SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_XBOX_360_WIRELESS(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_XBOX_360_WIRELESS ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual and it's literally all about one little hint variable, and yes the name is a whole paragraph, we're gonna get through it together 💖

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🎀 NAME 🎀

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_XBOX_360_WIRELESS — a variable that controls whether the HIDAPI driver for XBox 360 wireless controllers should be used or not. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic honestly 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_XBOX_360_WIRELESS "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_XBOX_360_WIRELESS"

like, yes, the macro name and the string are the same thing, that's not a typo, that's just how hints roll around here 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the variable can be set to these values, and there are literally two, so this is easy:

• "0" — nope, the HIDAPI driver is not used 🙈
• "1" — yep, the HIDAPI driver is used ✨

and the default? the default is the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_XBOX_360 — so it just inherits whatever that one's vibing with, no cap. 🫶

⚠️ okay important bestie: this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. like, set it early or it does nothing for you, fr fr. timing is everything 💀

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this hint has been around since SDL 3.2.0. she's not new new, she's established, she's got tenure 👑

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and that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓

Simple Directmedia Layer wrote this one, it's SDL 3.4.18, and the page is SDL_HINT_JOYS..._360_WIRELESS(3) — the title got squished because it's long, not because anyone's mad at you. mwah, go set your hints early 💖✨🎀