🖱️┃input-system

[hoary heron]

oh idk about that setup

I use the asset Big UI thingy

this

[timid wyvern]

Oh that

It's the same thing

[hoary heron]

hmmm

idk then

i have a strange-ish setup

[timid wyvern]

What I need is something like the autoscroll scrollrect I linked there, but it doesn't work completely

It leaves out one item

[hoary heron]

where is the scrollRect thing

as al;l i see is ScrollToSelected

[timid wyvern]

ScrollToSelected, yes.

[hoary heron]

also this is the old input system

so it wont work

[timid wyvern]

Where do you see the old input system?

[hoary heron]

if you need to get input from the gamepad use a 1D axis with the DPAD

[hoary heron]

it doesnt import Unity.Input or whatever\

[timid wyvern]

Yeah it doesn't need to, Unity natively does that with canvas elements

[hoary heron]

oh

[timid wyvern]

Like I said, it registers selections just fine. It just doesn't show the last thing on the list

[hoary heron]

wdym last thing on the list

also can you share your code

[timid wyvern]

Right, very short summary.

I have an array of screen resolutions from unity. That's printed out to a dropdown menu as options.

That's the list I am talking about that I am selecting from.

The code is in the link I provided btw.

You can actually see the scrollbar isn't all the way down

[hoary heron]

that code is from 5 years ago

oh

did you copy -> paste -> adjust?

if you adjust it send the adjusted version

[timid wyvern]

Didn't adjust anything

Literally just copypasted it

[hoary heron]

k

idk how to scroll on a list

[timid wyvern]

You can't, but you can scroll on an ui element

[hoary heron]

I know this is probably a lazy solution but maybe see what index you are currently at and if its reached a certain number scroll up or down based on if the previous number was bigger or lower

[urban raft]

damn I hate the input system

why can't it just work

and those error messages aren't helping me

don't now what and how to fix xD

yesterday everything worked fine lmao

someone needs to help we with this xD

here is the stuff it refers to

omg everything is breaking apart 😦

but when I set the action to pass through nothing changes

[hoary heron]

You need to pull a float for a 1D composite

as its just up/down

if you want float2 you need a 2D vector composite

[urban raft]

float2?

[hoary heron]

oops

Vector2

used to dots 😅

[urban raft]

xD

but

[hoary heron]

think of 1D as up down

up is 1 down is -1

[urban raft]

I just need a float for left and a float for right

[hoary heron]

2D adds well

2 more things

[hoary heron]

well then use 1D

make up A and down D

[urban raft]

I have a 1D Axis

[hoary heron]

using this A will be -1 and D will be +1

[urban raft]

yes

A left D right

[hoary heron]

that error message says you are trying to get a Vector2 from a 1D composite

which is impossible

you can only get a float

[urban raft]

hmm

but how can I pull a Vector2 from a button on a keyboard xD

its just 1 or 0

[hoary heron]

ok

you set negative to A rioght?

and you set positive to B

so

if you run

[urban raft]

a left

[hoary heron]

in that screenshot

[urban raft]

yes A -1

[hoary heron]

You would do

yourInputActions.YourWhatever.Move.ReadValue<float>()

[urban raft]

in code?

[hoary heron]

yeah

and if it reads -1 it means left

if it reads 1 it means right

[urban raft]

thats how I have it

[hoary heron]

can i see where is move used

[urban raft]

wdym

Input System?

[hoary heron]

as in can I see your update function

basically how is the variable move used in the code

[urban raft]

ah ok

one sec

[hoary heron]

wsell that should work

try it

[urban raft]

?

well it works but I get these error messages

[urban raft]

this

[hoary heron]

save your file 🙂

[urban raft]

but Unity is crying xD

[urban raft]

everything is saved

[hoary heron]

can you send your full code

to something like a pastebin or whatever

[urban raft]

ok

[hoary heron]

and send the link

context helps a lot

[urban raft]

https://pastebin.com/VHfqm72d

[hoary heron]

looking at it now

i dont see any problem

just try runniong your game

and see if it works

i find that it somehow works in these cases

[urban raft]

I don't either because it worked yesterday xD

well... I can move left and right, but I get these error messages everytime I press a or d

[hoary heron]

just try

is the error referencing a specific line of code

[urban raft]

If I click on it it opens a different script

delegateHelpers

[hoary heron]

hmmm

are you sure its not a different error this time

[urban raft]

exactly the same

thats the line

what if I change something in the Input System

from 1D to 2D like you said

[hoary heron]

no

dont do that

are you using this in any other script?

if not you should report a bug to unity

[urban raft]

oh wait I even can't

[urban raft]

what?

the move?

[hoary heron]

arte you using your player controls in another script

[urban raft]

no

[hoary heron]

then idk the issue

well if it works it works

[urban raft]

wait one thing

[hoary heron]

and you could improve it but for now stick with it

and continue making your game

[urban raft]

this stuff

It occurred out of nowhere and I can't use my UI

[hoary heron]

idk that issue

[urban raft]

if I click escap it opens the pause UI but then by controls are broken

[hoary heron]

for me the system just works

[urban raft]

hmm ok

thanks for the help 🙂

@hoary heron lmao I restored my game to a state I had a week ago (where I changed nothing, only some designs) and it all works. I am sooo happy

[forest fulcrum]

so i have the following:

    public void OnMove(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        var keyboard = Keyboard.current;

        if (keyboard != null)
        {
            Debug.Log(keyboard);
        }
    }

I'm trying to get "if (up){ ... }"... how would I do this? "Up" being the composite part name. I'd rather not use the key obviously, as I might want to create more "up" bindings

[atomic meteor]

depending on how you've set it up (1D vs 2D control) you'll want to do context.ReadValue<T>(), where T is float or Vector2

so like if you're trying to see if W is pressed (for WASD), you'd do context.ReadValue<Vector2>().y > 0

or replace 0 with a threshold to limit drifting on controllers

[viral monolith]

i use OnMove() exclusively to get the player input and convert it into a Vector2, put something in there like:
moveDirection = context.ReadValue<Vector2>();

now moveDirection is a Vector 2 which will look like: (0, 1) if W is pressed, (-1, 0) if A is pressed, etc.
and you can just use moveDirection in your regular movement logic that gets called in update. apply a force depending on moveDirection.

[dusk pewter]

Does anyone know about Unity triggering the A key when taking a screenshot on macOS??

[forest fulcrum]

@viral monolith I actually just learned that last night thank you guys so much!

[ancient berry]

Hey gang, I posted in here a couple days ago really frustrated, asking about the new Input System

I think I figured it out but I was just wondering how to read X/Y values of an Value type action that uses a Vector2 control type

I'm using the left stick and I'd like to use it for movement, I have all my buttons/keys working properly but I'd like to use L-Stick forward/back to modify my velocity.z, and L-stick left/right to modify my velocity.x

But looking through the API I'm not sure how to do that. Would it be simpler to just have a Vector2 for velocity that reads the Vector2 control value directly? I'd like to continue using my existing velocity Vector3 if possible, because I have scripts that affect it outside of my Input function (like being moved forward or back by attacks, or dodging)

[mighty stirrup]

Would something like this work for you, do you think?

    public void Move(InputAction.CallbackContext context) 
    {
        var inputValue = context.ReadValue<Vector2>();
        var stickInputAsVector3 = new Vector3(inputValue.x, 0f, inputValue.y);
    }

You can convert the vector2 from the stick into a vector3 (you may have to play around with where the inputValue x and y are, not certain I got those right but I think I did)), then use that new Vector3 to affect your existing Vector3 as part of your update method

[ancient berry]

Oh, yes! I can give it a shot, but that seems like it would work

Thank you very much, I wasn't sure how to separate those two because I was just seeing the ReadValue function and wasn't sure how to operate it

[tepid berry]

Hey, I'm sorry if this is a super basic question but I'm very confused on how this input system works and I've only just gotten to take a look at it. I'm starting a project and I would like to display some UI while a button is held and stop displaying when that button is released. In addition to this, I want to be able to read stick input from the player while they are holding down the button and trigger an action depending on the direction the player held the stick.

