al_upload_haptic_effect(3)

🌸 al_upload_haptic_effect(3) 🌸

okay so bestie, this page comes from the Library Functions Manual — specifically the Allegro 5 API. It’s giving “upload the haptic effect to the device” energy, and honestly? Iconic. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

al_upload_haptic_effect — Allegro 5 API.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_upload_haptic_effect(ALLEGRO_HAPTIC *hap,
   ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT *effect, ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT_ID *id)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so the main character here is al_upload_haptic_effect, and what it does is upload the haptic effect to the device. The haptic effect must have been filled in completely and correctly — no half-finished effect vibes, bestie, it needs the whole correct thing. 😭

You also have to pass in a pointer to a user allocated ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT_ID(3). That id can be used to control playback of the effect. The function returns true if the effect was successfully uploaded, and false if not. Periodt. ✨

Also, al_get_max_haptic_effects(3) returns how many effects can be uploaded to the device at the same time. Capacity info, we love to see it. 🫶

And yes — the same haptic effect can be uploaded several times, as long as care is taken to pass in a different ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT_ID(3). Don’t reuse the same id and then act surprised, iykyk. 💀

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🎀 SINCE 🎀

This one’s been around since 5.1.8. 🦋

[Unstable API]: Perhaps could be simplified due to limited support for all the exposed features across all of the platforms. Awaiting feedback from users.

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source/version: Allegro reference manual — page: al_upload_haptic_effect(3) — and the date? The footer didn’t list one, so no cap, we’re not inventing a date. Bye bestie, go upload those effects responsibly. 🫶✨