diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.Cg/GraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.Cg/GraphicsDevice.cs
index 38d96eb8d1..b5b99b41a5 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.Cg/GraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.Cg/GraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -53,76 +53,16 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.Cg
 		public GraphicsDevice( Size size, WindowMode window )
 		{
 			Console.WriteLine("Using Cg renderer");
-			Sdl.SDL_Init( Sdl.SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE | Sdl.SDL_INIT_VIDEO );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_RED_SIZE, 8 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE, 8 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE, 8 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_ALPHA_SIZE, 0 );
-
-			int windowFlags = 0;
-			switch( window )
-			{
-			case WindowMode.Fullscreen:
-				windowFlags |= Sdl.SDL_FULLSCREEN;
-				break;
-			case WindowMode.PseudoFullscreen:
-				windowFlags |= Sdl.SDL_NOFRAME;
-				Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable( "SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS", "0,0" );
-				break;
-			case WindowMode.Windowed:
-				Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable( "SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED", "1" );
-				break;
-			default:
-				break;
-			}
-
-			var info = (Sdl.SDL_VideoInfo) Marshal.PtrToStructure(
-				Sdl.SDL_GetVideoInfo(), typeof(Sdl.SDL_VideoInfo));
-			Console.WriteLine("Desktop resolution: {0}x{1}",
-				info.current_w, info.current_h);
-
-			if (size.Width == 0 && size.Height == 0)
-			{
-				Console.WriteLine("No custom resolution provided, using desktop resolution");
-				size = new Size( info.current_w, info.current_h );
-			}
-
-			Console.WriteLine("Using resolution: {0}x{1}", size.Width, size.Height);
-
-			surf = Sdl.SDL_SetVideoMode( size.Width, size.Height, 0, Sdl.SDL_OPENGL | windowFlags );
-			if (surf == IntPtr.Zero)
-				Console.WriteLine("Failed to set video mode.");
-
-			Sdl.SDL_WM_SetCaption( "OpenRA", "OpenRA" );
-			Sdl.SDL_ShowCursor( 0 );
-			Sdl.SDL_EnableUNICODE( 1 );
-			Sdl.SDL_EnableKeyRepeat( Sdl.SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_DELAY, Sdl.SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_INTERVAL );
-
-			ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
-
-			// Test for required extensions
-			var required = new string[]
+			windowSize = size;
+			
+			var extensions = new string[]
 			{
 				"GL_ARB_vertex_program",
 				"GL_ARB_fragment_program",
 				"GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object",
 			};
-
-			var extensions = Gl.glGetString(Gl.GL_EXTENSIONS);
-			if (extensions == null)
-				Console.WriteLine("Failed to fetch GL_EXTENSIONS, this is bad.");
-
-			var missingExtensions = required.Where( r => !extensions.Contains(r) ).ToArray();
-
-			if (missingExtensions.Any())
-			{
-				ErrorHandler.WriteGraphicsLog("Unsupported GPU: Missing extensions: {0}"
-					.F(string.Join(",", missingExtensions)));
-				throw new InvalidProgramException("Unsupported GPU. See graphics.log for details.");
-			}
-
-			windowSize = size;
+			
+			surf = SdlGraphics.InitializeSdlGl(ref windowSize, window, extensions);
 
 			cgContext = Tao.Cg.Cg.cgCreateContext();
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.Gl/GraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.Gl/GraphicsDevice.cs
index 4c3e9c35b0..3e592e531d 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.Gl/GraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.Gl/GraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -42,72 +42,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.Glsl
 		public GraphicsDevice( Size size, WindowMode window )
 		{
 			Console.WriteLine("Using Gl renderer");
-			Sdl.SDL_Init( Sdl.SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE | Sdl.SDL_INIT_VIDEO );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_RED_SIZE, 8 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE, 8 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE, 8 );
-			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_ALPHA_SIZE, 0 );
-
-			int windowFlags = 0;
-			switch( window )
-			{
-			case WindowMode.Fullscreen:
-				windowFlags |= Sdl.SDL_FULLSCREEN;
-				break;
-			case WindowMode.PseudoFullscreen:
-				windowFlags |= Sdl.SDL_NOFRAME;
-				Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable( "SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS", "0,0" );
-				break;
-			default:
-				break;
-			}
-
-			var info = (Sdl.SDL_VideoInfo) Marshal.PtrToStructure(
-			Sdl.SDL_GetVideoInfo(), typeof(Sdl.SDL_VideoInfo));
-			Console.WriteLine("Desktop resolution: {0}x{1}",
-				info.current_w, info.current_h);
-
-			if (size.Width == 0 && size.Height == 0)
-			{
-				Console.WriteLine("No custom resolution provided, using desktop resolution");
-				size = new Size( info.current_w, info.current_h );
-			}
-
-			Console.WriteLine("Using resolution: {0}x{1}", size.Width, size.Height);
-
-			surf = Sdl.SDL_SetVideoMode( size.Width, size.Height, 0, Sdl.SDL_OPENGL | windowFlags );
-
-			Sdl.SDL_WM_SetCaption( "OpenRA", "OpenRA" );
