🖱️┃input-system

[austere grotto]

change from Pass Through to Value

and change control type to Axis I believe

[eternal pecan]

yep that worked! thanks!

[haughty fox]

uhhh input system you ok? It seems like this happens when I directly update the value of a vector2 of a scriptableobject asset.

There seems to be no problem doing something like what I wrote here https://hatebin.com/fenspbrbmr where I update the value of the so inside update while simply just polling the vec2 on its own

I wanted to ask, what should the appropriate way to poll the mouse input relatiive to the centre of the screen? Currently I'm using the Mouse Position binding, which gives a vec2 with its origin on the bottomleft of the screen. What I'm doing is doing an additional calculation like this

aim = ctx.ReadValue<Vector2>();
AimDirectionData.Value = new Vector2(aim.x - Screen.width / 2, aim.y - Screen.height / 2).normalized;

and translating the origin to the centre of the screen by also polling the current screen width and height. Is there a more elegant solution to this? I could also just cache the screen dimensions, and then write another script whenever the screen gets resized to update the dims, but thats a lot of work just to get the mouse position relative to the centre of the screen.

[haughty fox]

So I figured out the performance problem, it looks like using callbacks when i need to poll something is real real bad. Still though I'm interested if theres another way to either translate the current mouse position relative to the screen's centre using the current input callbacks

[tame oracle]

Yes you need the values to be in the same space. Position [Mouse] is in Screen space, you need to convert it to world space camera.ScreenToWorldSpace("Mouse position"); to work with it

[grizzled nimbus]

I have the following code
input.CharacterControls.Run.performed += OnRunInput;
I know that this calls the function OnRunInput when the run button is pressed.
But I also want to call the function OnRunInput when the run button is released so i can revert the speed of the character back to its initial value
How do i do that?

I tried to do that in the movement function, but when you keep on running in the same direction and then release the run button while still moving in the exact same direction the speed will not update

[haughty fox]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Actions.html
each action also has .cancelled, which gets called when an action is released, typically

[grizzled nimbus]

so input.CharacterControls.Run.cancelled += OnRunInput; right beneath performed?

[haughty fox]

well depending on what OnRunInput does, so if you want your character to stop, youd want another function to do just that and register .cancelled to that function instead

[grizzled nimbus]

thanks, that seems to work

[haughty fox]

trying to translate it using camera doesnt get the result exactly the way I want it to. Ive searched around and the two solutions seem to be by doing exactly that, using ScreenToWorldPoint, and the other by doing what I'm doing right now. I'll stick with what I've already got working and just call it a day

[tame oracle]

Any know how to use the New Input System with this? https://github.com/KonsomeJona/unity-gb

[harsh seal]

So PS5 Controller to PC to Unity is does not work?

[harsh seal]

just tried a ps4 controller and it seems to work

but ps5 does not?

[tame oracle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/unity/comments/n77fny/gameboy_emulator_help/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Help!

[timber robin]

@tame oracle Stop spamming your question. You're going to be hard pressed to find someone who is proficient in that library who also got the new input system working in a Discord full be beginners.

[tame oracle]

Then were do I look?

[timber robin]

Sometimes there just isn't an answer.

[austere drum]

in the patience cupboard

[timber robin]

Someone has to be the first to solve a problem, and you're likely going to have to be that person.

[tame oracle]

I stayed up all night and still can't get it to work

[austere grotto]

Just one night?

[tame oracle]

I learned about it yesterday

Then spent the rest of the day looking at the code to see what was going on the tried to add the new input system.

[austere drum]

I've been trying to just rotate something for the past week... And my average day is about 18 hours of screen time.
1 day is nothing for the thing that you are trying to do

[tame oracle]

How about you animate it?

Or change the rotation?

[timber robin]

Do you know how the new input system works?

You may first want to become an expert on understanding how to use it before trying to integrate it into a library.

[tame oracle]

That's not the problem

The project is based around the old one

[timber robin]

Right ... so ... if it's open source, and you're proficient with the new input system, then it should be convertable?

[austere grotto]

This might be a good first place to look: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Migration.html

There's a 1:1 migration for most things

[tame oracle]

Thanks, sorry if I was rude

[sterile gazelle]

use the version it was made for lol

😄 👍

and just dont deal with migration

[tame oracle]

Only problem is I want to put it on switch

[sterile gazelle]

oh that would be a problem i guess

[tame oracle]

Yeah😂

[timber robin]

If you're planning on publishing on the Switch, you are aware that you need to be a registered developer?

[tame oracle]

Yes

I am one

[sterile gazelle]

werent you like.... begging for switch dev codes yesterday @tame oracle

[tame oracle]

No? When?

[tame oracle]

hey y'all! can anyone reccomend a good input control for touch controls ?

[grizzled nimbus]

I want to create first person controls with the new input system.
I do
value = context.ReadValue<Vector2>();
and then
_move.MoveDirection = new Vector3(value.x * runSpeedX, 0, value.y * runSpeedZ);
how do i change this so pressing forward on the joystick will also be forward where the player is looking?

and in the move function I have
var time = (Time.fixedDeltaTime * speed.Evaluate(_move.MoveDirection.magnitude));

rigidbody.MovePosition(_transform.position + _move.MoveDirection * time);

[plush wasp]

@hard hedge it could be because you're binding on perform

[hard hedge]

what do i bind it on

[austere grotto]

The perform will only happen when the button is actuated

Either poll the value in Update

Or save the value on performed and apply it each update

For an axis you'll get a performed every time the value of the axis changes but again not every update

[hard hedge]

how do I get it in update btw

[austere grotto]

myInputAction.ReadValue

[hard hedge]

Vector2 inputVector = controls.Player.Movement.ReadValue<Vector2>(); doesn't work

[austere grotto]

Why not

[hard hedge]

controls is a class I generated from the InputAction

[austere grotto]

Is your control type set to Vector2?

