Re: alGetError() at start of program behavior differs between Windows and Linux

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> FWIW, the same problem would occur using the Windows build of OpenAL Soft
> without the router DLL, in real Windows. Hacking Wine's DLL thunk will just
> hide the problem.
>
> It's a difficult problem to solve. Simply returning AL_NO_ERROR is just asking
> for its own problems...

Sure.  On the other hand, in Wine's case, maybe it's a good tradeoff;
Wine's wrapper might be the least evil place for this kind of hack.

> The best option would be getting the game's developer to fix the app

I will try.

> but
> short of that I can add a hack to OpenAL Soft to check for an environment
> variable and return 0 when no context is available (similar to how it handles
> reversed Z for TrackMania, via __ALSOFT_REVERSE_Z=1, or half-angle cones, via
> __ALSOFT_HALF_ANGLE_CONES=1; things that break spec, but are needed to get
> certain apps working correctly).

Probably best to hold off until more people are affected.

Is there a conformance test for OpenAL?  There was talk of one back at
the start...
- Dan
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