SDL_GETGAMEPADFIRMWAREVERSION(3)

✨ SDL_GetGamepadFirmwareVersion ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we're about to find out what firmware version your gamepad is running 🎮💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GetGamepadFirmwareVersion — literally just: get the firmware version of an opened gamepad, if it's available. that's it. that's the whole job. 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_gamepad.h>

Uint16 SDL_GetGamepadFirmwareVersion(SDL_Gamepad *gamepad);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕: if the firmware version isn't available, this function returns 0. that's the vibe check. no firmware info, no number, just a big ol' zero. 💀

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🌈 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🌈

• gamepad — the gamepad object you wanna interrogate 🔍. the one you're querying, bestie.

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the gamepad firmware version 💅 — or zero if it's unavailable. periodt.

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. yes, ANY. go wild, queen 👑. no locking drama, no main-character-only rules, you're free.

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💜 AVAILABILITY 💜

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older… not me being able to help you 🙈.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! now go forth and read those firmware bytes 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

this lil masterpiece lives in the Simple Directmedia Layer manual, version SDL 3.4.18, filed under SDL_GetGamepadFirmwareVersion(3). mwah, bye 🫶💜