[Openal] What if a machine doesn't have sound card? How do I do a fail-safe enumeration?

[Andrew McDonald]

Garin Hiebert <garinh at cheesetoast.net> wrote:
> Andrew McDonald <myrmecophagavir at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I guess we simply have to remember not to pass NULL to alcGetString() 
>> in any production code, and/or encourage users in our readmes to 
>> rerun the runtime installer after updating their drivers.
>
> If your product has a binary installer -- run the Creative OpenAL 
> Installer with the /s switch as part of your installer -- that way the 
> end-user doesn't have to do anything.

I'm talking about post-install though - user installs game 1, *then* 
updates their driver, perhaps because some other game requires it. User 
then loses functionality in game 1 (and potentially reintroduces that 
crash bug).

--
Andrew