From 359e30dba6b5bb89e7d676c3cf0f6863268f7f2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NepDisk <nepdisk@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:18:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use direct3d11 on windows for software

---
 src/sdl/i_video.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/sdl/i_video.cpp b/src/sdl/i_video.cpp
index 2c0530df1..8608f5ed7 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_video.cpp
+++ b/src/sdl/i_video.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ static bool Impl_RenderContextCreate(void)
 			}
 			if (usesdlsoft)
 				SDL_SetStringProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_NAME_STRING, "SDL_SOFTWARE_RENDERER");
+#ifdef _WIN32
+			else
+				SDL_SetStringProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_NAME_STRING, "direct3d11");
+#endif
 			SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_PRESENT_VSYNC_NUMBER, cv_vidwait.value);
 			SDL_SetPointerProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_WINDOW_POINTER, window);
 			renderer = SDL_CreateRendererWithProperties(props);