From ce1034dd612a3166281403f829a368e9ada3411d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: frosty <gabriel@bwaaa.monster>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:06:45 -0400
Subject: feature: added missing file checks

---
 src/main.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index eadda29..0c5ca32 100755
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 #include <SDL2/SDL_ttf.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL_video.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
@@ -17,6 +19,30 @@ bool running=true;
 
 #define PROJECT_NAME "dacctal fish"
 
+static int file_exists(const char *path) {
+    struct stat st;
+    return stat(path, &st) == 0;
+}
+
+static void check_assets(void) {
+    int missing = 0;
+    if (!file_exists(fontfile)) {
+        SDL_LogWarn(0, "Missing: %s", fontfile);
+        missing++;
+    }
+    if (!file_exists(fishimg)) {
+        SDL_LogWarn(0, "Missing: %s", fishimg);
+        missing++;
+    }
+    if (!file_exists("patreons.txt")) {
+        SDL_LogWarn(0, "Missing: patreons.txt");
+        missing++;
+    }
+    if (missing > 0) {
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
@@ -26,6 +52,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         SDL_Log("SDL fails to initialize ttf! %s\n", SDL_GetError());
     }
 
+    check_assets();
+
     int startw=1920;
     int starth=1080;
 
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