SDL_HINT_JOY...TENDO_CLASSIC(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_NINTENDO_CLASSIC 💖

okay bestie so this is a page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual, and it's about one single lil hint variable, but she's iconic and she matters. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_NINTENDO_CLASSIC — a variable that controls whether the HIDAPI driver for Nintendo Online classic controllers should be used or not. that's it, that's the whole job. she's a yes/no girlie 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_NINTENDO_CLASSIC "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_NINTENDO_CLASSIC"

yes the string literally matches the macro name, no notes, that's just how she is 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the variable can be set to the following values, and there are literally only two, so no excuses:

• "0" — the HIDAPI driver is not used. she's sitting this one out 🙈
• "1" — the HIDAPI driver is used. main character energy, driver edition 👑

and the default? the default is the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI. so if you never touch this one, she just copies her big sister's answer. lowkey a family thing fr fr 🫶

⚠️ okay this part actually matters: this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. if you set it after, you're giving instructions to a party that already left. no cap. 😭

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, this variable doesn't exist and you're just yelling into the void, bestie 💀

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and that's the whole page!! every flag, every value, every default, all of it, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓🧚

this was brought to you by the Simple Directmedia Layer girlies, manual edition SDL 3.4.18 — stay slay, go init your joysticks at the right time, and remember: set the hint first. mwah 💜🌈

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