SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_MFI(3)

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

💖 NAME 💖

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_MFI — the lil variable that decides whether GCController gets to handle your controllers or not. bestie it's literally one knob and it changes everything 🎮✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_MFI "SDL_JOYSTICK_MFI"

okay so that's the include, that's the macro, that's the whole vibe. copy-paste coded. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this variable is a choose-your-own-adventure and it has exactly two endings. you set it to one of these:

  • "0" — GCController is not used. nope. not today. we're not doing that.
  • "1" — GCController is used. yes queen, this is the default, this is the moment, this is her main character era. 👑
⚠️ and this is the part where you LISTEN TO ME: this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. before. not during, not after, not "oops I'll just fix it later". set it first or it's giving nothing. 😭

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. she's not ancient, she's not brand new, she's just right. 🎀

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap, every flag accounted for, nothing skipped, nothing invented. 🫶

this lil rewrite comes to you courtesy of Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 — go touch some grass, plug in a controller, and slay. 🌈✨💜

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