From b02f629bd356a276d1915167b34fe88352e47db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Halbear <halbeargamez@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 19:54:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added a check for external overlays, anything like overwolf,
 OBS and the such will instantly crash the engine with error "ERROR
 wgpu_hal::vulkan::instance] GENERAL [Loader Message (0x0)] loader_get_json:
 Failed to open JSON file" so i've put a simple environment variable to skip
 external overlays in the vulkan initialisation

---
 src/render/mod.rs | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/render/mod.rs b/src/render/mod.rs
index 2687354..dafe901 100644
--- a/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -880,13 +880,24 @@ impl Renderer {
         self.surface.configure(&self.device, &self.config);
         self.eye.resize(width, height);
     }
+
+
     pub fn set_skybox(&mut self, skybox: SimpleTexture) {
         self.eye.skybox(&self.device, skybox);
     }
     pub async fn new(window: &Arc<Window>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        static SKIP_EXTERNAL_OVERLAYS : bool = true; // use a config file or something to allow this to be toggled
+
         let bounds = window.inner_size();
         let width = bounds.width;
         let height = bounds.height;
+
+        if(SKIP_EXTERNAL_OVERLAYS) {
+            unsafe { // currently will crash on most Windows systems because wGPU in its infinite
+                     // wisdom tries to attach overlays from closed or non-existent programs
+                std::env::set_var("VK_LOADER_LAYERS_DISABLE", "~implicit~");
+            }
+        }
         // The instance is a handle to our GPU
         // BackendBit::PRIMARY => Vulkan + Metal + DX12 + Browser WebGPU
         let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::InstanceDescriptor {