My main problem is figuring out when the button is released. Can anyone give some advice on how to tackle this? Thank you in advance

[west oracle]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/best-practices-getting-started-tutorials.875818/ @tepid berry

[tepid berry]

This is a good resource. Thank you for the help

[west oracle]

welcome 🙂 thats why i made em

[gritty badger]

I'm working on a tap vs hold touch screen input and I'm not sure if I'm understanding how the Interactions work in the new Input System. I have a "Place" action and a "Spend" action. I want single finger taps to trigger the Place and single finger holds to trigger Spend. I've tried mapping both to Touchscreen/Press, Primary Touch, Primary Touch/Tap, and Primary Touch/Contact all using a tap interaction on Place and a hold interaction on Spend. In a few of the cases the Spend (hold) action will work how I expect, starting -> performed after the specified delay, but I can't get the tap interaction to "perform".

[gritty badger]

May have found a workaround (or maybe this is intended lol idk) using .triggered on the Place action with it mapped to Primary Touch/Tap and no interactions seems to work how I want.

[gritty badger]

These videos are super clear and helpful, thanks!

[tame oracle]

Can anyone suggest me a good tuts or documentation for unity new input system for Mobile integration I find it hard to implement please help in this.Thanks in advance 😊

[ancient berry]

Quick Y/N question so I don't distract from what Rexo just asked: Can two actions not call the same function? (ChainAttack works, FaceAttack1 does nothing when pressed despite Player.UpdateInput containing logic for it)

[cloud gazelle]

how can i make a tab where if u type the correct word it will load u to another scene

[trim hollow]

@ancient berry I don’t use the inspector that much, first of all is your update input function called when an event occur? Maybe you forgot to enable your inputAction ?

[viral monolith]

Hey guys, I'm looking for some best practices when loading a new scene.
I have two mostly identical scenes, bar a few level design changes.
When the player reaches the goal, it loads the scene with next index.
...but now that i'm in the second scene, every time I press a button, I get an error like this:
https://i.imgur.com/GpuWIkf.png

yet, the game is still working just fine, and player is moving correctly.
I think the solution is something along the lines of... unsubscribing from the events before exiting the scene?
And then be enabled in start() in the player of the next scene.

anyways, i don't know how to unsubscribe, let alone if it's the right idea

[austere grotto]

They can no problem

[ancient berry]

I'm 99% sure they're both enabled, and as far as I'm aware, selecting the function from the dropdown is exactly what tells it to call when that action is performed (otherwise ChainAttack wouldn't be working)

My UpdateInput function is just a switch statement that checks the action's name and has logic for each of the actions I'm trying to perform

I'll post a code snippet once my computer boots

Hhhhhhhhhhh...

I just checked and I just had it bound to the wrong key

Thanks for the help, I'm just a dumdum

[vast wren]

I use that for my jump button but I can only know when the button is pressed and not held can anyone help ? : fix public void OnJump(InputValue value) =>Jump = value.isPressed;

[glass narwhal]

Good morning ... i have read this doc and a question regarding my project:https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/configuring-an-xbox-controller-for-user-input-2019-2#5f8fa994edbc2a284332bdb5

this is the script i have generated https://pastebin.com/kBhGG4sS

and my prj is like this ...

[ionic crow]

how do you implement double jump with the new input system, mine keeps calling the button a frame too fast for normal user input, thus disabling the bool for double jump even before you reach the air

[glass narwhal]

Am I right of I put the player input to the cube? In my eyes it should run when I hit PLAY but it doesNt run ... what is my mistake?

[vast wren]

does the cube have something to process the inputs ?

[glass narwhal]

nope ...but I understand ... THAT is the way.

it is like initializing ... but what is the right way // os there a good tutorial where I can find it?

[vast wren]

I don't know because I haven't touched 3D but brackeys does good tutorials

I don't know if he uses the new input system tough

[glass narwhal]

yep, good idea ... will looking for. thank you!

[vast wren]

for the new input system that's a good playlist : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAXZ6bxdTYI&list=PL_2UsN9hUYBs4-u5rIQoQV8b7r7wz93GG&index=1

(even tough I still can't tell the difference between a press and a hold someone help me plz this is my code I just want to know when a press happens because I can just know holds rn public void OnJump(InputValue value) =>Jump = value.isPressed;)

[viral monolith]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Actions.html

see the 'responding to actions' section

basically, it lets you execute a function when an action is started, performed or canceled
(equivalent to key press start, key press finish and key up)

so basically you assume that until 'canceled' is called, the key is still being held.

[vast wren]

thank's a lot I found a solution in the meantime but it was a bad solution so this'll make my code prettier

[viral monolith]

alright, i have a question myself.
when the level ends, i disable the 'gameplay' action map on the player onDestroy, load next scene, spawn a new player, and enable the 'gameplay' action map again, to give player control in the new scene.
...but when i call enable, it also re-enables the previous scene's action map.
so now i got two identically-named "gameplay" action maps running. one of which gives me erros like 'animator object not found' etc.

i'm not entirely sure i'm looking at it the right way, but, what am i even supposed to do, to get input system working properly after a scene change?

[crystal juniper]

while changing back to the old input system ( i havent taken the time to learn the new input system) I removed the package from my project and changed active input handling to the old system and now unity will not load my project

does anyone know what i should do here?

[tame crane]

@glass yacht my unity is kinda laggy nowadays .....

any tips to fix it?

like clearing chache or soemthing?

something*

[glass yacht]

Not really an input system question. Just profile it if you're having lag issues, you can use the profiler to analyse what the editor is doing

[tame crane]

where was i supposed to ask this then?

[glass yacht]

#💻┃unity-talk

[tame crane]

#archived-unitytips seemmed like a good one

so i asked there

sorryr

[glass yacht]

as the channel description says:

Share your favorite #archived-unitytips. If you post Twitter links we may highlight you on the Unity Twitter!

and the pins also detail what the channel is for

[tame crane]

didint see

ok

[tame oracle]

how do i make this not look bad

[zinc stump]

@tame oracle Don't use ableist slurs, please.

[tame oracle]

sorry

[vast wren]

so I'm trying to use the new input system but when I add a player Input on more than one object then only one of the two objects work

[west oracle]

@tame oracle don't use Generate C# Class :( it's kinda just bad.

@vast wren you cannot add PlayerInput to more than one object in the scene manually, but you can use Player Input Manager to spawn and join them properly as users.

[tame oracle]

What should i use instead?

[west oracle]

If you use the input action map itself you can subscribe and enable directly to events

That'd allow you to use a simple loop based on your action naming

https://forum.unity.com/threads/best-practices-getting-started-tutorials.875818/

This actually doesn't cover that specific topic... Guess I have to make another tutorial heh

[vast wren]

I'm trying to make the pause menu appart but I'm currently watching the InputSystem best practices I hope there's something there

[west oracle]

@vast wren for using PlayerInput local multiplayer stuff, the very last section has some useful stuff

[vast wren]

I'm currently on the video n°4 I'm watching them in order

[vast wren]

so do I have to put the inputs to pause on the player itself ?

[west oracle]

Shouldn't be any bugs like that, no.

Which version?

@vast wren Pause is a tricky topic.

[vast wren]

I'll just slap it into the player then

[west oracle]

With XR Kit or with OVR/OpenVR nativ

?

OpenXR support in general is kind of shit across the board at the moment

Do you think you can isolate a repro for this one? Happy to test it out and help submit a proper bug if there is one

Yea that's a big issue lol

I develop custom XR hardware for a living

Which HMD?

(and controller if Knuckles :P)

Using knuckles or Vive wand?

Is there a strong reason for using OpenXR stuff instead of SteamVR?

Ah

Any chance the action is being disabled?

You should be able to see it enabled in the debugger

OpenXR may not be the future :P Facebook don't give a shit about it

Eh, I'm agnostic. I don't think standardizing input schema makes sense at the hardware level

Once we have more robust verbs in XR design maybe

But basically OpenXR just guarantees minimum functionality now

Which doesn't help XR's design language at all

[slate jetty]

Hello, I'm using the new Unity Input System for a project and I'm having an issue when testing on my android phone. There are native gestures / interactions that are detected by the device to take screenshots for example. In my case, a swipe down with 3 fingers on the screen takes a screenshot. The problem is that if I want to do a 3-fingers swipe down on my Unity project, it's not detected as a normal event. It's like Android has a priority for this event and then it causes some bugs. So I was wondering if it's possible to detect this type of event from Unity, in order to "cancel" the native Android interaction and then perform my Unity callbacks as expected ?

