From a2b597577f0caaa97285632cc5044e24833a1851 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alibek Omarov <a1ba.omarov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:50:51 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] engine: platform: sdl2: do not hide X11 hints under any
 platform macro

---
 engine/platform/sdl2/vid_sdl2.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/engine/platform/sdl2/vid_sdl2.c b/engine/platform/sdl2/vid_sdl2.c
index a233931e..7633221b 100644
--- a/engine/platform/sdl2/vid_sdl2.c
+++ b/engine/platform/sdl2/vid_sdl2.c
@@ -910,15 +910,18 @@ qboolean R_Init_Video( const int type )
 #endif
 
 	if( Sys_CheckParm( "-egl" ) )
+	{
+		// EGL doesn't mean we want GLES context
+		// so force it only on Windows, where GL is usually created via WGL
 #if XASH_WIN32
-		SDL_SetHint( "SDL_OPENGL_ES_DRIVER", "1" );
-#else
-		SDL_SetHint( "SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL", "1" );
+		SDL_SetHint( SDL_HINT_OPENGL_ES_DRIVER, "1" );
+#endif // XASH_WIN32
 
-	SDL_SetHint( "SDL_VIDEO_X11_XRANDR", "1" );
-	SDL_SetHint( "SDL_VIDEO_X11_XVIDMODE", "1" );
-#endif // !XASH_WIN32
+		SDL_SetHint( SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL, "1" );
+	}
 
+	SDL_SetHint( SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_XRANDR, "1" );
+	SDL_SetHint( SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_XVIDMODE, "1" );
 
 	switch( type )
 	{