Bug #1775
Gracefully abort if OpenGL version isn't sufficient
Description
Pretty much what the subject states. In the recent past, I ran into a user having issues with modern Dday crashing on their computer at start up, after upgrading from a fairly old version
It was later determined that their video card only supported up to OpenGL 1.4 and not the 2.0 or higher required by modern Dday (the user was unaware of this change). It might be beneficial,informative to users and even more professional if Dday gracefully aborts and prints a message saying the users OpenGL support isn't high enough, in such situation? Rather than crashing.
I believe Dday looks what version of OpenGL is on ones computer during start up; is it possible to do that right at the start of engine start up?
Associated revisions
Fixed|Client: Failed startup causes a crash rather than an error dialog
IssueID #1775
History
#1
Updated by skyjake about 10 years ago
Updated by - Tags set to OpenGL
- Tracker changed from Feature to Bug
- Category changed from Enhancement to User experience
- Assignee set to skyjake
- Target version set to 1.14.1
Doomsday should already be showing a notification dialog if the system's OpenGL version is less than 2.0. There must be a bug if this causes a crash instead.
#2
Updated by skyjake about 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
#3
Updated by skyjake about 10 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
#4
Updated by skyjake about 10 years ago
- Status changed from Resolved to Closed
Fixed|Client: Failed startup causes a crash rather than an error dialog
IssueID #1775