al_set_sample...tance_playmode(3alleg5)

✨ NAME ✨

al_set_sample_instance_playmode — like, the Allegro 5 API function that sets how your sample instance loops and plays, bestie 💅

(it lives in the Allegro reference manual, page al_set_sample...tance_playmode(3alleg5), in case the vibe check requires receipts 🫶)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

bool al_set_sample_instance_playmode(ALLEGRO_SAMPLE_INSTANCE *spl,
   ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE val)

okay so you're passing in a sample instance pointer and a playmode and it hands you back a bool, no cap ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Set the playback mode of the sample instance. That's it, that's the whole job. You're literally telling spl how it should behave when it plays — and val is the ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE you want it to have 👑

Returns true on success, false on failure. So like… check it?? Please?? 😭 If it comes back false something did NOT go the way you wanted and you should probably care about that.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE(3alleg5) — the enum of modes you'd be passing in, go read it, it's giving necessary context 💜
• al_get_sample_instance_playmode(3alleg5) — the getter, for when you need to know what mode it's already in before you go changing things 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was pulled from the Allegro reference manual, version 3alleg5 — mwah, slay, go set some playmodes 💅✨🎀