From 3d62c026f6b585f9467c7d7c550e5afa9ea3f587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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 <7645683+bruvzg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:01:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [macOS] Force ANGLE (GL over Metal) when running in VM.

---
 platform/macos/display_server_macos.mm | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platform/macos/display_server_macos.mm b/platform/macos/display_server_macos.mm
index 134e006f694..e99b7004fab 100644
--- a/platform/macos/display_server_macos.mm
+++ b/platform/macos/display_server_macos.mm
@@ -3785,11 +3785,19 @@ DisplayServerMacOS::DisplayServerMacOS(const String &p_rendering_driver, Display
 #endif
 
 #if defined(GLES3_ENABLED)
+	if (rendering_driver == "opengl3" && OS::get_singleton()->get_processor_name().contains("Virtual")) {
+		WARN_PRINT("Virtual Machine detected, switching to ANGLE.");
+		rendering_driver = "opengl3_angle";
+	}
 	if (rendering_driver == "opengl3_angle") {
 		gl_manager_angle = memnew(GLManagerANGLE_MacOS);
 		if (gl_manager_angle->initialize() != OK || gl_manager_angle->open_display(nullptr) != OK) {
 			memdelete(gl_manager_angle);
 			gl_manager_angle = nullptr;
+			if (OS::get_singleton()->get_processor_name().contains("Virtual")) {
+				r_error = ERR_UNAVAILABLE;
+				ERR_FAIL_MSG("Could not initialize ANGLE OpenGL.");
+			}
 			bool fallback = GLOBAL_GET("rendering/gl_compatibility/fallback_to_native");
 			if (fallback) {
 #ifdef EGL_STATIC