num_joysticks(3alleg4)

💖 num_joysticks 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro manual, and it's about num_joysticks — a global variable that tells you how many joysticks there are. Allegro game programming library, that's the vibe. 🎮✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

extern int num_joysticks;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like… num_joysticks is a global variable that holds the number of active joystick devices. That's it. That's the whole girl. 👑

It just sits there being an int and knowing things. How many controllers are plugged in and alive and ready? She knows. She's the one. 💅

⚠️ heads up though — the current drivers only support a maximum of eight controllers. Eight. That's the ceiling, bestie. Don't come for her with nine. 🚫🎮

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• install_joystick(3alleg4) — like, actually set the joystick stuff up first, bestie 🫶
• joy(3alleg4) — the main joystick energy, go read it 💜
• exjoy(3alleg4) — an example, so you can see it in action 🔥

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓

this was Allegro, version 4.4.3, and it's literally from the num_joysticks(3alleg4) manual page — so go forth and count your controllers, no cap 💅✨🎀