[hard hedge]

yes, i sent a screenshot on the otehr channel

[austere grotto]

Action type should be value

[austere grotto]

Ok so what's happening

Did you enable your controls?

controls.Enable()

[hard hedge]

yes I've doen that

oh wait

i'm dumb

sorry, my Move() function wasn't being called

[granite ivy]

input.GetKey is for keyboard inputs..... if i need it to find joystick(mobile)inputs i need input.GetJpystickNames .. ?

[grizzled nimbus]

okay, after some hours of research i got this
_move.MoveDirection = transform.right * value.x * walkSpeedX + transform.forward* value.y * walkSpeedZ;

this works for WASD

but when i use my control stick my character gets out of control

beginning of the video is with control stick

the last part is with WASD

and with WASD, W is always forward, A is always to the left of the char, etc

value = context.ReadValue<Vector2>(); as before

at some random points the char starts spinning in place

i used _move.MoveDirection = new Vector3(value.x * runSpeedX, 0, value.y * runSpeedZ); before and this did not happen

[radiant pilot]

Sorry if this gets asked a lot, but I can't find an answer online. I don't have the option to add a PlayerInput component in my game. I have Unity 2020.3.7f1 installed. Do I need a newer version? Or is there some place I can download the package?

[grizzled nimbus]

have you installed the player input package?

or doesn't it appear in the package manager?

[radiant pilot]

I don't think so, as I don't see it in this list

I'm not sure where to get it from though. Even the official documentation told me to just "select it from this list" to install it

[grizzled nimbus]

click on packages: in project

change it to something else

[austere grotto]

You need the Input System package

It's in Unity Registry

[grizzled nimbus]

yeah

i have mine under unity registry

[radiant pilot]

Thank you! I did not know that it was only showing the packages I had installed

I found it

I knew there was a simple answer, I just couldn't find it on my own 👍

[tacit pecan]

Hi guys,
Hoping someone can help me here 🙂
I am making a drag and drop type of calculator. I am not that skilled, but i have the basic understanding of the most things about object oriented development i believe.
I am using the eventsystem from Unity. Right now i need to be able to make unlimited operators by dragging from a box. So the general gist is:
You take your mouse to the box
When you click and hold a movable/dragable object is instantiated and is already being dragged by the mouse, to the position of the mouse. and then it is a drabable object like any other.
I got all the drag and drop functionality down and it works as it should. But instantiating an object that is already being dragged (OnDrag) i dont know how to force that behaviour. Hoping someone would be able to help me. Thank you 😄

[eternal pecan]

ok so im converting my controls to be controller supported, and i set the left and right movement to x and b for xbox controller (dont ask) which was a & d before, and now i can only walk back once and never again. I have already implemented the press key to join thingy and would like some help.

[marsh fractal]

I want to get the current control scheme and change inputType depending on which it is, this works like 1/10 times:

Can I get the current control scheme in a different way? I've been looking all over but can't find a good solution

[rocky tundra]

hey, how do i check the last input made by the player?

[bleak stag]

How to have an object point towards the mouse cursor whilst rotating around a player character in 2D? (new input system) (feel free to tag me) / how does the mouse delta work

[marsh fractal]

Is there a more effective way of forwarding unity input events from an InputManager script to my player's different state classes than using delegates? I've recently converted from Send Messages to Unity Events so I've gone from returning Vector2 and bool values to using delegates.

This is in my NormalState class:

Previously I checked HandleInput() in Update using bools for actions.

[magic pier]

So with old input, I had a Move() method that was being run in FixedUpdate that would check input and, if condition was met, would run movement code (e.g. rb.AddForce). So the physics code was in a separate method from FixedUpdate.

But from what I'm reading here, the new input system is designed so that I would move the physics code to FixedUpdate, and the movement = new Vector3 goes in the OnMove method (for example, when using SendMessages)?

I just want confirmation that InputSystem wants me to place my movement code in two separate locations.

'cause I'm driving myself mad trying to write my code sensibly.

[austere grotto]

The new input system is very flexible and you can continue doing things the way you were doing them before if you want

you simply have new options now

[magic pier]

Dang, then I guess it's just me 😂 I've spent days trying to figure it out, looked at every tutorial I could find :/

[austere grotto]

what exactly does the old code look like?

Input.GetAxis?

[magic pier]

FixedUpdate() {
    Move();
}

Move() {
    if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")) {
        movement = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"),0,0);
        rb.AddForce(movement * thrust);
    }
}

[austere grotto]

so good news and bad news

the good news is that if you get an InputAction reference - then the code for what you're doing is quite simple and more or less a 1:1 translation:
just replace Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") with myHorizontalAction.ReadValue<float>()

the bad news is that Input.GetAxis has some build in "smoothing" that Unity does automatically, that you can't get built in with the new input system

so the behavior won't be exactly the same without implementing your own smoothing

[magic pier]

And do the other ways of implementing with InputSystem have smoothing built-in?

[austere grotto]

No

none of them do

[magic pier]

So the drawback is only against the old InputManager, not other InputSystem implementations.

[austere grotto]

right

[magic pier]

Ok, fine by me. Now to search up "how to implement input smoothing in unity"

[magic pier]

In this example, what is myHorizontalAction? Just trying to think what to replace that with in my code.

