SDL_HINT_JOY...HIDAPI_8BITDO(3)

💖 NAME 💖

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_8BITDO — a variable that controls whether the HIDAPI driver for 8BitDo controllers should be used. bestie. this is the one that decides if your 8BitDo pad gets the glow-up treatment or not 🎮✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_8BITDO "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_8BITDO"

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so the variable can be set to these values, and you have exactly two moods:

• "0" — HIDAPI driver is not used. (it's giving "no thanks, I'm good" 💅)
• "1" — HIDAPI driver is used. (main character energy, driver edition 👑)

the default is lowkey not a fixed value, bestie — it's literally the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI. so if you never set this one, it just copies whatever that one says. iconic inheritance behaviour fr fr 🧬✨

⚠️ important, no cap: this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it after and it's not gonna do what you want, and we do NOT want that for you 😭

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🦋 AVAILABILITY 🦋

this hint is available since SDL 3.4.0. so if you're on anything older, she's not there yet, sowwy 🥺

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie — you understood the assignment 💜 stay slay, keep your hints set early, and may your controllers always be detected on the first try 🌈🎀

mwah 💋 — brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18, page SDL_HINT_JOY...HIDAPI_8BITDO(3). periodt. 💅✨