Method startClient

source/ODApplication.cpp:97–182

}

void ODApplication::startClient()
{
    ResourceManager& resMgr = ResourceManager::getSingleton();

    {
        //NOTE: This prevents a segmentation fault from OpenGL on exit.
        //Creating the object sets up an OpenAL context using a static object
        //contained in a function. If this is done after initialising Ogre::Root
        //the application segfaults on exit for some reason.
        sf::Music m;
    }
    Random::initialize();
    //NOTE: The order of initialisation of the different "manager" classes is important,
    //as many of them depend on each other.
    OD_LOG_INF("Creating OGRE::Root instance; Plugins path: " + resMgr.getPluginsPath());

    // N.B: We don't use any ogre.cfg file, hence setting the file path value to "".
    Ogre::Root ogreRoot(resMgr.getPluginsPath(), "");

    ConfigManager configManager(resMgr.getConfigPath(), resMgr.getUserCfgFile(),
        resMgr.getSoundPath());

    if (!configManager.initVideoConfig(ogreRoot))
        return;

    // Needed for the TextRenderer and the Render Manager
    Ogre::OverlaySystem overlaySystem;

    Ogre::RenderWindow* renderWindow = ogreRoot.initialise(true, "OpenDungeons " + VERSION);

    //NOTE: This is currently done here as it has to be done after initialising mRoot,
    // but before running initialiseAllResourceGroups()
    resMgr.setupOgreResources(ogreRoot.getRenderSystem()->getNativeShadingLanguageVersion());

    // Setup Icon (On Windows)
    // NOTE: On linux at least, the icon is usually handled through desktop files.
#if OGRE_PLATFORM == OGRE_PLATFORM_WIN32
#define IDI_ICON1 1 // See dist/icon.rc to know the resource number.
    HWND hwnd;
    renderWindow->getCustomAttribute("WINDOW", static_cast<void*>(&hwnd));
    HINSTANCE hInst = static_cast<HINSTANCE>(GetModuleHandle(nullptr));
    SetClassLong(hwnd, GCL_HICON, reinterpret_cast<LONG>(LoadIcon(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_ICON1))));
#endif

    //Initialise RTshader system
    // IMPORTANT: This needs to be initialized BEFORE the resource groups.
    // eg: Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr()->initialiseAllResourceGroups();
    // but after the render window, eg: mRoot->initialise();
    // This advice was taken from here:
    // http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=487445#p487445
    if (!Ogre::RTShader::ShaderGenerator::initialize())
    {
        OD_LOG_ERR("FATAL:"
                "Failed to initialize the Real Time Shader System, exiting");
        return;
    }

    Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr()->initialiseAllResourceGroups();