[austere grotto]

You need an InputAction

you can get that in many ways

the most straightforward wway in my opinion is to put a serialized InputActionReference field in your script:

[SerializeField]
InputActionReference horizontalAction;

then you assign it to the input action in the inspector

and you can use:

horizontalAction.action.ReadValue<float>()```

[magic pier]

So the code is:

Move() {
        if (horizontalAction.action.ReadValue<float>() != 0) {
            movement = new Vector3(horizontalAction.action.ReadValue<float>(),0,0);
            rb.AddForce(movement * thrust);
        }
}

InputActionReference horizontalAction is assigned to Player/Move and I made sure that Player is the current action map.

Currently horizontalAction.action.ReadValue<float>() is always 0, even when I'm pressing one of the keys in Move, but I'm troubleshooting it.

[austere grotto]

Make sure you've enabled the asset at some point

e.g.

horizontalAction.asset.Enable();

but that only has to be done once, globally, for all the actions in the whole asset to work

[vague gull]

I'm trying to implement a movement system, but it'll only move on the Z axis? The other keys work, just dont move in the right direction. Can anyone help?

public float speed = 5.0f;
private float horizontalInput;
private float forwardInput;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{

}

`// Update is called once per frame`
`void Update()`
`{`
    `//get player input`
    `horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");`
    `forwardInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");`

   `` //move the player forwards``
    ``transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed * horizontalInput);``
    ``transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed * forwardInput);``

This is the code I have, following a tutorial. The tutorial video seems to work fine, and I think I copied it but it wont move on X axis

[magic pier]

@vague gull Do you have a link to the tutorial? 🤔

@vague gull Is it this one? https://www.artsandjustice.org/unity-basics-part-2/

[vague gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CieCJ2mNTXE Its this one, but I can take a look at that one too?

Not adding the jump though

[magic pier]

Ok, is Vector3.forward supposed to be in both of the last two lines?

[vague gull]

OH thats probably it lmao
I didnt notice that at all, thank you, n sorry if I bothered lol

[magic pier]

lmao I saw it the second you posted the code but I needed the tutorial to be sure 🤣

[high apex]

hi guys! ive been running into a problem with input actions, and i cant find a fix for it

i hope this is the right place to ask, but basically when i try to make an action map the properties tab on the far right simply remains empty and doesnt give me any options

is there something obvious im missing?

[gusty axle]

if you mean this:

you can go here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/i-have-a-blank-inspector-panel.450626/

[gusty axle]

if you dont see the inspector

@high apex

[high apex]

thank you so much ill take a look (:

[gusty axle]

No problem :)

[high apex]

wait no

its not inspector its like in the window where you edit input action maps

in all the tutorials i can find there should be options in the right window but nothing shows up

[gusty axle]

Do you have the newest version of unity?

[high coral]

Hey, so I am currently reading into the new input system. I was wondering about the script that an InputAction generates. In some guides the generated class within the generated Script is directly used. Whereas in other the InputActions are referenced in a PlayerInput component that lives under the gameObject that is to be controlled by the input.

So my question is: Which of these two ways is "better"? If both ways are valid, in which cases should I use which way?

I suspect I am completely off the rails and somehow did not understand a fundamental part about the new input system. I'd really appreciate any answers :)

[austere grotto]

Both ways are valid, and there are even more ways than that

-You can also directly reference InputActionAsset (the thing I think you meant when you wrote InputAction)

• You can reference individual InputActions from an InputActionAsset directly via a InputActionReference field directly in your script

PlayerInput I would only recommend using if you are doing something involving local multiplayer. It is designed to work alongside PlayerInputManager and automatically create instances for each player, mapped to an individual controller for example

[high apex]

yup. maybe i dont know how to search it but i cant find anywhere online that has the same issue

[west oracle]

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

[slender frost]

Hello, I am trying to use Unity's Input System to create a platformer. In the game, there will be a walk control and a run control. Walk control is executed whenever a movement key is held, run control is executed whenever a movement key is held after it has been double tapped.

For the run control key, I tried to use the MultiTap interaction on the Input System, but the control is only registered as performed when the last tap is released. Is there any workaround for this?

[versed bison]

how do i do Input.KeyDown(KeyCode.LeftControl); with the new input system?

[austere grotto]

myInputAction.triggered```

[boreal badge]

Weird question, is there a difference in performance if input management, and input logic are in the same script versus separated into two?

[austere grotto]

no

not due to the separation itself

[boreal badge]

Ok, thank you

[versed bison]

and how do i know when it is released?

[west oracle]

@versed bison triggered will fire twice if your action's interaction is set to Press & Release

but if you dont want to use Actions and you strictly want keyboard you can also use:

            if (Keyboard.current[Key.LeftCtrl].wasPressedThisFrame)
            {
                //down
            }
            else if (Keyboard.current[Key.LeftCtrl].wasReleasedThisFrame)
            {
                //up
            }

@slender frost that...is actually a really interesting one! Kinda surprised there isn't a built in for that.

Imma make one 🙂

LMAO Actually!

////TODO: change this so that the interaction stays performed when the tap count is reached until the button is released

this is at the very very top of the MultitapInteraction.cs

[prime kite]

im trying to make the controls pauses when the paused UI is active, i dont want to use timescale because it is a mulitplayer and i dont want everyone to freezes when someone is settings. how could i do it?

