renderer/glimp: make error message about GLEW initialization failure …

…more explicit
DaemonEngine · Jun 7, 2021 · c1b444c · c1b444c
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commit c1b444c
Showing 1 changed file with 12 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/engine/sys/sdl_glimp.cpp b/src/engine/sys/sdl_glimp.cpp
@@ -942,8 +942,19 @@ static rserr_t GLimp_SetMode( int mode, bool fullscreen, bool noborder )
 	if ( glewResult != GLEW_OK )
 	{
 		// glewInit failed, something is seriously wrong
+
 		GLimp_DestroyWindow();
-		Sys::Error( "GLimp_SetMode: could not load OpenGL subsystem: %s", glewGetErrorString( glewResult ) );
+
+		const char* profileName = GLimp_getProfileName( bestProfile );
+
+		Sys::Error( "GLEW initialization failed: %s.\n\n"
+			"Engine successfully created %d-bit GL %d.%d %d context,\n"
+			"This is a GLEW issue.",
+			glewGetErrorString( glewResult ),
+			bestColorBits,
+			bestMajor,
+			bestMinor,
+			profileName );
 	}
 	else
 	{