-			Sdl.SDL_ShowCursor( 0 );
-			Sdl.SDL_EnableUNICODE( 1 );
-			Sdl.SDL_EnableKeyRepeat( Sdl.SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_DELAY, Sdl.SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_INTERVAL );
-
-			ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
+			windowSize = size;
 			
-			// Test for required extensions
-			var required = new string[]
+			var extensions = new string[]
 			{
 				"GL_ARB_vertex_shader",
 				"GL_ARB_fragment_shader",
 				"GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object",
 			};
-
-			var extensions = Gl.glGetString(Gl.GL_EXTENSIONS);
-			if (extensions == null)
-				Console.WriteLine("Failed to fetch GL_EXTENSIONS, this is bad.");
-
-			var missingExtensions = required.Where( r => !extensions.Contains(r) ).ToArray();
-
-			if (missingExtensions.Any())
-			{
-				ErrorHandler.WriteGraphicsLog("Unsupported GPU: Missing extensions: {0}"
-					.F(string.Join(",", missingExtensions)));
-				throw new InvalidProgramException("Unsupported GPU. See graphics.log for details.");
-			}
 			
-			windowSize = size;
-
+			surf = SdlGraphics.InitializeSdlGl( ref windowSize, window, extensions );
+			
 			Gl.glEnableClientState( Gl.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY );
 			ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
 			Gl.glEnableClientState( Gl.GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY );
diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon.csproj b/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon.csproj
index 21bf9932a3..2d7ec8e3f6 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon.csproj
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="3.5" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProductVersion>9.0.21022</ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{52FD9F0B-B209-4ED7-8A32-AC8033363263}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>..\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>..\</OutputPath>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="Tao.OpenGl, Version=2.1.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1ca010269a4501ef">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\Tao\Tao.OpenGl.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Tao.Sdl, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=9c7a200e36c0094e">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\Tao\Tao.Sdl.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="VertexBuffer.cs" />
    <Compile Include="ErrorHandler.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Texture.cs" />
    <Compile Include="SdlInput.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.FileFormats\OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj">
      <Project>{BDAEAB25-991E-46A7-AF1E-4F0E03358DAA}</Project>
      <Name>OpenRA.FileFormats</Name>
    </ProjectReference>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.Game\OpenRA.Game.csproj">
      <Project>{0DFB103F-2962-400F-8C6D-E2C28CCBA633}</Project>
      <Name>OpenRA.Game</Name>
    </ProjectReference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
</Project>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="3.5" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProductVersion>9.0.21022</ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{52FD9F0B-B209-4ED7-8A32-AC8033363263}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>..\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>none</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>..\</OutputPath>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <ConsolePause>false</ConsolePause>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="Tao.OpenGl, Version=2.1.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1ca010269a4501ef">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\Tao\Tao.OpenGl.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Tao.Sdl, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=9c7a200e36c0094e">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\Tao\Tao.Sdl.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="VertexBuffer.cs" />
    <Compile Include="ErrorHandler.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Texture.cs" />
    <Compile Include="SdlInput.cs" />
    <Compile Include="SdlGraphics.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.FileFormats\OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj">
      <Project>{BDAEAB25-991E-46A7-AF1E-4F0E03358DAA}</Project>
      <Name>OpenRA.FileFormats</Name>
    </ProjectReference>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.Game\OpenRA.Game.csproj">
      <Project>{0DFB103F-2962-400F-8C6D-E2C28CCBA633}</Project>
      <Name>OpenRA.Game</Name>
    </ProjectReference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
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diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84f9f91c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+* Copyright 2007-2011 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+* This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
+* available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+* as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+* see COPYING.