[austere grotto]

Ooh didn't know Keyboard had an indexer

kinda funny that they have all those Keyboard.leftControlKey properties too

[austere grotto]

Just disable your player movement script

alternatively - if you're using the new input system - you can disable the Action Map(s) related to the player moving around

[prime kite]

oh i never thought about that

thanks!

but the movement is in the player script itself, if i disable it it will disable the entire thing

[austere grotto]

Time to separate out your different behaviors into different scripts

It's good practice to have each script only handle a small, well defined bit of behavior

"Stuff that should be disabled when the game is paused" seems like a pretty good boundary to go with for now

[prime kite]

ill try that

[west oracle]

Those are actually super unique to the OS. They resolve to "Does the system think that Left CTRL Is Pressed" which is really important for things like Accessibility settings

[prime kite]

when i separate the movement from the player the transform.position broke, i cant move but the animation still work

i have the script in the player prefabs, i dont know why it didnt work

nevermind, switched to rb.velocity and it worked again

[untold sun]

I turn off my player controls action map, and turn on the UI controls when the pause menu comes up. Saves me from worrying about what scripts do what where and whether I've added any that I forget about etc.

[twin sundial]

is it possible to get the name of the input button the player has to press? I want my game to say "Press [nameofbutton] to Continue", but I want it to be dependent on the controller being used

[frigid ridge]

Yea I'm quite sure this is built-in to the new input system, but no idea how the API works

[untold sun]

I did something similar recently, but it wasn't totally straight forward

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/750868131924410478/837567317117239296/Screen_Recording_2021-04-29_at_10.29.36_PM.mov

For Switch vs
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/750868131924410478/837610930782208010/Screen_Recording_2021-04-30_at_1.45.23_AM.mov

for Keyboard for instance

The main thing was:

                string deviceLayout, controlPath;
                int bindingIndex = action.GetBindingIndex("Keyboard&Mouse");
                string bindingString =
                    InputActionRebindingExtensions.GetBindingDisplayString(action, bindingIndex, out deviceLayout, out controlPath);

I preferred Gamepads if Gamepad.current was not null, and tried the keyboard display instead if it WAS null and Keyboard.current wasn't

And then I just have some boring code to map the binding string to the right entry in a spritesheet for display

But this should work fine even if they user has remapped the input

[twin sundial]

thanks!

[west oracle]

@frigid ridge there are some examples in the importable samples of the InputSystem but I'd hesitate to call it built in.

[mental zenith]

is there a known way to stop the player input manager from spawning a new prefab when a bluetooth controller is disconnected and reconnected trhough signal issues?

the documentation is giving me nothing

I just want an event to latch onto where I can stop spawning a new prefab

[boreal badge]

Can you somehow make the control type of a pass through action a boolean? So you could use ReadValue<boolean>() in the lambda expression?

[boreal badge]

Alright figured it out. For anyone interested: Action type "Button" returns a float value of 0 or 1, depending if the action is started, which you can substitute as a boolean.

[west oracle]

You're probably best off handling it by telling PlayerInputManager that you want to manually spawn players, rather than when a button is pressed.

[quaint owl]

Idk if this is the appropriate channel for this question. But I've been learning UI a bit, buttons in particular, and I have a circle button and it used to work fine, I could click anywhere on the button and it would work. Then my computer crashed with some things unsaved, and now the button only works when I click the bottom half of the circle. The top half of the button doesn't work. I've tried completely rebuilding it and it still isn't working correctly. Any advice on what to check in the inspector? anything of the sort, I'm stumped

[shell sonnet]

i'm using the new unity input system and i want to add a button that you need to hold in order to activate a certain ability, so i added a new action to the action map and added bindings to the action with the hold interaction, but for some reason after i use press the button and it's activated once then it doesn't activate again. any idea why?

[shell sonnet]

please i need help this is for a 3 day jam and it's the last thing i need in order to finish the player controller and i have no idea how to fix this.

[gusty axle]

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[austere grotto]

Probably another UI element on top of it blocking it.

[raven crest]

HOw can I detect right click on object?

[austere grotto]

You can use IPointerDownHandler and check the button that was clicked to trigger it: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.EventSystems.PointerEventData.html#UnityEngine_EventSystems_PointerEventData_button

[raven crest]

thanks

[hoary walrus]

help: Input system is only working with 3d cube object but not with other 3d objects such as assets

It reads the input but it doesn't do anything with the action

[austere grotto]

Do you have Colliders on those things?

[hoary walrus]

yes I do have a collider

[nova inlet]

are you missing any script on the other assets? or in case collision, rigidbody?

[hoary walrus]

no they all have the same things: character controller, mesh collider (convex, not trigger) and a script which is meant to move them

[nova inlet]

thats weird, not sure but check if the other objects has static flag on, might be the reason objects are not moving

[hoary walrus]

what is that

[nova inlet]

select any gameobject, in inspector, top right, you can see a static checkbox

[rotund grotto]

why is my Input.GetButton("Fire1") triggering on my joystick buttons that are not defined in the Input Manager

eg. I defined it on my Square button on ps4 controller but for some reason it also triggers on O

[mental zenith]

So as far as I understand it, if you disconnect and reconnect a controller paired to a player input component, the new input system is supposed to reconnect that controller to the same component?

spent hours trying to find a straight yes or no to this question now

[rotund grotto]

the problem was my DS4Windows driver that mimics an xbox controller so Unity registered having both the ps4 and xbox controller

[grizzled nimbus]

how do i check in the new input system if the control stick is not tilted in any axis?

input.CharacterControls.Movement.canceled += OnMoveCancelled;
i have this in my OnEnable and it is never called

OnMoveCancelled never does anything

[desert thistle]

I'm just getting started with the input system and from what I've read so far, it looks like the only apsect of it that may be lacking is the use of modifier keys.

My main concerns are:

1. If there is an action bound to a single key press, and then another action bound to the same key but with a modifier key as well, do these bindings still clash during the disambiguation stage?

2. If I set up a default action binding to a single key press and a user wants to rebind it to a key + modifier key, you basically have to determine what the user has chosen and determine the type of action binding you need dynamically right?

