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What's best way to prefer opengl over directx on windows?
wanton


Joined: 17 Nov 2014
Posts: 1
Post Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:44 pm
What's the best way to prefer opengl over directx in windows?
I'm currently using SDL_GetRenderDriverInfo to find driver index with name "opengl" and using that index with SDL_CreateRenderer. If that fails I use default driver index -1.
Re: What's best way to prefer opengl over directx on windows
DLudwig


Joined: 09 Feb 2012
Posts: 179
Post Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:23 pm
wanton wrote:
What's the best way to prefer opengl over directx in windows?
I'm currently using SDL_GetRenderDriverInfo to find driver index with name "opengl" and using that index with SDL_CreateRenderer. If that fails I use default driver index -1.


Setting SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER before calling SDL_CreateRenderer will also work. For example:

Code:
SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER, "opengl");


... then use an index of -1 in the call to SDL_CreateRenderer.

-- David L.