+*/
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Tao.OpenGl;
+using Tao.Sdl;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats.Graphics;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon
+{
+	public static class SdlGraphics
+	{
+		public static IntPtr InitializeSdlGl( ref Size size, WindowMode window, string[] requiredExtensions )
+		{
+			Sdl.SDL_Init( Sdl.SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE | Sdl.SDL_INIT_VIDEO );
+			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1 );
+			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_RED_SIZE, 8 );
+			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE, 8 );
+			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE, 8 );
+			Sdl.SDL_GL_SetAttribute( Sdl.SDL_GL_ALPHA_SIZE, 0 );
+
+			int windowFlags = 0;
+			switch( window )
+			{
+			case WindowMode.Fullscreen:
+				windowFlags |= Sdl.SDL_FULLSCREEN;
+				break;
+			case WindowMode.PseudoFullscreen:
+				windowFlags |= Sdl.SDL_NOFRAME;
+				Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable( "SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS", "0,0" );
+				break;
+			case WindowMode.Windowed:
+				Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable( "SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED", "1" );
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+
+			var info = (Sdl.SDL_VideoInfo) Marshal.PtrToStructure(
+				Sdl.SDL_GetVideoInfo(), typeof(Sdl.SDL_VideoInfo));
+			Console.WriteLine("Desktop resolution: {0}x{1}",
+				info.current_w, info.current_h);
+
+			if (size.Width == 0 && size.Height == 0)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("No custom resolution provided, using desktop resolution");
+				size = new Size( info.current_w, info.current_h );
+			}
+
+			Console.WriteLine("Using resolution: {0}x{1}", size.Width, size.Height);
+
+			var surf = Sdl.SDL_SetVideoMode( size.Width, size.Height, 0, Sdl.SDL_OPENGL | windowFlags );
+			if (surf == IntPtr.Zero)
+				Console.WriteLine("Failed to set video mode.");
+
+			Sdl.SDL_WM_SetCaption( "OpenRA", "OpenRA" );
+			Sdl.SDL_ShowCursor( 0 );
+			Sdl.SDL_EnableUNICODE( 1 );
+			Sdl.SDL_EnableKeyRepeat( Sdl.SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_DELAY, Sdl.SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_INTERVAL );
+
+			ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
+
+			var extensions = Gl.glGetString(Gl.GL_EXTENSIONS);
+			if (extensions == null)
+				Console.WriteLine("Failed to fetch GL_EXTENSIONS, this is bad.");
+
+			var missingExtensions = requiredExtensions.Where( r => !extensions.Contains(r) ).ToArray();
+
+			if (missingExtensions.Any())
+			{
+				ErrorHandler.WriteGraphicsLog("Unsupported GPU: Missing extensions: {0}"
+					.F(string.Join(",", missingExtensions)));
+				throw new InvalidProgramException("Unsupported GPU. See graphics.log for details.");
+			}
+			
+			return surf;
+		}
+	}
+}
+