SDL_HINT_JOY...HIDAPI_SINPUT(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SINPUT 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the man pages — section 3, obviously, we're being fancy today. this is SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SINPUT and it's literally the little switch that decides whether the HIDAPI driver for SInput controllers gets to come to the party. 🎮✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SINPUT — a variable controlling whether the HIDAPI driver for SInput controllers should be used.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SINPUT "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SINPUT"

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first thing, more info lives right here if you wanna go read the lore yourself: https://github.com/HandHeldLegend/SInput-HID

The variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": HIDAPI driver is not used.
• "1": HIDAPI driver is used. slay.

The default is the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI. (so if you never touched this one, it just copies whatever the big boss hint says — no cap.)

⚠️ This hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it late and it's giving "too late bestie, the controllers already woke up" 😭

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✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

This hint is available since SDL 3.4.0. 👑

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Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 · mwah, that's the whole page, go set your hints before init, ily 💅🫶