SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4_REPORT_INTERVAL(3)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4_REPORT_INTERVAL(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the SDL3 manual (you know, the Simple Directmedia Layer crew) and it's all about one very specific little hint. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4_REPORT_INTERVAL — a variable that controls the update rate of your PS4 controller over Bluetooth when it's running through the HIDAPI driver. yes. that's the whole job. and it does it beautifully. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4_REPORT_INTERVAL "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4_REPORT_INTERVAL"

that's it. one include, one define, iconic behavior. the string value is literally the same as the macro name, no cap. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: this hint defaults to 4 ms. and why, you ask? because that's what matches the behavior over USB 🫶, and it's also lowkey being nice to your other Bluetooth devices and to older Bluetooth hardware chilling inside your computer. it's giving considerate. it's giving community-minded. we love that for it.

you can set it to a few different values, and here they all are, no skipping:

  • "1" — 1000Hz 🔥
  • "2" — 500Hz ✨
  • "4" — 250Hz 🌈
ngl the phrasing on this one is exactly: it can be set to "1" (1000Hz), "2" (500Hz) and "4" (250Hz). periodt. those are the values, don't freelance. 🙈

you can set this hint anytime — genuinely, whenever, it does not care about your schedule, main character energy — BUT ⚠️ it only actually takes effect when extended input reports are enabled. so if you're setting it and nothing's happening, that's your vibe check right there. 💀

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this hint has been around since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older… babe. it's not there. it's not ghosting you, it literally doesn't exist yet. 😭

and that's the page, bestie!! this gem of a manpage came from Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 — big love to the whole SDL fam for documenting their Bluetooth report intervals with such grace 👑✨ go forth and set your hints, you gorgeous nerd 🧚💜

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