From 6795ef04a88ae553febc39bdf06ccaa6089af2eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martti Malmi <sirius@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:28:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] better env detection

---
 lib/multicast.js | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/multicast.js b/lib/multicast.js
index 4f1c7773..98c4f393 100644
--- a/lib/multicast.js
+++ b/lib/multicast.js
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ var Gun = (typeof window !== "undefined")? window.Gun : require('../gun');
 Gun.on('create', function(root){
 	this.to.next(root);
 	var opt = root.opt;
-	if(typeof window !== "undefined"){
-		return; // do nothing for now - Chrome extensions could use multicast though
+
+	try {
+		var dgram = require("dgram");
+		var process = require("process");
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.log('multicast is not available');
+		return;
 	}
+
 	if(false === opt.multicast){ return }
 	opt.multicast = opt.multicast || {};
 
@@ -15,9 +21,6 @@ Gun.on('create', function(root){
 	var DEFAULT_GUN_PORT = 8765;
   var ENC = 'utf8';
 
-  var dgram = require("dgram");
-  var process = require("process");
-
   socket = dgram.createSocket({ type: "udp4", reuseAddr: true });
 
   socket.bind(PORT);