Fix CEF rendering

Author: Dutchman101

Client/cefweb/CWebApp.cpp

@@ -45,19 +45,7 @@ namespace
         // Prevent Chromium from dropping privileges; required for elevated launches (see chromium/3960)
         commandLine->AppendSwitch("do-not-de-elevate");
 
-        if (!g_pCore || !IsReadablePointer(g_pCore, sizeof(void*))) [[unlikely]]
-            return;
-
-        const auto webCore = static_cast<CWebCore*>(g_pCore->GetWebCore());
-        if (!webCore || !IsReadablePointer(webCore, sizeof(void*)))
-            return;
-
-        // Honour the GPU toggle exposed through settings and hard-disable compositor for stability
-        if (!webCore->GetGPUEnabled())
-        {
-            commandLine->AppendSwitch("disable-gpu");
-        }
-
+        // Must apply essential CEF switches regardless of WebCore availability
         commandLine->AppendSwitch("disable-gpu-compositing");
         commandLine->AppendSwitch("enable-begin-frame-scheduling");
         // Explicitly block account sign-in to avoid crashes when Google API keys are registered on the system
@@ -69,6 +57,20 @@ namespace
             commandLine->AppendSwitchWithValue("autoplay-policy", "no-user-gesture-required");
             commandLine->AppendSwitchWithValue("enable-blink-features", "ShadowDOMV0,CustomElementsV0,HTMLImports");
         }
+
+        // WebCore-dependent settings (can fail safely if WebCore not initialized)
+        if (!g_pCore || !IsReadablePointer(g_pCore, sizeof(void*))) [[unlikely]]
+            return;
+
+        const auto webCore = static_cast<CWebCore*>(g_pCore->GetWebCore());
+        if (!webCore || !IsReadablePointer(webCore, sizeof(void*)))
+            return;
+
+        // Honour the GPU toggle exposed through settings
+        if (!webCore->GetGPUEnabled())
+        {
+            commandLine->AppendSwitch("disable-gpu");
+        }
     }
 }            // namespace