From e7c388dccd863b37fbf8f25f639ebfaca76cc876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Oelckers <coelckers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 00:42:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - don't throw exceptions before the system isn't initialized

If the window cannot be opened this has no way to report the problem. In this case a message box is needed.
---
 src/win32/i_main.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/win32/i_main.cpp b/src/win32/i_main.cpp
index f79722668..33ac6f92d 100644
--- a/src/win32/i_main.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/i_main.cpp
@@ -939,7 +939,10 @@ void DoMain (HINSTANCE hInstance)
 				NULL);
 
 		if (!Window)
-			I_FatalError ("Could not open window");
+		{
+			MessageBoc(nullptr, "Fatal", "Unable to create main window", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION|MB_OK);
+			exit(-1);
+		}
 
 		if (kernel != NULL)
 		{