diff --git a/gfx/d3d/render_chain_driver.cpp b/gfx/d3d/render_chain_driver.cpp
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+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2015 - Daniel De Matteis
+ * 
+ *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "render_chain_driver.h"
+
+static const renderchain_driver_t *renderchain_drivers[] = {
+#ifdef HAVE_CG
+   &cg_d3d9_renderchain,
+#endif
+#ifdef _XBOX
+   &xdk_renderchain,
+#endif
+   NULL
+};
+
+bool renderchain_init_first(const renderchain_driver_t **renderchain_driver, void **font_handle)
+{
+   unsigned i;
+
+   for (i = 0; renderchain_drivers[i]; i++)
+   {
+      void *data = renderchain_drivers[i]->chain_new();
+
+      if (!data)
+         continue;
+
+      *renderchain_driver = renderchain_drivers[i];
+      *renderchain_handle = data;
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   return false;
+}