Or would you create the default action binding as Button with Two Modifiers and just leave the modifiers unbound?

[austere grotto]

1. Both actions will fire when holding the modifier and there's not really a good way around it other than handling the modifier manually rather than using the modifier binding feature.

Not sure about the rebinding stuff as I haven't dealt with it yet

[desert thistle]

@austere grotto ok. I wasn't sure if that had been addressed yet. Thank you. I can manage around that.

[barren locust]

I'm trying to get a 2D axis to work with the new input system and it recognizes the input as a press instead of a hold

Any ideas?

[cedar slate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOC5GJ5rFFw Putter, I know this is 3d, but he is using the new input system, maybe it'll help

[green forge]

hi guys, I need some help on how to set up a button that can both be pressed and hold

I got the input system all set up but got stuck manipulating it in code

[hoary walrus]

no gameobjects are static

[nova inlet]

can you post your move script here?

[hoary walrus]

I've never posted a script how do I do it

[nova inlet]

you can use any code paste site, https://hastebin.com one

or like mentioned here https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/210298617-Markdown-Text-101-Chat-Formatting-Bold-Italic-Underline- under code blocks

[hoary walrus]

I'm using hatebin and I copied the code into there, now what

[nova inlet]

share the link

[hoary walrus]

there's no link to share

[nova inlet]

yup just noticed, https://paste.ee another, not sure if its allowed here

[hoary walrus]

https://paste.ee/p/zVGXE

[mental zenith]

so just as an FYI, apparently the behaviour ive been trying to work around the last couple of days is a bug:
runtime controller auto reconnect/re-pair to player input wont work if the active control-scheme has a action with no bindings due to an array error.

In other words all actions here have to have atleast one blue binding underneath for controller reconnect to work as of now

gonna submit a bug report, but figured I would share on the off chance anyone else is stuck on the same problem. I had to dive deep into the input code to find this^^

[nova inlet]

code's alright, there must be a PlayerInput script attach to your cube object, which is intercepting the input events, see if that script is present on other objects as well

[nova inlet]

nope i ran into same issue you're facing in an fresh project, i can move my cube with a set of input actions but cant reuse the same on another object

[devout pike]

Heya! Anyone know what's going on here? I want the menu system to be 100% usable with keyboard only, but for some reason, it only woks once I click a button with the mouse once, after that it starts working. Why does it do that and is there a way I can make it usable with spacebar from the beginning? Mainly just unity buttons + unity base input system.

[hoary walrus]

do you have any idea what the error is or a work-around

[nova inlet]

either i was doing something wrong, or input system has some issues, but make sure other gameobjects has the playerInput component, reference to the action your cube has in playerInput component, and behaviour is unity events & events has refs to your OnMove & OnJumo methods

[west oracle]

EventSystem.current.SetSelectedGameObject(target);

You can also use this to forcefully select something when you know input needs to happen.

[devout pike]

Oh damn I fixed it with a way more spaghetti solution... Thank you mate I'll know it for next time!

[sweet palm]

Hi all - struggling with the new input system.

I previously used Input.GetAxis to ease between vector float values, and it worked great for my needs. With the new input system. those values snap (like GetAxisRaw), which is problematic. Using both a keyboard and gamepad.

Any thoughts on how to correct this? Ideally at the point of input, but I'm open to suggestions.

[austere grotto]

There's no such smoothing built-in but the algorithm to do it is pretty much just Mathf.MoveTowards

[sweet palm]

Damn - was hoping to avoid that, but at least I can stop searching and get to that!

Thank you!!

[frigid ridge]

Input system still doesn't have a more native way to deal with this?

[austere grotto]

Not AFAIK

[sweet palm]

You'd think, right?

[austere grotto]

But I haven't checked in a while

[sweet palm]

I can't find a thing

[hoary walrus]

i did a work around i just made the asset a child of a cube and took away the image comononent from the cube. so the cube moves things and it just looks like the asset is moving

[west oracle]

@frigid ridge the primary issue w/ recreating the Gravity/Sensitivity thing is that Processors don't have history 😦

[frigid ridge]

Ah yea that was the issue

[barren locust]

Ah thank you! The problem was that I was expecting the OnMove event to fire every frame if any of the keys were pressed, but the video showed that you just simply make a class variable that the On Move context gets set to. Thank you!

[nova inlet]

try posting your ques here again, even i'm new to the input system, and i dont think it should require that kind of workaround

[hoary walrus]

It works for now so I think I'm going to keep using it like this, though if I run into problems I will repost my question

[heady pulsar]

anyone familiar with XBOX controller input?

[austere grotto]

any chance you're mixing up the Left Trigger and the Left Bumper?

[weak bramble]

Hey guys does anyone have a slide controller code? Mine simply doesn't work and I would appreciate to see where I've mistaken.

[heady pulsar]

@austere grotto thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't work. i know the trigger works on the controller since when i play spryo reignited the triggers respond to input

[soft vale]

I'm trying to make a smooth input processor for the new input system, and it won't work

I have based my code off the last version of the basic input processor shown in the docs (with [RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod(RuntimeInitializeLoadType.BeforeSceneLoad)])

It seems like there's some kind of bug that won't call my processor and this is an issue that's been already reported in the forum by others, does anyone have a new solution?

inb4 "smooth the input in game": I want my keyboard 1D axis to emulate a joypad's analog stick

[soft vale]

Ok, seems like the InputProcessor framework is broken, not even the default ones work

[honest sapphire]

hello, when I press a button once, it executes 6 times, does anyone know why it happens.
I am using the Input sistem

[desert thistle]

where exactly would I request Unity to make InputAction.isSingletonAction a public member instead of internal? Its a PR on github the only way?

