error message on plugin load fail

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ if (TOMATO_ASAN)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
+# uggly, but it needs to be defined for all of tomato.
+# but this also means that we can not compile tomato in the same cmake as plugins
+add_compile_definitions(ENTT_API_EXPORT)
+
 # external libs
 add_subdirectory(./external) # before increasing warn levels, sad :(
 

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -105,3 +105,8 @@ target_link_libraries(tomato PUBLIC
 	SDL3_image::SDL3_image
 )
 
+# probably not enough
+#target_compile_definitions(tomato PUBLIC ENTT_API_EXPORT)
+
+set_target_properties(tomato PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+

src/main_screen.cpp

@@ -80,8 +80,35 @@ MainScreen::MainScreen(SDL_Renderer* renderer_, Theme& theme_, std::string save_
 	for (const auto& ppath : plugins) {
 		if (!pm.add(ppath)) {
 			std::cerr << "MS error: loading plugin '" << ppath << "' failed!\n";
+
 			// thow?
-			assert(false && "failed to load plugin");
+			//assert(false && "failed to load plugin");
+			SDL_MessageBoxData mb;
+			mb.flags = SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR;
+			mb.window = nullptr;
+			mb.title = "Tomato failed to load a plugin!";
+			std::string message {"Failed to load plugin '"};
+			message += ppath;
+			message += "' !";
+			mb.message = message.c_str();
+
+			mb.numbuttons = 2;
+			SDL_MessageBoxButtonData mb_buttons[2] {};
+			mb_buttons[0].buttonID = 1;
+			mb_buttons[0].flags = SDL_MESSAGEBOX_BUTTON_ESCAPEKEY_DEFAULT;
+			mb_buttons[0].text = "Abort";
+			mb_buttons[1].buttonID = 2;
+			mb_buttons[1].flags = SDL_MESSAGEBOX_BUTTON_RETURNKEY_DEFAULT;
+			mb_buttons[1].text = "Continue Anyway";
+			mb.buttons = mb_buttons;
+
+			mb.colorScheme = nullptr;
+
+			int button_id = 0;
+			SDL_ShowMessageBox(&mb, &button_id);
+			if (button_id == 1) {
+				exit(1);
+			}
 		}
 	}