From a289ec147727d358b0c5c81d4986d8a7edd26fcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JordanTheToaster <jordanh48@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:59:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] VMManager: Add renderer selection warning

---
 pcsx2/VMManager.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pcsx2/VMManager.cpp b/pcsx2/VMManager.cpp
index a9811a56bf35ec..48d0fdc1e11cb1 100644
--- a/pcsx2/VMManager.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/VMManager.cpp
@@ -3165,6 +3165,15 @@ void VMManager::WarnAboutUnsafeSettings()
 			append(ICON_FA_IMAGES,
 				TRANSLATE_SV("VMManager", "Mipmapping is disabled. This may break rendering in some games."));
 		}
+		static bool render_change_warn = false;
+		if (EmuConfig.GS.Renderer != GSRendererType::Auto && EmuConfig.GS.Renderer != GSRendererType::SW && !render_change_warn)
+		{
+			// show messagesbox
+			render_change_warn = true;
+
+			append(ICON_FA_EXCLAMATION_CIRCLE,
+				TRANSLATE_SV("VMManager", "Renderer is not set to Automatic. This may cause performance problems and graphical issues."));
+		}
 	}
 	if (EmuConfig.GS.TextureFiltering != BiFiltering::PS2)
 	{