[harsh ridge]

I’m writing a unit test that needs to simulate moving my player prefab and having a difficult time initiating that input. I have the player and can access the method called to move, but it expects a callback. I can also get the InputAction actions from within the player prefab, but still can’t seem to call the dang things.

• I’ve tried calling .Enable() and then used the myAction.performed += syntax
• sending the key as an event
• passing the actionMap (captured from debug logging the input) as JSON
• adding a game pad with InputSystem.AddDevice<Gamepad>(); but then I’m not sure how to actually “press” the button

If anyone has any potential directions or thoughts, it would be much appreciated!

[sonic basin]

what does this mean

[frigid ridge]

Input Axis Fall doesn't exist in your input settings

[hexed needle]

hello people , i m new learning unity , and i m very confuse ... how can i use this [SerializeField]
private InputActionReference attackControl; to trigger my animation ? i know its a really noob question but its been several days i ve been trying to figure it out on my own 😟

[solar plover]

Serialized field simply serializes your field, which most folks would use to accessible fields from the inspector whilst still being private. Not sure it relates to trying to trigger your animation. Is the field not visible in the inspector? What's the exact problem?

[hexed needle]

@solar plover ive been following a Tutorial , since i am learning C# and unity ... but after the tutorial is done and she didn't apply any animation to her "character" , so i have been trying to modify my code , to implement a connection with the animator so when i move my character ill be able to run the animation , ofc i lack a lot of experience ... but i can't find the same type of code in other tutorials , so have been trying to do it myself ... but i can't make it work. she uses "input system" for the controls and cinemachine for the camera ...

https://gdl.space/iwosulefej.cs

this is my code at this point

pls let me know if its better to show my animator set up

[solar plover]

I'm not too well versed with the new input system but you ought to simply be able to bind inputs to functions (assuming you've got some already).

(For movement and such)

This time, you'll simply bind the functions invoking the animations; those manipulating the animator variables.

[hexed needle]

you mean on the input menu , or just create a different script to call the animation through binddings?

[solar plover]

Or better yet: if (movement != Vector2.zero) do animation

(movement that is)

I'm on mobile so it's difficult for me to multiple task and I'm not proficient with Swype or the mobile input layout.

You would call your animator walk function after the if statement in Update

[hexed needle]

its ok @solar plover thank a lot for trying to help , as a noob ill try to figure it out a way of doing that ... that's what iv been tryin to do on the last week...

i think i m being to ambitious with this

😟

[solar plover]

Shouldn't be too difficult, you've almost got it

Hmm you're already calling the animator walk in fixed update. Maybe the expression in the if statement with that function is never true?

[hexed needle]

i m not sure being honest

i dont know exactly whats wrong

[solar plover]

