SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual 💖 this one's a lil hint, and it's all about whether Windows gets its own whole separate thread for joystick stuff. buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD — a variable controlling whether a separate thread should be used for handling joystick detection and raw input messages on Windows. 🦋

like. a whole extra thread. just for your controllers. no cap.

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💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD "SDL_JOYSTICK_THREAD"

so you pull in the header, and the hint itself is literally the string "SDL_JOYSTICK_THREAD" — that's the name you hand to SDL when you set it. iconic behavior fr fr ✨

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

the variable can be set to the following values, and honestly? there are only two, so this is a vibe check you can do in like five seconds:

• "0" — a separate thread is not used. 🚫🧵
• "1" — a separate thread is used for handling raw input messages. this one is the default. 👑 (default)

⚠️ real talk: this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. if you set it after, bestie, it's giving too late 💀

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, it's not gonna be there for you, sorry babe 🫶

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 tysm for reading, this was the Simple Directmedia Layer manual, SDL 3.4.18 edition, dated SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD(3) — go forth and thread responsibly, you absolute main character 🌟💜