From 20d580881ae221aa92dbca5bbc2a0a3d918f123a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Snowy <snowy@snowymouse.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 23:08:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Handle missing background.bmp

---
 SDL/gui.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SDL/gui.c b/SDL/gui.c
index 630e6e24..6bccd871 100644
--- a/SDL/gui.c
+++ b/SDL/gui.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,12 @@ void run_gui(bool is_running)
     static SDL_Surface *converted_background = NULL;
     if (!converted_background) {
         SDL_Surface *background = SDL_LoadBMP(resource_path("background.bmp"));
+        
+        /* Create a blank background if background.bmp could not be loaded */
+        if (!background) {
+            background = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, 160, 144, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        }
+        
         SDL_SetPaletteColors(background->format->palette, gui_palette, 0, 4);
         converted_background = SDL_ConvertSurface(background, pixel_format, 0);
         SDL_LockSurface(converted_background);