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Diffstat (limited to 'src/video/video_driver.hpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/video/video_driver.hpp | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/video/video_driver.hpp b/src/video/video_driver.hpp index 1e647cb1c..76f624cdb 100644 --- a/src/video/video_driver.hpp +++ b/src/video/video_driver.hpp @@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ public: * @return True if the change succeeded. */ virtual bool ToggleFullscreen(bool fullscreen) = 0; + + /** + * Whether the driver has a graphical user interface with the end user. + * Or in other words, whether we should spawn a thread for world generation + * and NewGRF scanning so the graphical updates can keep coming. Otherwise + * progress has to be shown on the console, which uses by definition another + * thread/process for display purposes. + * @return True for all drivers except null and dedicated. + */ + virtual bool HasGUI() const + { + return true; + } }; /** Base of the factory for the video drivers. */ |