Thanks for your time reading me

[west oracle]

I bet you the action is being disabled by something

Kk

[drifting lynx]

how can i add controller vibration using the new input system? is an asset needed for this?

[finite robin]

How can I make TextMeshPro work with the input system

[west oracle]

@drifting lynx Haptics are supported on XR controllers and on XBox, PS4/5, and Switch controllers

[drifting lynx]

yeah but how do i add haptics to my game

[austere grotto]

Wdym? What does one have to do with another?

[finite robin]

input fields dont work but there is some other small things

but most importantly input fields

[austere grotto]

Make sure you're using the correct Input module

[finite robin]

what do you mean?

[finite robin]

in the event system?

[austere grotto]

It's a separate component

Usually on the EventSystem object

Standalone Input module is the old one

New one is Input System UI Input Module

[finite robin]

I clicked upgrade on the event system

[finite robin]

yeah that's what its called

[austere grotto]

And make sure your input module is hooked up to a valid inputActionAsset

[finite robin]

The error is in the script itself

[austere grotto]

And all the actions are assigned

What Script

[finite robin]

The textmeshpro one

[austere grotto]

What error

[finite robin]

I get an error when I type something and it also doesnt type

one sec Ill send an image

[austere grotto]

How do you know that's Input system related

[finite robin]

bcz it only started doing that when I imported the new input system

[austere grotto]

Have you tried updating TextMeshPro

What version are you using

[finite robin]

its up to date on the package manager

[finite robin]

one second

2.0.1

[austere grotto]

Are you typing chinese characters or anything like that

[finite robin]

nope

[austere grotto]

2.0.1 is a bit old now

Try updating?

[finite robin]

its the latest for me

[austere grotto]

What version of Unity are you on

[finite robin]

2019.3

[austere grotto]

Any reason you haven't upgraded to the LTS version?

[finite robin]

I will but im lazy 😂

and it takes time honestly my internet is too slow

so will it work if I upgrade to lts?

[austere grotto]

I don't know but there are newer versions of TMPRO on those versions

It's up to 2.1.4 i believe

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.textmeshpro@2.1/changelog/CHANGELOG.html

[finite robin]

ok

thanks!

Ill try that

[viral monolith]

What's the best way to load a new scene, while having a player object with input system on it?

Currently i have just dragged a player prefab into each scene... But this causes issues with the action map

[cold hound]

Probably be interested in this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.DontDestroyOnLoad.html

[viral monolith]

That'll probably work, thanks!

[near viper]

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+i+make+a+input+unity&oq=how+do+i+make+a+input+unity&aqs=chrome..69i57.3829j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[mint mantle]

Hey, is it possible to have one UI layout, controlled by multiple players at the same time using the input system? I'm making a character selection panel and aiming to have behavior similar to smash bros

[cursive galleon]

Hi! I'm trying to make a character controller jump using the input system but this is causing some weird behavior... Like if the character is falling from too high, the velocity.y value get stuck at 10 and i can't jump anymore

here's the code

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    private CharacterController controller;
    [SerializeField]
    private Transform cam;
    [SerializeField]
    private float moveSpeed = 5.0f;
    private float turnSmoothTime = 0.1f;
    [SerializeField]
    private float gravity = 20f;
    [SerializeField]
    private float jumpHeight = 2f;
    [SerializeField]
    private Vector3 drag;

    private float turnSmoothVelocity;
    private Vector3 velocity;
    [SerializeField]
    private float jumpForce = 2f;

    private float horizontal;
    private float vertical;

 private void Start()
    {
        CharacterController controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
        // calculate the correct vertical position:
        float correctHeight = controller.center.y + controller.skinWidth;
        // set the controller center vector:
        controller.center = new Vector3(0, correctHeight, 0);
    }

    public void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log($"Vert. Velocity {velocity.y}");
        Debug.Log("-----------------------------");
        Vector3 direction = new Vector3(horizontal, 0f, vertical).normalized;
        //if (controller.isGrounded)
        //{
            //controller.SimpleMove(Vector3.zero);
        //}
        //controller.SimpleMove(Vector3.zero);
        // Movement control
        if (direction.magnitude >= .1f)
        {
            float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
            float angle = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, targetAngle, ref turnSmoothVelocity, turnSmoothTime);
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, angle, 0f);

            Vector3 moveDirection = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetAngle, 0f) * Vector3.forward;

            controller.Move(moveDirection.normalized * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }

 // Gravity
        Debug.Log($"Grounded : {controller.isGrounded}");
        if (!controller.isGrounded)
        {
            velocity.y += -gravity * Time.deltaTime;
            controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);
            // Drag
            velocity.y /= 1 + drag.y * Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
            velocity.y = 0;
            //controller.SimpleMove(Vector3.zero);
        }

    }

    public void OnMoveInput(float vertical, float horizontal)
    {
        this.vertical = vertical;
        this.horizontal = horizontal;
    }

    public void OnJumpInput(float jump)
    {
        if (controller.isGrounded)
        {
            velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * jumpForce * gravity);
        }
    }

}

any ideas?

the input logic is handled in a separate file

[reef wren]

Has anyone used the OnScreen Buttons with the new input system? Is there a best practice for enabling and disabling them, setting the parent game object active/inactive is giving off weird results.

[austere grotto]

what's an OnScreen Button?

You mean a normal UI Button?

[reef wren]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@0.9/manual/OnScreen.html

It's part of the new input system

[west oracle]

"Touchscreen thumbstick"

and/or button

that injects into InputSystem

[hard quest]

Another input issue.

http://puu.sh/HqNR0/f9f6d080eb.png

arrowStates for reference is fine.

https://puu.sh/HqNRr/14d1c3dce0.png

Here's the action itself

https://puu.sh/HqNRH/a99490cdd5.png

And a few more tests I'm trying to do. So, to sum my issue up:

I can use the d-pad, analog stick, or w/d to select on my title screen just fine

but not keyboard enter, button south, nor gamepad start -- none of these work to hit "start" or "confirm" like i want

why?

Why does "select" work fine but I can't use "confirm at all" even if they're in the same action map????

[finite robin]

if I use both input system will it affect the performance?

[austere grotto]

See if changing your confirm from "button" to "pass through" helps. I seem to remember the input module asking for that for some reason.

[acoustic shell]

Not in a meaningful way

[acoustic shell]

They are light weight

[rapid saddle]

Does anyone know how you're supposed to switch between two action maps? Like say a UI action map and a general movement one?

[finite robin]

Thanks but I already found a solution to my problem

[austere grotto]

You can enable or disable the action maps

[hard quest]

It is pass through now.

Still didn't work.

am i checking it wrrong?

because I changed my main confirm check back to .triggered

[austere grotto]

a few ways to check it

you could do ReadValue

and see what its current value is

or you can check .phase

and check for InputActionPhase.Started

[hard quest]

hmm

[austere grotto]

I normally do event-based stuff so not sure what the best way is to poll for a button press

[hard quest]

i know, i just really don't like how the event system works, maybe because I don't understand it 😂

And I'd rather not use something I don't understand

yeah, there's no reason for navigation to work but confirm to not

wait a sec, I think it just worked.

Somehow when you have a same-named thing in a different action set and try to call it

Unity will not do anything I guess because it's confused??

[austere grotto]

🤔

[hard quest]

I had a "confirm" in my "player" action set

[austere grotto]

So two InputActions in two different ActionMaps are causing issues?

[hard quest]

versus my "navigation" action set

yes!! isnt that weird!!

[austere grotto]

that is weird...

I wonder if it's a bug

[hard quest]

God, industry standard... I should report it

[austere grotto]

Are you on Mac by chance?

I was having trouble today reading triggered on an InputAction on my Mac - but it works fine on my Windows PC 🤔

[hard quest]

No, I'm on pc :/

[edgy mica]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a video or guide or something for how to change the appearance of a drop down. I’ve been searching for a bit for how to change what it looks like and I’ve found nothing. Thanks.

[austere grotto]

When you create the thing it automatically creates a bunch of Text and Image components on a few objects in a small hierarchy

you just need to go through and replace any images or text objects to your liking

resize them, add different images, colors, fonts, etc

[edgy mica]

Ahh ty

[proud cliff]

hi
does anyone knows why is there an error?

