Switching from power saving mode to performance or viceversa (mostly on laptops or other mobile devices)ĭue to these two reasons, device lost becomes an almost certainty for long-running applications that could encounter a graphics driver suddenly upgrading or for mobile/laptop-oriented applications where power mode switching can be very frequent.However this is not true for non-gaming apps: device lost can happen because of multiple reasons, but the two most common are: Or a Windows Update in the middle of a gaming session, in which case the gaming experience is already interrupted anyway. A device lost is considered a critical failure and very uncommon, typically because of a Hardware or Software malfunction. Most games don’t care too much about device lost because games can assume they own almost the entire computer while they’re running, and nothing else will be happening.

Second, after a bit more than a year in development, Ogre-Next 2.3.0 is released! Magnificent work on Device Lost handling by Eugene Golushkov! First of all, Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it on behalf of the OGRE Team! (and if you don’t, have a nice day too!)

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