Exceptions

ViZDoom defines several exceptions that can be thrown by its API: Most of the exceptions contain more information in “what()” message. The declarations of all the enums can be found in the include/ViZDoomExceptions.h header file.

• FileDoesNotExistException - means that file specified as part of a configuration does not exist.

• MessageQueueException/SharedMemoryException - means that communication with ViZDoom’s instance failed. Usually, means a problem with permissions or system configuration.

• ViZDoomErrorException - means that an error in the ViZDoom engine occurred.

• ViZDoomIsNotRunningException - means that called method cannot be used when ViZDoom instance is not running.

• ViZDoomUnexpectedExitException - means that ViZDoom’s instance was closed/terminated/killed from the outside.

• ViZDoomNoOpenALSoundException - means that sound was requested but could not be initialized. Usually means that no sound device is available or that the sound backend is not properly configured. Added in 1.3.0.