[austere grotto]

what's p

oh

I think you mean to do this

=>

instead of >=

think of it like an arrow

>= is greater than or equal to comparator

[proud cliff]

no way xD thank you very much ^^

i was looking for an explanation why on the video it works

[edgy mica]

is there a way that i can grey out an option in a dropdown. I dont want it to be gone from the list just not useable when something happens

[eager hollow]

I think that the problem its just that "p" its not defined xD

[proud cliff]

The problem was that i was using lambda expression and instead of writing "p=>" i wrote "p>="

I mistyped

[eager hollow]

oh ok

Same with "t"

[proud cliff]

yep

[hard quest]

How do I check in code if a PlayerInput is using a generic controller?

https://puu.sh/Hr50b/993e81474a.png

this does not work, sadly

[tribal crag]

Does anyone often have issues with the input system? Like I have things mapped and working perfectly, then I add a button to do something new and setup everything the same in my player controller. And it just doesn't work. It's very frustrating.

[timber robin]

Don't cross-post in the future. This is the right channel for your question.

[tribal crag]

@timber robin New, Didn't see this channel

@timber robin But now it's 3 deep and probably won't be seen anyways

[tribal crag]

Does anyone else no why I have controls working but any new ones I add don't work?

[timber robin]

Are you sure you're saving your changes?

[tribal crag]

positive

I can add debug logs to other controls in the same controller

yet the events for the new buttons I added just don't fire

I even deleted the playeractioncontrols and let it rebuild it

I am basically about at the point to just say I think the input system is broken

rather than something I did

[timber robin]

See if there's an update to the package. I've been using it for keyboard/controller input no problem.

Something like this, basically, was just plug and play.

[tribal crag]

Yeah that's exactly how I have been doing it

[timber robin]

Maybe try without a different controller, just to rule out a hardware issue.

[vast wren]

how can I unpair/unmap all the controllers using the new input system ?
I fixed it

[safe forge]

Is there any way to take information about the mouse being used by the player?

like, how many buttons it has?

does it have more than 3 buttons?

[vast wren]

the mouse has 5 buttons, 2 of them are not on all mouses (forward and back button)

oh I don't think it's possible to know if the player mouse has more than 3 buttons I don't even know if windows can tell if a mouse has more than 3 buttons since it might look like if it's a mouse and keyboard plugged in from window's perspective (for gaming mouses / other mouses with custom buttons)

[safe forge]

dangit, how long has Input System been a thing.

[vast wren]

less than a year I think ? I'm not sure tough

I'm very wrong

very very wrong

[safe forge]

how long?....

[vast wren]

at least 3 years

[safe forge]

hnnnnnn

fuck me dude i hate this

I spent basically the last month making an input system myself because i thought Input and Input manager was absolute trash but this just

this just works and i hate it

im so upset right now

[vast wren]

I dunno why it's not just integrated into new projects by default now

[safe forge]

why why did this have to just not be the default i just spent so much time on absolutely useless trash

does it handle mouse inputs well

[vast wren]

I have no idea

[austere grotto]

you only wasted a month?

[safe forge]

well i was making really good progress on it

[austere grotto]

be grateful it wasn't a year!

you can still make your system

maybe it's better

[safe forge]

its not

ive only been coding with c# and unity at all since january 12th

I dont get how they get Events to be selected and called like that so easily in the inspector

What i made is incredibly similar to this, with components with customizable keybinds and then a master component that gathers sorts and sends information out

Wait a minute

If i figure out how they did this whole Event Sending thing they do here and integrate it into mine, mine will be straight up better. I havent integrated the Ui Input Module stuff yet but I have done research into that and I know I can do that

This thing

You also see it in Selectable and EventTrigger

Could somebody point me in the right direction to doing this?

I just had booleans that each script would read to initiate an 'event', but if I can do this somehow that would be perfect.

would that be done using UnityEvent?

[vast wren]

I don't know if it's unity events or anything but what I do is that per example I have an OnMove event in my script that I select through the interface you showed

exemple : ``` public void OnMove(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{

  MovementInput = context.ReadValue<Vector2>();

}```

this playlist has a few uses of the new inputSystem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAXZ6bxdTYI&list=PL_2UsN9hUYBs4-u5rIQoQV8b7r7wz93GG

[steady fable]

Hi, I am building a mod for one of the Owlcat games and it uses UnityModManager which is built using GUILayout and friends. In my main OnGUI I do this ```csharp
static void OnGUI(UnityModManager.ModEntry modEntry) {
try {
Event e = Event.current;
if (e.keyCode == KeyCode.Return) userHasHitReturn = true;

which tells me that I hit enter.   Suppose I have several `GUILayout.TextFields` in here as well.  How can I tell which one has keyboard focus?

[safe forge]

How do I read scroll wheel inputs? Not mouse3, but scrolling up and down.

[cold hound]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input-mouseScrollDelta.html
if you haven't found it yet

[safe forge]

yea I never found it lmao thank you

[neat gazelle]

Hi, a speedy question: i want that in my game the player can change (like most of the game for pc) the keybinding for the action. There is a way to to this with the Input System (Old or New)? or i need to write my own Input System?

[frigid ridge]

Pretty sure there is a rebinding example in the new input system samples.

[pallid wedge]

Hi, I can't seem to make the IPointerDownHandler and other interfaces work with the new input system, I already have the ui input module. I'm trying to create a pointer down and up on a scroller, is this possible? or how to for this situation?

[chrome walrus]

What have you tried codewise? @pallid wedge

[pallid wedge]

@chrome walrus I’m not at home right now, but I created a script that enabled the input action asset there, the interface for the UI Action Map was there also, but the script where the IPointerDownHandler located is different. IPointerEnter and Exit works, but other interfaces doesn’t. Am I missing something?

[undone jasper]

could anyone be so kind to explain why, when I press a button on my gamepad (for example triangle), it fires actions for both of my analog sticks with 0,0 value? I am using the new input system

[echo wharf]

how would i just change the prefab a player is controlling with the new unity input system

[west oracle]

What controller?

[austere grotto]

use the inpuit system input debugger

maybe your controller is doing some weird stuff

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Debugging.html

[alpine sorrel]

hey guys I'm having a small issue with the new input system. the tutorial im following is having me declare a "public inputmaster controls" where inputmaster is the input asset that unity generated. However when I compile the editor doesnt show a field on the component that i can drag and drop the input asset into. How do I access the input asset in C# to preform code on events ect?

[austere grotto]

You either use
public InputActionAsset controls and assign it in the editor
or you use the script that is automatically generated for you with the same neme as your InputActionAsset

they're probably using the generated script

[alpine sorrel]

but when I write the public field in C#, the field doesnt appear in editor

[austere grotto]

the generated script lets you do this if your asset name is "inputmaster":
inputmaster controls = new inputmaster();

[austere grotto]

correct, it is not a serializable type

InputActionAsset is

you can use that if ytou want to bind it in the editor

the generated class is a different beast

If you look at your Scripts folder you will literally see a .cs file called inputmaster.cs

that was created automatically by Unity

[alpine sorrel]

ah okay that worked perfectly

i changed public field class to InputActionAsset

and now all is good

ty

[austere grotto]

👍

[alpine sorrel]

okay so if I am using some generic base class, how do I cast it into my specific generated class so I can access my actions?

[austere grotto]

you can't

you either use the generated class or InputActionAsset

With InputActionAsset you can ccess your actions via string

e.g.

[alpine sorrel]

eww

Id like to use my generated class

but it wont serialize?

how do I access it?

[austere grotto]

it won't serialize

like a normal C# object

MyGeneratedThing controls = new MyGeneratedThing();

[alpine sorrel]

yes that did it, thank you

pretty much never new up objects in Unity so that kind of caught me off guard

always instantiate or assign in editor

[austere grotto]

Yeah Unity is kind of a funky way to learn C# because using constructors (with the new keyword) is the "normal" way of creating objects in C#

[quaint hearth]

Anyone run into this issue when trying to pick a binding in the path drop down? Just get spammed with null ref exceptions

[alpine sorrel]

is there a way with the new input system to do something while a button is held down? or do I need to use events to set a bool then do the work in update?

