--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/texcache.c	2009/11/26 07:19:11	1.7
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/texcache.c	2009/11/29 14:45:12	1.8
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+// required as bug-workaround for apple/ati/...
+static unsigned char tc_temptile [TC_WIDTH * TC_HEIGHT];
+
 #include <glib.h>
 
 int tc_generation;
@@ -129,7 +132,14 @@
           glBindTexture (GL_TEXTURE_2D, match->name);
           glTexParameteri (GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
           glTexParameteri (GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
-          glTexImage2D (GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_ALPHA, TC_WIDTH, TC_HEIGHT, 0, GL_ALPHA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 0);
+
+          // the last parameter should be NULL, but way too amny drivers (ATI, Mesa) crash,
+          // so we better provide some random garbage data for them.
+          glTexImage2D (GL_TEXTURE_2D,
+                        0, GL_ALPHA,
+                        TC_WIDTH, TC_HEIGHT,
+                        0, GL_ALPHA,
+                        GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, tc_temptile);
         }
 
       match->avail -= slice_height;