get_color_depth(3alleg4)

💖 get_color_depth 💖

okay so bestie, this one lives in the Allegro manual (the get_color_depth(3alleg4) page, if you're being formal about it) and it's literally the cutest little function that tells you what pixel format you're working with rn. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

get_color_depth — returns the current pixel color depth. Allegro game programming library. yes she's a whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int get_color_depth(void);

look at her. no arguments. she simply returns and minds her business. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function returns the current pixel format. and like… that's actually so useful bestie, because if you're writing generic functions — the kind that pick a different code path internally depending on which color depth is in use — you literally need to know this. it's giving "adaptive queen". 🌈

⚠️ okay important thing, don't skip this: the function returns whatever value you may have set previously with set_color_depth(), which can be different from the current color depth of the screen global variable. 💀 so if you really need to know the color depth of the screen, use bitmap_color_depth() instead. iykyk.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• set_color_depth(3alleg4) — the one that sets the thing ✨
• bitmap_color_depth(3alleg4) — the one you actually want if it's the screen's depth you're after 🫶
• exrgbhsv(3alleg4) — an example, go look at it, she ate 💖

and that's the page babes! 🧚 this was pulled from Allegro version 4.4.3, so if your get_color_depth(3alleg4) is acting different, check your version bestie. stay slay, keep your color depths correct, and don't forget to bitmap_color_depth() when it matters. mwah 💜🌸