From: Gary Moon <gary@garymoon.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 20:20:51 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Improve the lockfile error message
X-Git-Url: https://git.rm.cloudns.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fheads%2Fgazby%2Flockfile-message-update;p=xonotic%2Fdarkplaces.git

Improve the lockfile error message
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diff --git a/host.c b/host.c
index aa8fb4c3..2be42d28 100644
--- a/host.c
+++ b/host.c
@@ -333,11 +333,12 @@ void Host_LockSession(void)
 		{
 			if(locksession.integer == 2)
 			{
-				Con_Printf(CON_WARN "WARNING: session lock %s could not be acquired. Please run with -sessionid and an unique session name. Continuing anyway.\n", p);
+				Con_Printf(CON_WARN "WARNING: Session lock %s could not be acquired. Please run with -sessionid and a unique session name. Continuing anyway.\n", p);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				Sys_Error("session lock %s could not be acquired. Please run with -sessionid and an unique session name.\n", p);
+				Sys_Error("Session lock could not be acquired. Is there already a running instance? If not, remove the file '%s' and try again.\n"
+						"Note: Please run with -sessionid and a unique session name if you intend to run multiple copies.\n", p);
 			}
 		}
 	}