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Add message box on Windows when OpenGL 1.1 is detected

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Usually this is caused by broken graphics drivers and Windows falling back to the software rendering driver, so give a friendly message box rather than segfaulting.
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ROllerozxa 2024-01-28 21:56:13 +01:00
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@ -376,6 +376,18 @@ tbackend_init_surface()
PRINT_GL_INFO;
if (!GLEW_VERSION_1_2) {
SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR, "Principia",
R"(Your graphics driver does not support OpenGL >1.1 and as such Principia will not start.
Most likely this is because you do not have any graphics drivers installed and are using
Windows' software rendering driver. Please install the necessary driver for your
graphics card.
If you are on a VM for testing purposes, then you can use Mesa's software renderer to
get Principia running. (place the Mesa opengl32.dll library next to principia.exe))", 0);
exit(1);
}
return T_OK;
}