added some more logging and exception handling to trace errors on linux

ANX.Framework/Game.cs

@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ namespace ANX.Framework
 
             logger.Info("creating GameHost");
 
-            //TODO: error handling if creator is null
+            IRenderSystemCreator creator = AddInSystemFactory.Instance.GetDefaultCreator<IRenderSystemCreator>();
-            this.host = AddInSystemFactory.Instance.GetDefaultCreator<IRenderSystemCreator>().CreateGameHost(this);
+            if (creator != null)
+            {
+                this.host = creator.CreateGameHost(this);
 
                 this.host.Activated += new EventHandler<EventArgs>(this.HostActivated);
                 this.host.Deactivated += new EventHandler<EventArgs>(this.HostDeactivated);
@@ -177,6 +179,12 @@ namespace ANX.Framework
                 this.host.Resume += new EventHandler<EventArgs>(this.HostResume);
                 this.host.Idle += new EventHandler<EventArgs>(this.HostIdle);
                 this.host.Exiting += new EventHandler<EventArgs>(this.HostExiting);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                logger.Error("could not fetch RenderSystem creator to create a game host...");
+                throw new NullReferenceException("could not fetch RenderSystem creator");
+            }
 
             logger.Info("creating ContentManager");
             this.content = new ContentManager(this.gameServices);

ANX.Framework/NonXNA/AddInSystemFactory.cs

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.NonXNA
                 return defaultCreators[type] as T;
             }
 
-            return default(T);
+            throw new AddInLoadingException(String.Format("couldn't find a DefaultCreator of type '{0}'", type.FullName));
         }
 
         public void SetDefaultCreator<T>(T creator) where T : class, ICreator

RenderSystems/ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3/ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3.csproj

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="NLog, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\..\lib\NLog\NLog.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="OpenTK">
       <HintPath>..\..\lib\OpenTK\OpenTK.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>

RenderSystems/ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3/Creator.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using ANX.Framework.Graphics;
 using ANX.Framework.NonXNA;
 using ANX.Framework.NonXNA.RenderSystem;
 using OpenTK;
+using NLog;
 
 #region License
 
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3
 	/// </summary>
 	public class Creator : IRenderSystemCreator
 	{
+        private static Logger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+
 		#region Public
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Name of the Creator implementation.
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3
 		#region CreateGameHost
 		public GameHost CreateGameHost(Game game)
 		{
+            logger.Info("creating OpenGL3 GameHost");
 			return new WindowsGameHost(game);
 		}
 		#endregion

RenderSystems/ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // Sie können alle Werte angeben oder die standardmäßigen Build- und Revisionsnummern 
 // übernehmen, indem Sie "*" eingeben:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.5.4.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.5.5.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.5.4.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.5.5.0")]
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("ANX.Framework.ContentPipeline")]

RenderSystems/ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3/WindowsGameHost.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
+using NLog;
 
 
 #region License
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3
 {
 	public class WindowsGameHost : GameHost
 	{
+        private static Logger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+
 		#region Private
 		private Game game;
 		private WindowsGameWindow gameWindow;
@@ -75,7 +78,11 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Windows.GL3
 		{
 			isQuitting = false;
 			game = setGame;
+
+            logger.Info("creating a new GameWindow");
 			gameWindow = new WindowsGameWindow();
+
+            logger.Info("hook up GameWindow events");
 			gameWindow.Activated += delegate
 			{
 				OnActivated();

Samples/WindowsGame/WindowsGame.csproj

@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
       <Project>{5CA3CDF5-4D2C-42AC-AD08-641BD3992B75}</Project>
       <Name>ANX.InputSystem.OpenTK</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\InputSystems\ANX.InputSystem.Recording\ANX.InputSystem.Recording.csproj">
+      <Project>{DB88DDEB-7281-405D-8FCA-5681B6B2BD7A}</Project>
+      <Name>ANX.InputSystem.Recording</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\InputSystems\ANX.InputSystem.Windows.Kinect\ANX.InputSystem.Windows.Kinect.csproj">
       <Project>{E5D69E75-D77C-493F-BBDA-6F9E73B82549}</Project>
       <Name>ANX.InputSystem.Windows.Kinect</Name>