isWalking = move.x > 0.1f || move.x < -0.1f || move.z > 0.1f || move.z < 0.1f;
``` would be sufficient without the lambda.

If any part of the expression is true it'll be true.

[hexed needle]

error

this is the error its giving me up front

[solar plover]

Have you setup your animation properly? (a different issue)

Ah, an error.

[hexed needle]

for now i only have this

2 layers one masked with the other

with 2 parameters for the code

so i m not sure ...

[solar plover]

You're getting a similar issue as this: https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/184921/unity-2018-4-25f1-errors-error-cs0118-error-cs0234

You'll have to fix all of your errors before anything can be expected to work correctly.

What version of input system are you using?

You've got to rid yourself of those errors else Unity will not compile and you'll simply be playing old images of your project.

[hexed needle]

Version 1.0.2

inputsystem

it seems it does not recognize up front the "PLayerControls"

and i dunno why since that's the file created by the input system

i was in unity version 2021... i switch to unity 2020.3 and now its a different error ...

which i m aware ov ... since i dunno what to call on the function ...

error_02

[solar plover]

You likely meant to pass in move rather than Vector3
Changing AnimateWalk(Vector3) to AnimateWalk(move) where you should place this call in Update rather than fixed update; update also has your local (to the function) move variable.

Or make move a class member and everything else would be fine as is (removing move declaration from update - you'd still want to assign it there though)

[hexed needle]

@solar plover it solved it ... but this script is all messed up ... keeps on giving me a bunch of errors =/

anyway thank for trying to help , what you said all worked

Thank you ^^

[jade wing]

Wow, there's a whole section for the input system.

Is anyone around? I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong with this thing. I can't seem to get it to do anything.

[jade wing]

This code isn't being recognized in the Unity Event system and I'm not sure why

    {
        myInput = value.ReadValue<Vector2>().x;
        myBody.velocity = Vector2.right * myInput * mySpeed;
    }```

[narrow cove]

Has anyone here successfully used the Input System with a custom scheme in visual scripting? No luck for me in 2020 or 2021. Seems like a huge problem to not be able to input controls 😦

[bleak hound]

How can I recreate "Input.GetButtonDown" in the new input system? I've already implemented systems with onClick behaviours but I have difficulties on using controls like holding a key....

[bleak hound]

for now I just switch the state of a boolean to check the mouse behaviour, does exist a simplier way?

[delicate burrow]

Hey guys. So I was writing a system which prints the key that was pressed, and is there a way to get it correctly if the InputAction was set up as anyKey? Currently the context.control.name returns anyKey rather than the key that was actually pressed.

[gilded cobalt]

you mean need to print the key name?

[delicate burrow]

yeah. I hate having to set up 26+ chars every time I want to do this

[gilded cobalt]

ah that was what i was gonna suggest

[delicate burrow]

Yeah I'm already doing that. It is really surprising that there's no way to get the exact key pressed's name

[gilded cobalt]

i think you should majke a list of all chars and put those in an in statement( i dont know if it will work, i mainly know python)

then print the same var you used

[delicate burrow]

A-Z, 0-9, Tab, Space, etc. is painful to set up multiple times. And it's not even easy to copy the json elements as the guids are unity created, and just modifying 1 character of the guid gives errors

[gilded cobalt]

no i mean just create a list/array, check the key pressed in the array, then print it

[delicate burrow]

I mean this. Currently I have it set up like this. It's annoying. If I have it set up like this, then doing context.control.name works fine.

Setting up using this anykey, does not return the correct value when using context.control.name

[gilded cobalt]

hmmmmmm

i dont know then, sorry

[austere grotto]

There's a way not using InputAction at all

Check out Keyboard.onTextInput

[delicate burrow]

Yeah I did consider that, but I'm using gamepad and other devices as well. Using multiple classes like Keyboard & Gamepad is not really an effective way for writing systems I feel.

[austere grotto]

it's not but is the "anyKey" thing relevant when using gamepad?

[delicate burrow]

No, but I'm writing generic code for both devices together. Consider that I'm writing a rebind key system, with both devices, and I want to use the pressed key's name in the UI. It's really inefficient to write that code for keyboard separately, and the generic code for gamepad separately.

And it'd be awesome if we had anyKey, or their equivalent support for other devices too. What do you think?

[bleak hound]

How can I make a simple getKeyDown with the new Input System?

[delicate burrow]

I think you can try this

[austere grotto]

The 1:1 conversion wouild be:

Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)
```becomes
```cs
Keyboard.current[Key.E].wasPressedThisFrame

[ember sundial]

Hi can someone help me with the xr toolkit what does this trackedDeviceDragThresholdMultiplier mean?
Docs:
(Scales the , for tracked devices, to make selection easier.)

[austere grotto]

#🤯┃augmented-reality #🥽┃virtual-reality

[ember sundial]

Thanks 👍

[abstract condor]

Does anyone know why my tilemap 2d collider is off on some of my objects?

sorry

[bleak hound]

How can I recreate a GetKey on new input system? I read that I should use something like "Action.readValue<bool>"

Seems that the action does contain a bool value but an int, why? .-.

[barren locust]

Have you tried printing the mouseHold and experimenting what it does under certain conditions?

[abstract condor]

how can I make it so an object collider is only a trigger, and doesnt actually cause collisions?

I have a enemy that is supposed to be able to turn and walk up a wall. I have it so he has a detector... a collider used as a trigger... placed out front of him. When he turns, one of the trigger colliders is in the wall, where it should be, but it pushes the mob out. Even though it is a trigger

[austere grotto]

Seems like a #⚛️┃physics question not an input question

[abstract condor]

sorry, struggling to find where to put questions

[bleak hound]

I cant print it rn since that readvalue method gives an error

[bleak hound]

Any help?

[fluid lotus]

Does anyone have a good method for manually joining players in a local co op using the PlayerInputManager component provided? I’m manually joining because I’m implementing local co op that can have 2 people on a keyboard along with any numbers of game pads connected as well. Currently I’m just checking in update for keyboard.current.(specific key) and gamepad.current.(specific key), and then instantiating my input components based off of that, and it works, but that just seems super messy. Is there a way to detect if different control schemes are being used in order to join a player? I have 2 keyboard control schemes set up currently and a gamepad control scheme; if I could just trigger an event when input came through that could pass info about what control scheme is being utilized or just detect what control scheme is being used somewhere that seems like it would be a lot cleaner.

[frigid ridge]

There should be an join on input sample in the input system samples

[barren locust]

I actually just found out today that there's a ReadValueAsButton() function that returns a bool

[bleak hound]

I found out a similar solution

[barren locust]

Oh okay that's good

[bleak hound]

so "myBool = Actio.ReadValue(int)" and then I switch to true of false if that int is > 0

thanks for the help

[barren locust]

No problem lol

[bleak hound]

mouseHold = playerInputActions.Mouse.MouseHold.ReadValue<float>() > 0 ? true : false; //GetKey

here is the line if somebody need it

[barren locust]

imo it actually is more readable if you do the ReadValueAsButton func

[bleak hound]

"MouseHold" is just the left mouse click

Documentation and topics online are really old and scarse tho

[fluid epoch]

whats the difference between pass through and value?

