Timed out trying to exit the GTA V process");
}
// TODO: This is nasty, really nasty, but Rockstar can't program
// a game properly so I guess this is what we're left with. The launcher process
// acts as a giant try-catch statement around the entire of GTA, so if GTA crashes
// or is killed by force, the launcher process will pop up with the usual 'safe mode'
// message.
//
// The problem with this is that the launcher needs time to start up, as it seems as if
// it sets a flag of some kind to tell itself that it has already prompted the user with
// the 'safe mode' warning message. If the launcher process never has time to initialize when
// the game is killed, then it never gets to set the flag to say it warned the user.
// As a result of this, the next time the game is started, because it relies on the launcher
// process to instance the game, it will show up the 'safe mode' dialog and stop us from
// launching the game until the dialog is dealt with.
Thread.Sleep(5000);
// Get the launcher process, this is needed because GTA is special and will try to
// catch all exceptions that occur, and pop up an annoying 'Safe Mode' dialog. This is
// annoying and useless, we have no other way to stop GTA quickly other than a force
// quit so this dialog is expected. If we find it, kill it. It serves no purpose for us.
launcherProcess = provider.GetGrandTheftAutoLauncherProcess();
if (launcherProcess != null)
{
launcherProcess.Kill();
}
}
