From f44d2bea1bd2deb7ee44de5ed690d54d5af4dc08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joni Savolainen <joni@savolainen.io>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:30:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Move Windows console init to the beginning of main

This is done to capture all potential messages to the debug console.
---
 src/main.cpp | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e30a9969..c8a8fb50 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       }
     }
 
+#if defined(__WIN32__)
+    // Create a debug console in debug mode
+    if (conf.editor.debug) {
+      if (setupWindowsConsole()) {
+        reopenWindowsStreams();
+      } else {
+        char buf[200];
+        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Error allocating console: %lu",
+                GetLastError());
+        showInitError(std::string(buf));
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+
     conf.readGameINI();
 
 #ifdef MKXPZ_STEAM
@@ -293,18 +307,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       showInitError(
           std::string(buf)); // Not an error worth ending the program over
     }
-
-    // Create a debug console in debug mode
-    if (conf.editor.debug) {
-      if (setupWindowsConsole()) {
-        reopenWindowsStreams();
-      } else {
-        char buf[200];
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Error allocating console: %lu",
-                GetLastError());
-        showInitError(std::string(buf));
-      }
-    }
 #endif
 
     SDL_Window *win;