partial fix for: [#21400] bpy.ops.view3d.game_start() in a startup script (-P) crashes Blender

Creating a proper pool for the game_start() operator. I still want to find a way to force the start of a game from the commandline.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c
index 1674c135008..bcdb0513c4a 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,19 @@ extern void StartKetsjiShell(struct bContext *C, struct ARegion *ar, rcti *cam_f
 
 int game_engine_poll(bContext *C)
 {
-	return CTX_data_mode_enum(C)==CTX_MODE_OBJECT ? 1:0;
+	/* we need a context and area to launch BGE
+	it's a temporary solution to avoid crash at load time
+	if we try to auto run the BGE. Ideally we want the
+	context to be set as soon as we load the file. */
+
+	if(CTX_wm_window(C)==NULL) return 0;
+	if(CTX_wm_screen(C)==NULL) return 0;
+	if(CTX_wm_area(C)==NULL) return 0;
+
+	if(CTX_data_mode_enum(C)!=CTX_MODE_OBJECT)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 int ED_view3d_context_activate(bContext *C)