Option --renderer to select video renderer

SVN-Revision: 5913

diff --git a/man/man6/supertux2.6 b/man/man6/supertux2.6
index 7282a0a..31d913c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man6/supertux2.6
+++ b/man/man6/supertux2.6
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Run SuperTux with given aspect ratio (eg. \-a 4:3)
 .B \-d, \-\-default
 Reset video settings to default values (\-g 800x600 \-a auto \-w) 
 .TP
+.B \-\-renderer RENDERER
+Render the game using the specified video renderer. Valid values are sdl, opengl, and auto (the default). 
+.TP
 .B \-\-disable\-sfx
 Disable sound effects
 .TP

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2400ed0..47a40f4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static void print_usage(const char* argv0)
             "  -g, --geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT  Run SuperTux in given resolution\n"
             "  -a, --aspect WIDTH:HEIGHT    Run SuperTux with given aspect ratio\n"
             "  -d, --default                Reset video settings to default values\n"
+            "  --renderer RENDERER          Use sdl, opengl, or auto to render\n"
             "  --disable-sfx                Disable sound effects\n"
             "  --disable-music              Disable music\n"
             "  -h, --help                   Show this help message and quit\n"
@@ -343,6 +344,17 @@ static bool parse_commandline(int argc, char** argv)
               }
             }
         }
+    } else if(arg == "--renderer") {
+      i += 1;
+      if(i >= argc) 
+        {
+          print_usage(argv[0]);
+          throw std::runtime_error("Need to specify a renderer for renderer argument");
+        } 
+      else 
+        {
+          config->video = get_video_system(argv[i]);
+        }
     } else if(arg == "--show-fps") {
       config->show_fps = true;
     } else if(arg == "--no-show-fps") {