HRESULT XGameRuntimeInitializeWithOptions(
    _In_ const XGameRuntimeOptions* options
)  

void StartGame(const char* gamePath) 
{ 
    // If there is an existing game running, shut it down 
    if (g_game.IsRunning()) 
    { 
        g_game.Stop() 
    } 
 
    // Initialize the runtime in this process for this path 
    std::string gameConfig(gamePath); 
    gameConfig.append(“\\MicrosoftGame.config”); 
    XGameRuntimeOptions options{}; 
    options.gameConfigSource = XGameRuntimeGameConfigSource::File; 
    options.gameConfig = gameConfig.c_str(); 
    THROW_IF_FAILED(XGameRuntimeInitializeWithOptions(&options)); 
 
    // Now launch the game normally. 
    GameEngine game; 
    game.Launch(gamePath); 
    g_game = std::move(game); 
} 
 

// Examples of Launch / Stop behavior in GameEngine 
void GameEngine::Stop() 
{ 
    // Disconnect all globals from the runtime, closing handles and removing event 
    // handlers 

    // Handle game shut down before uninitializing the runtime

    XGameRuntimeUninitialize(); 
} 

void GameEngine::Launch(const char* gamePath) 
{ 
    // Standard XGameRuntimeInitialize here is fine to call – it will adopt the 
    // GameConfig settings from the earlier XGameRuntimeInitializeWithOptions call. 

    XGameRuntimeInitialize(); 
    RunGame(gamePath); 
}