al_get_joystick(3alleg5)

💖 NAME 💖

al_get_joystick — the Allegro 5 API, bestie. that's it, that's the name, we're so back ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK * al_get_joystick(int num)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so. this one hands you a handle for a joystick on the system, and honestly? iconic behaviour 🕹️

the num you pass in can be anywhere from 0 up to al_get_num_joysticks(3alleg5)-1 — so like, the whole range, no skipping, no vibes-based guessing 💅

if it works out, you get back a pointer to a joystick object, and that object is literally a physical device. like, a real one, in the real world, with buttons and stuff 🦋

if it does not work out? you get NULL. no joystick, no handle, nothing. sad girl hours 😭

⚠️ now pay attention because this part is the tea: the handle and the index are only incidentally linked. not bonded. not soulmates. just… adjacent by coincidence 🫶

so here's the situation — once al_reconfigure_joysticks(3alleg5) gets called, al_get_joystick(3alleg5) might hand you back handles in a completely different order than before. and any handle that represents a disconnected device? yeah, that one's just not coming back. it will not be returned. periodt 💀

🌈 fr fr — do not assume index 3 today is index 3 tomorrow. the vibe check happens on every reconfigure.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• al_get_num_joysticks(3alleg5) — find out how many joysticks you even have to work with 🔥
• al_reconfigure_joysticks(3alleg5) — the one that reshuffles everything, iykyk 👑
• al_get_joystick_active(3alleg5) — check if a joystick is actually doing something 🌈

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and that's the whole page, bestie — this was the Allegro reference manual, page al_get_joystick(3alleg5), and yes we ate 💅✨