SDL_GPUSupportsShaderFormats(3)

💅 SDL_GPUSupportsShaderFormats(3) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we check whether your machine can even do the GPU thing before you go building a whole renderer on a prayer 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GPUSupportsShaderFormats — the vibe check that asks "does this GPU runtime actually support the shader formats I'm about to hand it?"

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

bool SDL_GPUSupportsShaderFormats(
    SDL_GPUShaderFormat format_flags,
    const char *name);

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• format_flags — a bitflag telling SDL which shader formats your app is able to provide. like, this is you showing your work, bestie ✨
• name — the GPU driver you'd prefer, or NULL if you're feeling ✨go with the flow✨ and want SDL to pick the optimal driver for you. main character energy, honestly.

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🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

Returns true if it's supported, false otherwise. that's it, that's the whole answer. no cap 💀

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

This function has been around since SDL 3.2.0. iconic behavior, honestly.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• SDL_CreateGPUDevice(3) — go here next once the vibe check passes, iykyk

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and that's the tea, bestie — this page came to you straight from Simple Directmedia Layer, running SDL 3.4.18, and yeah she's giving SDL_GPUSupportsShaderFormats(3) energy from start to finish 💖✨🎀