al_get_joystick_type(3alleg5)

📦 version 5.2.11.3, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 al_get_joystick_type — the Allegro 5 API glow-up ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro reference manual 🎀 this little page is literally just about one function, and it's a good one. it's giving "who even am i" energy, but for controllers 🎮

🌸 NAME 🌸

al_get_joystick_type — Allegro 5 API

no cap, that's the whole name. short, sweet, iconic 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE al_get_joystick_type(ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK *joy)

copy that exactly, don't get creative with it 🙈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically this function returns the joystick type. that's it. that's the vibe. 💅

BUT — and this is the juicy part — if the type comes back as ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE_GAMEPAD, then you can use ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_BUTTON(3alleg5) and ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK(3alleg5) to interpret the button and stick events and states way more easily. like, the gamepad macros do the mental math for you and honestly? we love a helper that carries its weight 🫶

now for the part that's lowkey a jumpscare: joystick types will typically be unknown unless you call al_set_joystick_mappings(3alleg5) first. so if you're sitting there like "why is my type unknown 😭" — bestie, you forgot the setup call. it's always the setup call.

⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.11 — a classic, an OG, a founding member of the squad 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those too, iykyk 💜

[Unstable API]: New API. heads up, bestie — this one's flagged as unstable, so don't build your whole personality around it, okay? 🙈

and that's the whole page, fr fr. brought to you by the Allegro reference manual ✨ mwah, slay, go read your joystick types responsibly 💖🎀🦋

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