From 7d8aa4a029747457f29e78ad5f80e2acf0f2a1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: esefxdz <czesef31@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:15:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] windows: find the Steam error box among all server windows,
 up to 3 starts

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 windows/common.ps1 | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/windows/common.ps1 b/windows/common.ps1
index bccf091..355f5bb 100644
--- a/windows/common.ps1
+++ b/windows/common.ps1
@@ -334,31 +334,53 @@ function Start-CsServer($root) {
   $y = $y -replace '(?m)^yb_difficulty ".*"', ('yb_difficulty "' + [int]$s.CS_BOT_DIFFICULTY + '"')
   Write-TextFile $ycfg $y
   $hargs = "-console -condebug -game cstrike -port $([int]$s.CS_PORT) +maxplayers $([int]$s.CS_MAXPLAYERS) +map $($s.CS_MAP) +log on"
-  # On the very first start after an install, the server's Steam part sets itself up (appcache,
-  # config) and the server stops with a "Fatal error: Unable to initialize Steam" box. The next
-  # start works, so that one case gets a second try.
-  for ($try = 1; $try -le 2; $try++) {
+  # On the first start after an install, the server's Steam part sets itself up and the server
+  # stops with a "Fatal error: Unable to initialize Steam" box. A new start works, so that box
+  # gets the server closed and started again.
+  for ($try = 1; $try -le 3; $try++) {
     $p = Start-Process -FilePath (Join-Path $h 'hlds.exe') -WorkingDirectory $h -ArgumentList $hargs -PassThru
     if (-not (Test-SteamFailure $p ([int]$s.CS_PORT))) { break }
     Stop-Process -Id $p.Id -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-    if ($try -eq 1) { Write-Host '  (first start: Steam needed a second try)' }
+    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
+    Write-Host "  (Steam wasn't ready yet, starting again)"
   }
   return $true
 }
 
-# Waits up to 40 s for the server to answer or to show the "Unable to initialize Steam" box.
+# Waits up to 40 s for the server to answer or to show its "Fatal error" box.
 # Returns $true for that box.
 function Test-SteamFailure($p, [int]$port) {
   $end = (Get-Date).AddSeconds(40)
   while ((Get-Date) -lt $end -and -not $p.HasExited) {
     if (Get-A2SInfo '127.0.0.1' $port 1000) { return $false }
-    $p.Refresh()
-    if ($p.MainWindowTitle -like 'Fatal error*') { return $true }
+    if (@(Get-ProcessWindowTitles $p.Id | Where-Object { $_ -like 'Fatal error*' }).Count) { return $true }
     Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
   }
   return $false
 }
 
+# Titles of all top-level windows of a process (the error box is not always its main window)
+function Get-ProcessWindowTitles([int]$processId) {
+  if (-not ('Cs16Win' -as [type])) {
+    Add-Type @'
+using System; using System.Text; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+public static class Cs16Win {
+  delegate bool EnumProc(IntPtr h, IntPtr l);
+  [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern bool EnumWindows(EnumProc f, IntPtr l);
+  [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern int GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr h, out int pid);
+  [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr h, StringBuilder s, int n);
+  public static string[] Titles(int want) {
+    var r = new List<string>();
+    EnumWindows((h, l) => { int pid; GetWindowThreadProcessId(h, out pid);
+      if (pid == want) { var t = new StringBuilder(256); GetWindowText(h, t, 256); r.Add(t.ToString()); } return true; }, IntPtr.Zero);
+    return r.ToArray();
+  }
+}
+'@
+  }
+  [Cs16Win]::Titles($processId)
+}
+
 # An earlier version (2026-10-15) hid this Steam setting while starting the server; this puts it
 # back if a start was interrupted then. Harmless otherwise.
 $Script:SteamKey = 'HKCU:\Software\Valve\Steam\ActiveProcess'