al_get_num_video_adapters(3alleg5)

💖 al_get_num_video_adapters(3alleg5) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro reference manual — this one's a lil function in the Allegro 5 API and it's literally so simple you're gonna scream. it counts screens. that's it. that's the gig. let's go 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_num_video_adapters(void)

like. look at her. no arguments, returns an int, iconic behaviour, zero drama 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so al_get_num_video_adapters gives you the number of video "adapters" attached to the computer. and ngl the word "adapter" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here so lemme break it down for you.

every video card attached to the computer counts as one or more adapters. so it's not a one-card-one-adapter situation, okay? it's giving "surprise, there's more of me." 🙈

an adapter is thus really a video port that can have a monitor connected to it. that's the whole vibe. a port. a place a monitor could go. the potential for a monitor. main character energy for a little metal rectangle fr fr.

on Windows, use al_set_new_display_flags(3alleg5) to switch between Direct3D and OpenGL backends — and heads up, those two will often have different adapters available. so like, the count is not a fixed number of physical things, it depends on which backend you're rolling with. no cap. 🎀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_get_monitor_info(3alleg5) — go peep the actual details of a monitor, bestie, this is your next stop 🫶

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and that's the whole page!! go forth and count your adapters, you absolute legend ⭐

mwah 💋 — this was the al_get_num_video_adapters(3alleg5) page from the Allegro reference manual, Allegro 5 API edition, same title up top, same title down here, just with way better energy ✨