[austere grotto]

Listen for the started and canceled events on an action

yeah

what you said

with a bool

[austere grotto]

ALternatively you can poll the action

[alpine sorrel]

this input system feels like it didnt really change anything for how I control things its just more ui based now

[austere grotto]

I changed a lot of my code from polling to event based

but even if you go with polling

the major improvements are in terms of local multiplayer

[alpine sorrel]

I want to pan a camera while a button is held down

[austere grotto]

and rebinding keys

and swapping controllers on the fly

[alpine sorrel]

eh im kinda going for the dedicated mouse and kb game

with point+click stuff

[austere grotto]

If the old system works for you and is simpler, there's no reason you can't use it

[alpine sorrel]

I figured it was depreciated

one last q for now, whats diff between preformed and started

both seem to have the same effect in my scenario

[austere grotto]

Usually they happen at the same time. But sometimes they are different. For example if you use a "Hold" interaction, then you will only get performed after the button has been held for the hold duration. started will happen right away

or if it's like a joystick - you will get started right away, and performed every frame the value changes

[west oracle]

in human terms... let's deconstruct a standard Mobile Touch "Long Press"

Started is when the Long Press starts, Performed is when it completes the duration requirement for the Long Press

[alpine sorrel]

is there a way to get a binding for the mouse scroll wheel? there doesnt seem to be an option for it under the mosue tab

[west oracle]

@alpine sorrel My angry brother. make sure you set your Action type to Value, not Button.

[alpine sorrel]

yeah i figured that out

so what I've read is that mosue outpt by default is 120 to -120 and that normalize can set it to -1 to 1, but i tried normalize on the action and the binding and neither changes the value

[west oracle]

Normalize typically only works on 2-axis inputs

[alpine sorrel]

clamp then?

[west oracle]

clamp will do it

[alpine sorrel]

ayyyyy that did it

[west oracle]

also that 120,-120 is based on your OS preferences

"6 lines"

[south void]

I’ve been trying to make an FPS controller with the new input system but for some reason I can’t move and look with the mouse at the same time

at first I tried using the asset thing where you assign your inputs and that didn’t seem to work, then I tried using Mouse.current but that didn’t work either so I’m stumped

[alpine sorrel]

you you always want the mouse to control the direction you are facing, you can try getting a reference to the mouse using mouse = InputSystem.GetDevice<Mouse>();

and then poll for the mouse delta in Fixed Update

and then use the mouse delta to rotate your view

the asset thingy only defines events, so like when a button is pressed or released

[untold sun]

In the new input system, I wouldn't think you'd want to grab the mouse specifically in general. Wouldn't you be better off defining an Action that does "Look" and takes input from Gamepad/Mouse/Touch/whatever makes sense?

[pallid wedge]

Hi, when I click a Scroll Rect content I was able to drag it, but how am I going to make it so that out of all the gameobjects and/or UI in the scene, it was that specific UI that I clicked?

[desert crescent]

New input system just WONT WORK in the build!!!

If i play in Editor it works perfectly

If i do a build

It just DOESNT BLOODY WORK!

I've looked everywhere online and no one has posted an actual fix for this

Building in x86_64 does nothing

And so does building for x86

I tried debugging the controller inputs and the system is taking in my inputs, but it wont trigger the sendMessages that the input System generates

Please can someone help me with this

[lavish beacon]

Hey guys, is it possible to check if the used device has a physical keyboard?

[glass yarrow]

IF you're targeting Stand_Alone PC, it should be safe to assume a keyboard is included.

[lavish beacon]

Yeah but I want my app to be clossplatform and there are keyboards that can be attached to mobile devices

[west oracle]

@lavish beacon yes - you can enumerate all devices with InputSystem

[gleaming mist]

Howdy everyone, I'm trying to make a script that uses my Thrustmaster joystick to control the scene camera. Only problem is that I cant find an input for RZ (rotating the joystick by twisting it). I am using the input system package. Tried looking up the inputs but I couldnt find anything for "rz"

And Unity is receiving the values of rz in the input debugger

I tried replacing "zInput" in the code with rz as that is what it is recognized as in the debugger but it doesnt seem to be understood

[west oracle]

@gleaming mist the default Joystick class mapping only contains:

        public StickControl stick { get; }
        public AxisControl twist { get; }
        public Vector2Control hatswitch { get; }

if twist actually maps correctly, you're in good shape, if not you'll have to map it with an InputAction or Device mapping

I typically would use InputAction's for this so you can have mappings for any of the HOTAS setups

lemme know if you have any HOTAS / InputSystem questions 😛

[gleaming mist]

i tried experimenting with both twist and hatswitch and neither seem to work. What do you mean by InputAction's?

as in the original input system without the package?

[west oracle]

nah - DEFINITELY use InputSystem package if you're going to support HOTAS stuff

[west oracle]

(twist is a float, not a Vec2)

[gleaming mist]

I see I see

[west oracle]

is this your first dive into the InputSystem package?

[gleaming mist]

yessir

[west oracle]

aha 🙂 you've got some learnins to do heh.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/best-practices-getting-started-tutorials.875818/

[gleaming mist]

and I won't lie, I only want to use it so I can have seperate dedicated controls for the scene

[west oracle]

you mean Editor SceneView?

[gleaming mist]

Yeah, lemme change vector2 to a float

I have fabulous news

The twist is being registered but on the wrong axis lol, but that just requires minor tweaking, thank you so much!

[lost valley]

hi, i'm new in this new input system, i got everything working but how can i do a movement without acceleration ?

like using input.getaxisraw instead of input.getaxis

i want the value of the stick only to go only from -1f to 0f and 1f

[west oracle]

there is no acceleration built in to InputSystem. everything is "Raw" at the start

[lost valley]

i want to avoid this

the player can slowly move the analog stick to have slow movement

[west oracle]

ah, you want Digital

not Analog

thats diferent than accel 🙂

add a Normalize processor to your stick input

or set it to DPad mode

[lost valley]

ty, it worked for left/right, but when i press the analog stick in a diagonal it still slows down my player

i managed to make it work by re-doing the vector2 composite to use digital instead of using a binding

but i don't know if that's wrong

[west oracle]

@lost valley

I was curious how hard it would be to use processors 😛 This is one of those cases where i'd probably just do it in code...but this works too

[lost valley]

that's another solution

i will try that, thank you !!

[twilit narwhal]

There is the bug with input system, when I switching current action map, last played action(For example jump or attack) is invoking at the same time, does someone knows what is the problem and how to fix it?

[viral monolith]

can you share code?
bet it's a logic issue like not calling enable() or disable() at the appropriate time

[plucky fjord]

How do I add an input device that does not show up in the input debugger?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F36FWMQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Wanted to see if it would be possible to read off of this

since I already have it and it has 4 ports

[south void]

@untold sun That's what I did before, but that didn't work

@alpine sorrel hmm, didn't work either, my keyboard just seems to not work whenever I start moving my mouse

unless I'm setting up the actions wrong, I've been doing it by setting a new control scheme

alright I fixed it by putting it in the same scheme

the mouse delta action is set up in my keyboard scheme with just a single binding, I did it wrong before

[west oracle]

Does it show up in Windows?

[plucky fjord]

Yes

@west oracle This what you mean?

[west oracle]

Yep. Does it have drivers that map it to XInput or DirectInput?

It looks like it's supported vJoy

Basically the best thing to do is get windows to see it as a joystick or gamepad

If you HAVE to do it the other way, it is possible but not easy and I'm unsure of how the GameCube adapter functions protocol wise

[deft burrow]

I think my mouse scroll axis is being read more than once per click. I have it set as button but it's adding 2 everytime instead of one

[austere grotto]

How are you subscribing to the event

[deft burrow]

    {
        index += gunIndex;```

[austere grotto]

It's possible you're just seeing started and performed phases.

[austere grotto]

No I mean

How are you hooking up OnSwitch to the action

Is it with PlayerInput component?

[deft burrow]

ah yeah it is

[austere grotto]

Ok so when you use PlayerInput in Unity events mode

Your function will get called 3 times whenever you press the button

Once for each phase of the action

started, performed, cancelled

You can check which phase by reading the phase property of that callbackContext parameter

[deft burrow]

ah ok I actually have some other functions in the script

bool Switch = value.started;

would that be good to use?

