From f2e0bda8416274f30adb7ce4e663c36315a4a44b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SimoneN64 <simococo03@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:18:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Better check for SDL gamepad detection

---
 src/frontend/App.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/App.cpp b/src/frontend/App.cpp
index 77465dd4..d3a1b304 100644
--- a/src/frontend/App.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/App.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ void App::Run() {
         case SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEADDED: {
           const int index = event.cdevice.which;
           si.pif.gamepad = SDL_GameControllerOpen(index);
-          si.pif.gamepadConnected = true;
+          si.pif.gamepadConnected = false;
+          if (!si.pif.gamepad) {
+            Util::warn("[WARN]: Could not initialize gamepad: {}\n", SDL_GetError());
+          } else {
+            si.pif.gamepadConnected = true;
+          }
         } break;
         case SDL_CONTROLLERDEVICEREMOVED:
           SDL_GameControllerClose(si.pif.gamepad);