SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page straight outta the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual, and it's about one specific little hint macro: SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5. it's the vibe-check switch that decides whether the HIDAPI driver for PS5 controllers gets to show up to the party or not. 🎮✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5 — a variable controlling whether the HIDAPI driver for PS5 controllers should be used.

like, that's the whole point of it. no cap. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5 "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5"

so you pull in the header, and the macro is literally just the string "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5". that's it. that's the girl. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the variable can be set to the following values:

• "0" — HIDAPI driver is not used.
• "1" — HIDAPI driver is used.

and if you just don't say anything at all? the default is the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI. so it inherits from the big-picture joystick hint, which is giving very "I'll just match my friend's energy" 😌

⚠️ bestie, listen — this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it too late and it's giving "showed up after the group photo." 😭

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. iconic behavior, honestly. 🌈

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page — brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, rocking SDL 3.4.18 in the SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS5(3) era. go forth and configure your controllers, queen. 🎀🦋💜