From fe09b4d2b39d3ee351f88c604fcdda4b053475ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 09:45:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak the DirectInput initialization failure message

This closes #36662.
---
 platform/windows/joypad_windows.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/windows/joypad_windows.cpp b/platform/windows/joypad_windows.cpp
index 0cff12ca8ce..50f090d2b00 100644
--- a/platform/windows/joypad_windows.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/joypad_windows.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ JoypadWindows::JoypadWindows(HWND *hwnd) {
 	HRESULT result;
 	result = DirectInput8Create(GetModuleHandle(nullptr), DIRECTINPUT_VERSION, IID_IDirectInput8, (void **)&dinput, nullptr);
 	if (FAILED(result)) {
-		printf("failed init DINPUT: %ld\n", result);
+		printf("Couldn't initialize DirectInput: %ld\n", result);
+		printf("Rebooting your PC may solve this issue.\n");
 	}
 	probe_joypads();
 }