[austere grotto]

yeah started will return true only when the phase is the started phase

it's the same as checking value.phase == InputActionPhase.Started

so if you want to do the switch right when the action first happens, and ignore it otherwise

you can use that

[deft burrow]

ok its performing properly now, so i didn't know the functions get called 3 times. Is using events bad for peformance vs bools every frame?

[austere grotto]

no

3 times is better than once every frame 😄

[deft burrow]

nice thats why I chose to use the new input system lol

thanks

[timber robin]

@frosty niche This is for the Input System, ask your question in #💻┃unity-talk.

[frosty niche]

ok thanks

[twilit narwhal]

@viral monolith nevermind, found the problem

[twilit narwhal]

Guys, how can I switch current action map on button press and switch back on button release? I mean press works, but release won't even triggers

[finite robin]

guys when I switch action maps using

[SerializeField] private PlayerInput input;

input.SwitchCurrentActionMap("Pause Menu");

the build crashes but on unity itself it becomes unresponding then it switches anyone know how to switch action maps properly?

[austere grotto]

you sure it's this particular line of code causing the issue?

[finite robin]

yes bcz its a function that only has this line of code the input variable is refrenced outside ofcourse and I call the function when I press escape and I show the menu panel and show the mouse

before I called the function that switches the map everything worked fine

[cold hound]

Is it maybe because the release event is on the old actionmap, and needs to be handled on the new actionmap instead?

[twilit narwhal]

yes probably

[finite robin]

I tried rn making it switch action maps and test it to make sure its not the switching that causes the problem but everything worked fine but I think its maybe bcz I didn't make it get the callback context and check if it was on start I just made it switch so maybe bcz it was done 3 times it crashes

so im gonna make it on button press start and see if it works

That was the problem it worked!

[twilit narwhal]

yes probably, but how? 😄 Is it possible to migrate currently handled button to the other map? I just really don't wan't to restrict the player movement with bool, action map is so elegant way to do that and give more possibilities for extending in future

[alpine sorrel]

hey all, I'm trying to set up a system in my game where the input action map can change between two modes based on an event in the game. how do I determine what the "default" action map is? and when at runtime can I change them?

I tried calling SwitchCurrentActionMap in my Awake function to set the default, but it gave me an error

Cannot switch to actions 'PlayerShip'; input is not enabled

[austere grotto]

Default action map is only a concept on PlayerInput afaik. Are you using PlayerInput?

It's part of that component and you can set it from the inspector

[ancient berry]

Hey there, was wondering about how to handle charge attacks (performs stage 1 while held, performs stage 2 when released and sets a "chgTime" float) in the new input system

I've converted almost all of my existing inputs to the new system with the exception of this one feature. I'm not entirely sure what the syntax would be for that sort of thing (as far as I understand it, the event system only sends a callback the frame it's pressed. Unless this is incorrect)

Sorry for the super verbose question, I'm just really unfamiliar with the syntax/event system of the new input manager and I want to be clear about how it used to work before converting

[austere grotto]

almost none of this code is input related

just the if condition

you can detect that by listening for the started phase of an InputAction

how to do that depends on how you want to use the input system

there are many ways

you could also just use polling

and change basically just that one condition in the if statement

[ancient berry]

I'm really more asking about how the input system handles press & release within the callback/event

I guess a lot of this is unnecessary info, but I'm still curious how you'd handle pressing and releasing a key based on the callback structure

Like, I guess my real question is: if I have a PlayerInput component that sends callbacks when a button is pressed, how do I determine behavior when the button is released?

[austere grotto]

It all depends on how you set things up

PlayerInput can operate in 3 different modes

and PlayerInput is also not the only way to use the Input System

[ancient berry]

Hmm, gotcha

[austere grotto]

If you use Send Messages you're pretty much screwed because it only sends one event per action and only when the action is "performed"

[ancient berry]

Ahh yeah, that's the issue I'm running into

[austere grotto]

If you use Unity Events then you will get at least 3 calls every time you activate the control

one for started

one for performed

one for cancelled

but possibly one every frame for performed if it's a joystick or something

anyway - to detect "held down" buttons you generally set a bool to true on started and set it to false on cancelled

If you use C# events (my favorite), you get full control over which events you receive

I generally don't use the PlayerInput component at all, opting instead to use a direct reference to the Input Action Asset.

but that's just personal preference

[ancient berry]

So doing it this way would require a bool defined for each of the buttons capable of being assigned a charge move, correct?

Like, say it's for each face button, I'd need an "AIsHeld," "BIsHeld," etc.?

[austere grotto]

if you want to do it that way, sure

you could also use a HashSet<InputAction> for example

or a Dictionary<InputAction, InputActionPhase>

whatever flots your boat

[ancient berry]

Could you explain what you mean by this? Is this handled through an Update function or does it still subscribe to an event system?

[austere grotto]

you could do either

actually I take it back in my current project I'm actually using the generated source file from my InputActionAsset

but it's almost identical to using the InputActionAsset directly

Here's a code snippet from one of my classes

https://paste.myst.rs/2cafgfnw

So what I'm doing here is just subscribing to a bunch of input events

and unsubscribing in OnDisable()

[ancient berry]

Gotcha, that makes sense

[austere grotto]

The ControlsHelper just looks like this. I'm actually using one InputActionAsset reference and one generated code file XD I need to clean it up:
https://paste.myst.rs/ek4xnzc7

[ancient berry]

So, the general gist of it is: PlayerInput generally isn't worth using if I'm able to write my own class to handle inputs, and continuing to use PlayerInput would require a secondary system to track buttons being held or released

Right?

[austere grotto]

The main benefit of PlayerInput in my eyes is that it makes it easy to make local multiplayer games

[ancient berry]

Ahhh that makes sense, yeah

Not too much of a concern making a singleplayer game with a customizable moveset. Seems too restrictive for what I'm going for

Thank you very much! I'll look more into it, and I appreciate the code snippet for reference

[austere grotto]

np

[ancient berry]

I'll do a little more research on my own, I appreciate the quick response

[fallow condor]

trying to learn using my phone's gyroscope for games

using GyroDroid to do that

looking at the different sensors

what is the difference between Gyroscope and Game Rotation Vector?

[viral monolith]

    void Awake()
    {
        gameplayMap = actionAsset.FindActionMap("Gameplay");
        gameplayMap.Enable();
        moveAction = gameplayMap.FindAction("Move");
    }

    void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log(moveAction.phase);
    }

consider this very simple barebones trial

Move action is bound to WASD.
Its phase is logged every single frame with update

But when I run the game, I only get 'started' when the key is pressed, or 'waiting' when nothing is pressed.
never 'performed' or 'canceled'.
what am i missing exactly?

[austere grotto]

hmm should work

what are your settings on the action?

[viral monolith]

https://i.imgur.com/I5NwUDu.png

well, not much.
more accurately it's actually just 'A' and 'D' on a 1D axis for moving left and right.

void Awake()
    {
        gameplayMap = actionAsset.FindActionMap("Gameplay");
        gameplayMap.Enable();
        moveAction = gameplayMap.FindAction("Move");
        moveAction.performed += context => OnMove(context);
        moveAction.canceled += context => OnMove(context);
    }

    private void OnMove(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        Debug.Log(context.phase);
    }

version 2

[austere grotto]

Is Button appropriate?

[viral monolith]

this seems to work

[austere grotto]

hmm

[viral monolith]

i guess the 'performed' and 'canceled' are the context's phase, and not the action's phase

[austere grotto]

i thought they were the same TBH

[viral monolith]

or something like that idk

i don't really know what context is

[austere grotto]

Maybe the problem is that the input action phase is updating out of sync with Update?

so checking in update misses it?

[tame oracle]

i liked the ability to edit scripts in play mode
with the input system that doesnt work though (all input stops working)
is there a way to get that working again

[frail skiff]

Hey folks, I'm having issues with finding when cancelled is clicked in my game. I have player input set to send messages on a monobehaviour, and am picking up the OnCancel in a method on one of the components. It works fine in the editor but for some reason has stopped working in the build (it was previously working in the build fine) Any ideas what to look for?

[dusky ocean]

I don't have the option to Create Composite Axis and Create Composite Dpad... Does anyone know if this still exists?

