al_get_opengl_version(3alleg5)

💖 al_get_opengl_version — Allegro 5 API 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the al_get_opengl_version(3alleg5) page, part of the Allegro reference manual ✨ this one is short and sweet and it's literally just "hey what GL version are we on" — let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

al_get_opengl_version — Allegro 5 API 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_opengl.h>

uint32_t al_get_opengl_version(void)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So what this does is it hands you back the OpenGL or OpenGL ES version number of the client — that's the computer the program is running on, not some server somewhere, bestie — and it's the version for the current display. 👑

And the way it formats that number is a whole vibe, so pay attention:

• "1.0" comes back as 0x01000000
• "1.2.1" comes back as 0x01020100
• "1.2.2" comes back as 0x01020200
• …and etc., you get the pattern, each chunk of the version gets its own byte 🍓

⚠️ okay this is the important part, no skipping: a valid OpenGL context must exist for this function to work. Which means you may not call it before al_create_display(3alleg5). Like, do not. It will not go well. Call it too early and you're just out here asking about a display that doesn't exist yet 😭

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• al_get_opengl_variant(3alleg5) — the other half of the GL info duo, go read it 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈💖 short king of a manpage but it does exactly what it says on the tin, periodt ✨

Allegro reference manual 🎀 — mwah, tysm for reading, ily, go check your GL context first tho 💅🫶🌸