Workaround for Samsung Exynos particle rendering/crash #4147
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Added supportsGpuParticles flag to graphics device which checks against the Samsung model name and ARM chipset (exynos) A search on GSM Arena for 'SM-' shows only Samsung devices so I'm reasonable confident there will be minimal false negatives where CPU is used for particles on non-Samsung devices. https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=sm-
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Added supportsGpuParticles flag to graphics device which checks against the Samsung model name and ARM chipset (exynos)
A search on GSM Arena for 'SM-' shows only Samsung devices so I'm reasonable confident there will be minimal false negatives where CPU is used for particles on non-Samsung devices.
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=sm-
Worksaround:
#3415
#3460
#3967
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