From 2b584300d6cc94dc1b1e54cda5700589fcafb9f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scrawl <scrawl@baseoftrash.de>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 23:16:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] throw an exception when no default settings file is found,
 which indicates a packaging error

---
 apps/openmw/engine.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 319c42bbd..c1bbeb586 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
         settings.loadDefault(localdefault);
     else if (boost::filesystem::exists(globaldefault))
         settings.loadDefault(globaldefault);
+    else
+        throw std::runtime_error ("No default settings file found! Make sure the file \"settings-default.cfg\" was properly installed.");
 
     // load user settings if they exist, otherwise just load the default settings as user settings
     const std::string settingspath = mCfgMgr.getUserPath().string() + "/settings.cfg";