[dusky ocean]

nvm I found it

[dusky ocean]

Does anyone know why I can't see my method? My method is called OnMovement and its public.. But i still can't see it

[violet wigeon]

When I test my game with keyboard and mouse, and I click with the mouse on an object the object code starts running. But i cant seem to find how I do this with the vr controllers

[grizzled fractal]

What does your method look like @dusky ocean

[dusky ocean]

    public void OnMovement(InputAction.CallbackContext context) {
      Debug.Log("Reached");
    }

Oh I somehow got it working

I don't even know what I changed

[dusky ocean]

how can I get the mouse input with the new input system? I don't want the position

[austere grotto]

Create an InputAction tied to pointer delta or mouse delta

[dusky ocean]

Hmmm... I can't get - values. SO I'm only able to use left and up

[tame oracle]

anyone?

[unique acorn]

I'm trying to use the input system, but i seem to be unable to use the actions editor 🤔
the properties pane is just fully empty if it's not an action that was autogenerated, and i have no way of adding a binding properly. also, as soon as i select some control scheme, everything vanishes.

Am i missing something or is this a bug? I'm also getting

NotImplementedException: The method or operation is not implemented.
UnityEngine.InputSystem.Utilities.PrimitiveValue.FromString (System.String value) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0.2/InputSystem/Utilities/PrimitiveValue.cs:407)

[austere grotto]

Sounds like a bug to me 🤔

[brittle pebble]

how to implement the Input System in your scripts i tought it was? using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

[austere grotto]

You need to also add the package to your project via package manager

[brittle pebble]

i did

isnt it called InputSystem?

[austere grotto]

ok so what is going wrong

yes

[brittle pebble]

The type or namespace name 'inputSystem' does not exist in the namespace

[austere grotto]

Capital I

[brittle pebble]

tried that before

doesnt work

[austere grotto]

it does

show your code that isn't working

also have you set up your IDE to properly show your Unity errors?

[brittle pebble]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{

}```

[austere grotto]

that's correct.

[brittle pebble]

then why in the world

[austere grotto]

You're not using an asmdef file are you?

[brittle pebble]

dont think so

not sure what it is so

WAIT

WAIt

omg

why

[austere grotto]

where are you seeing that error? Unity or VS?

[brittle pebble]

i hate myself

why doesnt it work when i do it by myself

and when i get help

poooof

it works

im so stupid

well

thanks for help i guess lol

[austere grotto]

lol ok

[brittle pebble]

but now

i kinda have another problem

InputMaster give me the same error

ima send line

public InputMaster controls;

this doesnt seem to exist

[austere grotto]

what's InputMaster

[brittle pebble]

dunno

[austere grotto]

Is that the name of your InputActionAsset?

[brittle pebble]

im kinda following a smol tutorial

[austere grotto]

The tutorial probably named their InputActionAsset "InputMaster"

[brittle pebble]

i know thats stupid

but it doesnt want to work

maybe

[austere grotto]

What is your input action asset called

[brittle pebble]

Inputs

[austere grotto]

Then you need to use Inputs instead of InputMaster

[brittle pebble]

alright

[austere grotto]

You should also set up your IDE

so you get Intellisense auto suggestions

Are you using Visual Studio?

[brittle pebble]

yes i am

[austere grotto]

Make sure it's configured properly: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity#configure-unity-to-use-visual-studio

[brittle pebble]

alright

[austere grotto]

so you get errors and autocomplete in VS

[brittle pebble]

ima try i guess

well

if u wanted to know

i changed it to the right name

but still doesnt want to work

public Inputs controls;

[austere grotto]

In your scripts folder

[brittle pebble]

yeah

[austere grotto]

there should be a generated code file

something like

Inputs.cs

[brittle pebble]

yeah

[austere grotto]

that matches your input asset name

[brittle pebble]

or the skript name is Player

[austere grotto]

Mine looks like this

it's generated by Unity

I did not write that code

you should have something like that in your scripts folder

[brittle pebble]

the @median cradleameControls?

oh srry

[austere grotto]

that name is only my name

[brittle pebble]

oh aight

[austere grotto]

your name will match the name of your InputActionAsset

[brittle pebble]

wich is Player

[austere grotto]

Then yes it should be called Player.cs

[brittle pebble]

wich it is

[austere grotto]

If that's the case then you use the name Player to reference it in another script

[brittle pebble]

ima check

[austere grotto]

Hopefully you haven't also named one of your other scripts Player or you will have an issue

[brittle pebble]

nope

so im suppose to remove the Player skript and remake it this way?

[austere grotto]

remove it? No

[brittle pebble]

wait

its set

oh god

thats alot of random generated stuff

[austere grotto]

don't worry about it 😄

[brittle pebble]

can i remove all this random?

[austere grotto]

best to close that file

no

[brittle pebble]

oh alright

[austere grotto]

don't remove anything

just gnore it lol

[brittle pebble]

kk lol

well

i think i might've messed it up

now my skript that was suppose to be my movement skript is now the random stuff

ill just make a new one?

[austere grotto]

uhhh

what did you do haha

I guess so

[brittle pebble]

just ima test something

nvm

found it

error gone

thank god

thank you

[ancient berry]

So, when I launch a build of my project, it doesn't receive input at all until I unplug my controller

Then if I plug it in while it's still running, wait until it connects, etc. it will work but the look sensitivity is about 4x what it's supposed to be

I truly have zero idea what's going on here. All I have is a PlayerInput component (I haven't had the time to convert to a custom class yet) and a function that I can post on a pastebin website if people want to see it

But the short version is, all it does is checks the callback.action.name of the callback, and if it's a button it starts states assigned to it, and if it's an analog stick it assigns the value of the stick to a Vector2

This is a new bug as of today, I've never had this issue before, and I haven't changed anything in my code or my PlayerInput component

[nocturne crane]

Hi, is there more documentation on the Player Input Manager ? I'm trying to make a local multiplayer game, I made it work well for my character selection screen, but I struggle to link it to my game scene

Selection screen is looking like this and work perfectly, what function should I use on my main scene to instantiate PlayerInput and link it to screen select devices ?

(another format so you can just see it in discord)

I got a way to transfer data from one scene to another, actually I ask my scene game to instantiate a character for each player, each player then have a PlayerInput component, i just need to set their user variable i guess ?

[nocturne crane]

Well nevermind, it look like Instantiating them in the new scene in the correct order make them retrieve the correct ID, so no additional work is needed

[nocturne crane]

Well no it is not working, when adding a PlayerInput GameObject, it assign it an ID from scratch, and for the devices, it give it the keyboard first then the gamepad, which is not correct if i want to instantiate a gamepad player first, it will link it to keyboard anyway

[nocturne crane]

Finally managed to precise a device with the JoinPlayer function :)

[fallow condor]

how do I use my android sensors with unity? like rotationvector, gyro, etc...

ive found a handful of janky plugins on the asset store that havent been updated in years

i have my phone conncted by Unity Remote

is there any simple class/methods i can use to just access gyro data for a game mechanic?

or do i need a custom plugin

[austere grotto]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Gyroscope.html

[bronze finch]

Anyone know how to develop a sprint function with the new input system? I have utilized the interaction bindings in the Input Action menu and choosing hold will not keep the sprint speed of the player constant past one frame.

[austere grotto]

Hold is for "hold to interact" kinda stuff

[earnest stag]

sorry but is there a way of geting info from a controller's gyroscope using the new input system???

[austere grotto]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Sensors.html

although that seems to be for android/ios

do you mean like a PS5 controller or something

[earnest stag]

ps4

[austere grotto]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/SupportedDevices.html?q=supported

[earnest stag]

well

i cant

😢

[austere grotto]

It says this in notes:

Unity doesn't support the gyro or accelerometer on PS4 controllers on platforms other than the PlayStation 4 console. Unity also doesn't support the DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adaptor.

which seems to imply that if the game is going to be on PS4 it might work somehow?

[earnest stag]

i need it for pc

im going to google it

well nothing 😢😢😢

[earnest stag]

im going to ask again sorry if im anoying or something

sorry but is there a way of geting info from a controller's gyroscope using the new input system???

[bronze finch]

😬

[austere grotto]

listen to started and cancelled events/phases to figure out when the user is holding down a button.
Or poll the InputAction and see if it's actuated

[bronze finch]

so like runAction.triggered except runAction.Started/Cancelled?

