al_upload_haptic_effect(3alleg5)

💖 al_upload_haptic_effect — the Allegro 5 API, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Allegro reference manual, section 3alleg5, and it's all about yeeting a haptic effect onto a device. buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

al_upload_haptic_effect — Allegro 5 API. that's it, that's the name, she's simple and she slays 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_upload_haptic_effect(ALLEGRO_HAPTIC *hap,
   ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT *effect, ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT_ID *id)

look at her. three args, returns a bool, no cap. 🦋

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so basically you're uploading the haptic effect to the device. that's the whole vibe. but listen — the haptic effect has to have been filled in completely and correctly first, like fully, no half-finished situation, she needs to be ready before you send her out. 🙈

you also have to pass in a pointer to a user allocated ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT_ID(3alleg5). that's on you to allocate, bestie, the function is not doing it for you. this id is the main character of the whole operation — it's what you use to control playback of the effect afterwards. 🎀

it returns true if the effect was successfully uploaded, and false if not. simple as that, fr fr.

the function al_get_max_haptic_effects(3alleg5) tells you how many effects can be uploaded to the device at the same time. so check that before you go uploading like a menace. 👑

and here's the cute part: the same haptic effect can be uploaded several times, as long as you're careful and pass in a different ALLEGRO_HAPTIC_EFFECT_ID(3alleg5) each time. one id per upload, that's the rule. no sharing, no reusing, we don't do that here. ✨

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🦋 SINCE 🦋

5.1.8 — she's been around. iconic behavior honestly.

[Unstable API]: Perhaps could be simplified due to limited support for all the exposed features across all of the platforms. Awaiting feedback from users.

so yeah, she's unstable — the API might get simplified later because not every platform supports all the exposed features, and the devs are waiting on feedback from users. translation: use her, but know she's still figuring herself out. 😭💜

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and that's the page, bestie!! this one's from the Allegro reference manual, page al_upload_haptic_effect in section 3alleg5. go upload something cute. 🫶🌸💅