al_get_joystick_state(3alleg5)

✨ NAME ✨

al_get_joystick_state — okay bestie, this is the Allegro 5 API and this lil function is here to spill the tea on what your joystick is doing right now 🎮💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_get_joystick_state(ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK *joy, ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_STATE *ret_state)

Like, that's the whole vibe. Two args, zero return value, maximum main character energy. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Get the current joystick state. That's it, that's the whole thing. al_get_joystick_state peeks at whatever your joystick is up to in this exact moment and drops all of it into ret_state. No cap, it's literally just "what is the joystick doing right now" and honestly? Iconic. Simple. Ate. 💅✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_STATE(3alleg5) — the struct that's catching all this state, your lil container queen 🎀
• al_get_joystick_num_buttons(3alleg5) — how many buttons we talkin' 🍓
• al_get_joystick_num_axes(3alleg5) — how many axes we talkin' 🧚

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And that's the whole page, bestie!! This lil gem lives in the Allegro reference manual — go forth, read your joystick, and slay 💖🫶🌸