[austere grotto]

not really

they're events

if you want to do a check in Update or something you would poll the value

runAction.ReadValue<float>() > 0

[bronze finch]

Oh ok Appreciate ya!

[lunar geyser]

I have a prob

when I press the start button I cannot transfer to another scene

[austere grotto]

Did you try opening the build settings like the error suggests?

[lunar geyser]

wait I think I know how to add more scenes in the build settings now lol

its fine

[still carbon]

is there any way to pass a PlayerInput of a gameobject to another gameobject?

or at least the configuration of a playerInput to another?

[still carbon]

mainly i want to pass this info to another PlayerInput, this is from a sdelection character scene and i want it into each player in gameplay scene

[vernal iron]

Does someone here know how to check if you are running the old or new input system from code?

I am making a tool, so I can't check in the player settings

[tame oracle]

i do
jk i forgot

there is some preprocessor thing you can check with #if

[tame oracle]

#if ENABLE_INPUT_SYSTEM
    // New 
#endif

#if ENABLE_LEGACY_INPUT_MANAGER
    // Old 
#endif
``` also both can be true at the same time

[vernal iron]

Thanks!

I will prioritize the new system if both are active

[idle sundial]

InvalidOperationException: You are trying to read Input using the UnityEngine.Input class, but you have switched active Input handling to Input System package in Player Settings.
UnityEngine.Input.GetKeyDown (UnityEngine.KeyCode key) (at <6af207ecd21044628913f7cc589986ae>:0)
body.Update () (at Assets/body.cs:13) pls help

[tame oracle]

you crossposted

[idle sundial]

how to fix

??

[karmic zinc]

I'm trying to setup local multiplayer where players can join by pressing gamepads south button.
However the my "handlePlayerJoin" event does not get any PlayerInput So I can run the setup code for the player.

"Funny" thing is that my code works ok if I do not set a specific button for player joining... But for second player who joins, I get two players totaling 3 and the second players controls don't work...

It's hard to explain the situation. But i'll try:
I have Multiplayer Event System and Input System UI Input Module in EventSystem GameObject
I have Player Input Manager which fires the HandlePlayerJoin event on my PlayerConfigurationManager script

the Event System is trying to open UI modal for each player

But. I get index error:

[earnest stag]

how can i use my ps4 controller's gyroscope and accelerometer

[karmic zinc]

Well it seems I don't understand the problem well enough to explain it properly. But I assume it has something to do with that the HandlePlayerJoin method is not called and therefore playerConfigs for that player is not initialized and I get index error on later code..

[earnest stag]

?

pls tell me how can i use my ps4 controller's gyroscope and accelerometer

[vernal iron]

I currently have an if statement to check if a mouse button is pressed, which works.
I don't quite understand how I can make an action from code, so I can add listeners without using if statements

[earnest stag]

pls tell me how can i use my ps4 controller's gyroscope and accelerometer

[zinc stump]

!warn 661982955446468639 Don't spam the channel. Have some patience.

[sonic sage]

lions#9263 has been warned.

[zinc stump]

Or in this case lookup the actual tutorial for the topic

[earnest stag]

i cant find a tutorial

[smoky jewel]

How can I smooth Vector 2 input?

[tame oracle]

i use mathf.movetowards in update to smooth the input

not sure if there's a better way

[grizzled fractal]

You can only get gyro information of a PS4 controller if on PS4, not with it connected to pc @earnest stag

If you search there was a conversation about it just the other day

[karmic zinc]

I now have a situation where I get two players for each controller if Join Behavior is set to "Join When Button Is Pressed" and only first player is able to join if it is set to "Join Players When Join Action Is Triggered"
Is anyone else having similar behavior?

I would like to have it triggered on Join Action rather than any button as I only want to support gamepads

[proud cliff]

I have a problem that i can not use 2d Axis Composite. I am using the new input system in 2D game.

[karmic zinc]

Fixed.. I needed to have separate input settings for joining the game and separate for player movement. I guess the first player took the controls for good so it was no longer listening for others to join?
For the problem of players joining twice the key was to set the action as below:

[grizzled fractal]

Nice thanks for sharing :)

[livid rapids]

Ok so I want to make a mouse sensitivity setting that matches the in/360 or cm/360 of titles like csgo. I am wondering what the calculation is that unity uses for it's mouse deltas given by, Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") and Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y").

I want the same cm/360 as in csgo with the same input sensitivity number that I am going to put in my settings ui.

[austere grotto]

I'm pretty sure those values come in screen space units which will be enumerated in pixels

So if you want to convert that to cm or inches you'll need to know the dpi of the display

[west oracle]

And the current PPI of the mouse

[maiden night]

@livid rapids According to this reddit thread below it's about Unity 0.044 = CSGO 1.0. However if you feel like digging to find how they do it exactly Quake 3 Arena uses the same input sensitivity numbers as CSGO and the source code is all on github but not sure which file you'd need to look at to find it or if the code is readable (written in C in ~2001) https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/3vmugj/hey_guys_i_have_a_question_about_inputgetaxis/

[waxen jolt]

Hi all I am trying to learn the Unity Input System and I am having a real hard time with it. I want to essentially just test how to call an action map and action button but It isn't working? I have found a lot of tutorials around WASD and other controllers with the new input system but none just describing how to use it. Any recommendations for me to check out?

[maiden night]

I just converted my game to it, there are a couple videos I found very useful but I will say it's a lot more on the technical side than the old input system. Good place to start is the below Unity video which should get you at least moving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz0YcjXBJ3U

After that I highly recommend samyam's tutorials on how to set up a cinemachine camera with the new input system and how to set up an input manager

The problem with the new system is you don't "just use it", it's like a framework you set up and interconnect between a few different places so it's confusing at first. Long run it will make your input system better though.

[waxen jolt]

Thanks so much for the recommendation! I watched samyam’s video and got completely overwhelmed haha most likely because I had no background or understanding of the new “framework”. Hopefully with your suggestion I’ll have a better start to then implement down the road! Thanks again!

[maiden night]

No worries if you aren't too familiar with programming larger scale things or javascript I could imagine the callbacks and everything could seem overwhelming, good luck!

[austere grotto]

Just keep an open mind. There are a lot of different ways to use the new Input System

I'm experimenting now with direct InputActionReferences in my scripts

[digital narwhal]

Has anyone else experienced issues when building? Build succeeds, but the Input System doesn't work at all. In editor everything works perfect. I am on Unity 2020.3.1, HDRP, latest Input System version. IL2CPP build with .NET 4.7.1, on Windows x86_64.

[digital narwhal]

Mono build has the same issue.

It doesn't even let me hook up the Input Debugger. The build is development mode with script debugging enabled.

[hidden oracle]

Yes, so quick fix: Load an Empty Scene and then your Game Scene and it should work

Or better way, have a "Menu"

where you can go from the Menu towards your GameScene

so you can skip the EmptyScene part with a more "beautiful" way

[digital narwhal]

Ok. I'll try that thanks.

[trim hollow]

Anyone here worked with the AddcompositeBinding/ButtonWithTwoModifiers ?

I register my input at runtime and look like the last composite binding I add will be trigger with only 1 button instead of 3 (the button+2 modifiers)

To prevent that bugg if I add another random binding and remove it everything is fine. (Look like something isn’t updating properly for the last register )

[austere grotto]

How does the "new" unity Input system work?
This is a really vague question, but you can do an even-based approach in the new system where your code gets C# event or UnityEvent callbacks rather than polling the input system each frame. That could be where those comparisons are coming from

You need to somehow get a reference to an InputAction (there are many ways to do this part), then you can subscribe to the events on that InputAciton

e.g.:

InputAction jumpAction;
...
jumpAction.performed += HandleJumpPerformed;
...

void HandleJumpPerformed(InputAction.CallbackContext context) {
  Debug.Log("Jump!");
}```

Basically.

You create your own InputActionAsset - this is where you define all the actions

then the most straightforward way to subscribe to the action is with:

[SerializeField]
InputActionReference jumpActionRef;

void OnEnable() {
  jumpActionRef.action.performed += MyListener;
}```

then you can just assign an input action directly in the inspector

to jumpActionRef