feat(headless): Implement ParticleSystemManagerDummy

Core/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/ParticleSys.h

@@ -835,6 +835,21 @@ class ParticleSystemManager : public SubsystemInterface,
 	ParticleSystemIDMap m_systemMap; ///< a hash map of all particle systems
 };
 
+// TheSuperHackers @feature bobtista 31/01/2026
+// ParticleSystemManager that does nothing. Used for Headless Mode.
+class ParticleSystemManagerDummy : public ParticleSystemManager
+{
+public:
+	Int getOnScreenParticleCount() override { return 0; }
+	void doParticles(RenderInfoClass &rinfo) override {}
+	void queueParticleRender() override {}
+
+protected:
+	void crc( Xfer *xfer ) override {}
+	void xfer( Xfer *xfer ) override {}
+	void loadPostProcess() override {}
+};
+
 /// The particle system manager singleton
 extern ParticleSystemManager *TheParticleSystemManager;
 

Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Include/Win32Device/Common/Win32GameEngine.h

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 inline FunctionLexicon *Win32GameEngine::createFunctionLexicon() { return NEW W3DFunctionLexicon; }
 inline LocalFileSystem *Win32GameEngine::createLocalFileSystem() { return NEW Win32LocalFileSystem; }
 inline ArchiveFileSystem *Win32GameEngine::createArchiveFileSystem() { return NEW Win32BIGFileSystem; }
-inline ParticleSystemManager* Win32GameEngine::createParticleSystemManager() { return NEW W3DParticleSystemManager; }
+inline ParticleSystemManager* Win32GameEngine::createParticleSystemManager() { return TheGlobalData->m_headless ? NEW ParticleSystemManagerDummy : NEW W3DParticleSystemManager; }
 
 inline NetworkInterface *Win32GameEngine::createNetwork() { return NetworkInterface::createNetwork(); }
 inline Radar *Win32GameEngine::createRadar() { return NEW W3DRadar; }

GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Include/Win32Device/Common/Win32GameEngine.h

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 inline FunctionLexicon *Win32GameEngine::createFunctionLexicon() { return NEW W3DFunctionLexicon; }
 inline LocalFileSystem *Win32GameEngine::createLocalFileSystem() { return NEW Win32LocalFileSystem; }
 inline ArchiveFileSystem *Win32GameEngine::createArchiveFileSystem() { return NEW Win32BIGFileSystem; }
-inline ParticleSystemManager* Win32GameEngine::createParticleSystemManager() { return NEW W3DParticleSystemManager; }
+inline ParticleSystemManager* Win32GameEngine::createParticleSystemManager() { return TheGlobalData->m_headless ? NEW ParticleSystemManagerDummy : NEW W3DParticleSystemManager; }
 
 inline NetworkInterface *Win32GameEngine::createNetwork() { return NetworkInterface::createNetwork(); }
 inline Radar *Win32GameEngine::createRadar() { return NEW W3DRadar; }