SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_WGI(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_WGI ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_WGI page, straight out of the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual 💖 this is the one that decides whether Windows.Gaming.Input gets to handle your controllers, and honestly? it's giving "one tiny string, huge consequences" 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_WGI — a variable controlling whether Windows.Gaming.Input should be used for controller handling 🎮

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_WGI "SDL_JOYSTICK_WGI"

like, that's the whole vibe. include the header, and the hint name macro is right there waiting for you 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — this variable can be set to the following values:

• "0" — WGI is not used. (this is the default, no cap)
• "1" — WGI is used. periodt.

⚠️ bestie pls — this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. like, set it early or don't set it at all, ok? 🙈

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💫 AVAILABILITY 💫

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0 ✨ so if you're on anything older, it's simply not gonna show up for you 😭

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Simple Directmedia Layer 🫶 SDL 3.4.18 🎀 and yeah, that's the whole SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_WGI(3) moment — go forth and configure your controllers, you absolute icon 👑💖