al_get_opengl_variant(3alleg5)

✨ al_get_opengl_variant ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API 💖 this one's a lil function that tells you what flavour of OpenGL you're working with, and honestly? she's giving lowkey essential.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_opengl.h>

int al_get_opengl_variant(void)

no arguments, no drama, just vibes 🦋

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So like. al_get_opengl_variant returns the variant or type of OpenGL that's being used on the platform you're running on. That's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly ✨

The iconic part? You can call this function before you create a display, and before you set properties for new displays. So you get to peek at what you're working with ahead of time — main character energy, fr fr 👑

Here are the possible values it can hand back to you:

• ALLEGRO_DESKTOP_OPENGL — the regular, full OpenGL, exactly the kind you'd see on desktop and laptop computers. Classic. Iconic. The blueprint 💻✨
• ALLEGRO_OPENGL_ES — a trimmed down version of OpenGL, used on a LOT of small consumer electronic devices, like handheld consoles (and ngl, sometimes even full size consoles too) 🎮🍓

no cap: those are the only two values, so vibe check your platform and go off 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_get_opengl_version(3alleg5) — the sister function, go read her too 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this came straight from the Allegro reference manual, page al_get_opengl_variant(3alleg5) — slay, periodt 💅✨🎀