Poll DirectInput devices to get their initial state Fixes https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/3816
diff --git a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_dinputjoystick.c b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_dinputjoystick.c
index 5122f0c..9021993 100644
--- a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_dinputjoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_dinputjoystick.c
@@ -855,6 +855,15 @@ SDL_DINPUT_JoystickOpen(SDL_Joystick * joystick, JoyStick_DeviceData *joystickde
} else if (FAILED(result)) {
return SetDIerror("IDirectInputDevice8::SetProperty", result);
}
+
+ /* Poll and wait for initial device state to be populated */
+ result = IDirectInputDevice8_Poll(joystick->hwdata->InputDevice);
+ if (result == DIERR_INPUTLOST || result == DIERR_NOTACQUIRED) {
+ IDirectInputDevice8_Acquire(joystick->hwdata->InputDevice);
+ IDirectInputDevice8_Poll(joystick->hwdata->InputDevice);
+ }
+ SDL_Delay(50);
+
return 0;
}