From 11d472362cb1f5896c8a2d3de4b2184a2f0a37ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Gutman <aicommander@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 21:21:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Print a fatal warning for lack of ViGEmBus

While this is not technically fatal, it's almost certainly not what the user wants.
---
 src/platform/windows/input.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/platform/windows/input.cpp b/src/platform/windows/input.cpp
index 29dd758a..ab4d7262 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows/input.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/windows/input.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ namespace platf {
       if (!VIGEM_SUCCESS(status)) {
         BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Couldn't setup connection to ViGEm for gamepad support ["sv << util::hex(status).to_string_view() << ']';
 
+        // Log a special fatal message for this case to show the error in the web UI
+        BOOST_LOG(fatal) << "ViGEmBus is not installed or running. You must install ViGEmBus for gamepad support!"sv;
         return -1;
       }