lwjgl exception handling

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

So, I’m using OpenGl and OpenAl in my game. The problem I have is when the application crashes and these two “things” aren’t closed down properly. I have a feeling this isn’t too good.

My question is how I can I efficiently close these two “things” when the game crashes. Do I put the entire initiation and start of the game in a try/catch block

try{
start display.
init Gl
init Al
create instance of game
start game

}catch {
GL.destroy
Al.destroy
}

Maybe I should start the entire game as its own thread and then close the Al and Gl in the main thread?

#2

I just realized it was a stupid question, and that I’ve already answered it. I put the whole game-loop in a try/catch/finally block and in finally I close GL and Al.

#3

… your feelings are wrong however, as GL and AL are automatically cleaned up when the process exits, so if you’re writing desktop apps… no real need to do it.

Cas :slight_smile:

#4

Really? I always get a console warning that Al wasnt closed properly.

#5

It doesn’t matter. It just tells you that “YOU” didn’t close it, because you might want to close it by yourself. The error by itself probably means nothing, it just notifies you.