From 9e75269627edfeeb7e95f8839d8fea65d5c8340c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:14:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] insert hack to open window immediately

---
 panda/src/chancfg/chancfg.cxx | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/panda/src/chancfg/chancfg.cxx b/panda/src/chancfg/chancfg.cxx
index 0989d3c222..e01f6ac89b 100644
--- a/panda/src/chancfg/chancfg.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/chancfg/chancfg.cxx
@@ -516,6 +516,24 @@ ChanConfig::ChanConfig(GraphicsEngine *engine, GraphicsPipe* pipe,
     }
   }
   _graphics_window = win;
+
+  // HACK ALERT!  This lets a frame go by to open the window
+  // immediately, to work around some of the issues we are having
+  // with the new window code, as a stopgap until we can address
+  // this properly without stepping on people's toes with unwanted
+  // code changes.  In the meantime, this could have unexpected
+  // consequences for non-Toontown clients that try to open multiple
+  // windows simultaneously.  Beware!
+  engine->render_frame();
+
+  // HACK ALERT!  If the window isn't open after the frame has gone
+  // by, assume it will not open, and clear it.
+  if (_graphics_window->is_closed()) {
+    chancfg_cat.error() << "Could not open window" << endl;
+    engine->remove_window(_graphics_window);
+    _graphics_window = (GraphicsWindow *)NULL;
+  }
+
   return;
 }