[austere grotto]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputActionType.html#UnityEngine_InputSystem_InputActionType_PassThrough

[fluid epoch]

thanks

[deep hinge]

how come it cant detect the namespace?
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
The type or namespace name 'InputSystem' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine' (are you missing an assembly reference?) [Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp]
I have the input system package installed. I don't have any assembly definition files in my project. I also regenerated project files.

every time i wanna try the new input system, it can't detect the namespace

the simple demo won't compile

[austere grotto]

Are you using assembly definition files in your project?

[deep hinge]

no

its a totally fresh project. Just imported the simple demo. Also double checked by searching for assembly def files and nothing came up

uninstalling and reinstalling the input system package doesn't help

[deep hinge]

Assets\Samples\Input System\1.0.2\Simple Demo\SimpleController_UsingActionAsset.cs(3,19): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'InputSystem' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine' (are you missing an assembly reference?)
any clues?

whew for anyone having this issue, for some reason it has to do with the unity VS Code package not being up to date

what a pain in the bananas

[rose forge]

Hi everyone, does anyone know how I can unsubscribe a lambda function to an Input action?

player.controls.Character.UseAction.performed += ctx =>
{
    OnUseButton(ctx, player);
};

From what I understand replacing += by -= doesn't work and the player is still subscribed to the lambda afterwards

[untold sun]

You have to save the lambda in a variable before you assign it, then unsubscribe the saved lambda with -=

[delicate burrow]

System.Action act = ctx => {};

....performed = act;

[rose forge]

Thanks it worked!

[outer cave]

I'm trying to add the playerinput class from the default package to objects at runtime using addcomponent, but they never send the messages they're supposed to. The input debugger shows it's receiving the raw input from the controllers but they just don't send messages to my other scripts. Disabling/Enabling the script in the inspector fixes it, but doing it through a script doesn't (not even when delayed)(the enabled property). What am i doing wrong? (the playerinput properties in the inspector look the exact same before and after disabling/enabling them in the inspector)

I'm having the same issue when i manually add playerinput and assign the actions through the editor at runtime

I've figured it out, i needed to enable the input action assets after assigning it through .enable() . the ActivateInput method on the playerinput script itself wasn't necessary however

[little jolt]

im trying to add in the konami code into something, im going to store the last 10 inputs pressed by the player and if it matches then the event will happen, is there a method to return a key anytime it's pressed?

inputString, nvm

[smoky reef]

Hey,
Im creating a 2D Unity-Game for mobile and want to make a game, in which you touch on your screen to jump on the left wall, and then when you touch after this you will jump from your position to right and so on..
But now is my problem, that i dont know how to make a script for this.
Can anyone help me?

[ionic willow]

I personally don't know how to register mobile touches. However, whenver one happens, you can have an integer called counter. whenever you touch the screen, counter++. If( counter % 0 == 1){
Go to Left Walll
}
Else{
Go to RightWall;
}

[outer cave]

I have this super simple, tiny script

and it throws this massive error in the unity internals

it happens when onInput is invoked and disables the inputreceiver script, however OnDisable() runs before the errors are thrown. Also everything seems to work fine regardless

I must be doing something incredibly wrong, but I just can't figure out what

[tame oracle]

Beware: Unity is trying to force the New Input System on anyone whos using 2021 by disabling the Input Manager by default, anyone who doesnt want to use it (and I wouldnt blame you) you will have to revert it in the Player settings.

[west oracle]

as long as they don't outright remove the old one heh

[tame oracle]

Hello! I’m Rex Looking for someone that has implemented some sci-fi shooter-like fast paced spaceship controller in 3D 😅 with different types of tilt maneuvers all for a touch based system, preferably one fingered 😂 something like this: https://youtu.be/_-18NFwJPpY I managed to pull that off. But I want more manueveurs kinda like space fox 🦊 ughh no relation 😅😬 I mean star fox ⭐️ 🦊 something fast paced and “shooty”. The game is multiplayer so singletons are bad guess, because I don’t know how to use them in a multiplayer game 😭 yet. Pls msg for more informative info stuff. 🥲

[west oracle]

ermm, that wasn't really on point for this channel. probably better off looking at the Collaborative part of the Unity forums.

[tame oracle]

We’d better touch controls for inity stuff 🥔😂

😁😅

I ❤️ unity

[sullen kestrel]

so im trying to use a custom hid input system, and i am following the docs here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/HID.html?_ga=2.185536302.680039686.1621801468-1881690151.1621801468

currently, trying to make the initial struct, but have some issues

so far, all i have is this: ```cpp
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit, Size = 4)]
public struct fsi6InputReport : IInputStateTypeInfo
{

}

[west oracle]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.runtime.interopservices.structlayoutattribute?view=net-5.0

[sullen kestrel]

thx!

that helps solve some of the issues, but IInputStateTypeInfo is still not defined

[grand crow]

Is there a way to enable/disable one of the events during runtime? For example, I have private void DoSomething(InputAction.CallbackContext ctx) in my script and it is assigned to the event in the input system component. But I want to completely disable this so the DoSomething button doesn't trigger it any more. But also be able to restore it at some point.

[delicate burrow]

You can unsubscribe it.
Inputaction.performed -= DoSomething;

[safe tangle]

Currently I have my movement using getaxis. But when I use controller it seems to use getaxisraw. Is there a workaround to this?

[proper meteor]

How do you properly destroy a component using input system, it keep receiving my input

[frigid ridge]

Are you calling Disable(); ?

[proper meteor]

I found the solution

[sullen kestrel]

searched this some more, found a page here(https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@0.1/api/UnityEngine.Experimental.Input.IInputStateTypeInfo.html)

but when i try to using UnityEngine.Experimental.Input; i get a error, as the input part of the namespace doesnt exist

nvm i got it

what am i doing wrong? im just trying to copy whats in the documentation

[austere grotto]

what does the error say when you mouse over it?

[sullen kestrel]

"The type or namespace name 'type/namespace' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"

so i assume im missing another Using

but the docs doesnt supply any information on what to include

[austere grotto]

also your IDE should suggest it for you

(took that from https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.Layouts.InputControlAttribute.html#UnityEngine_InputSystem_Layouts_InputControlAttribute_parameters)

[sullen kestrel]

thanks

[sullen kestrel]

yeah, no clue what im missing... ive tried looking online, but cant figure out what im doing wrong

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.1/manual/Layouts.html - on the generated layouts section, i just dont know how to integrate it

[sullen kestrel]

ay i got it

[grand crow]

How do I go about finding that event during runtime? I'm looking through everything in my debugger and nothing seems to show an event.

[austere grotto]

The event is a property of the InputAction

[austere grotto]

In addition to unsubscribing/resubscribing to the event you can also just disable/enable the InputAction itself

[sullen kestrel]

confused, in another project, the amount of inputs that i can see for my controller in the input debugger is alot more than in my current project where i am trying to get input

and, in my current project, the x and y axis for the stick are the same, but different in another project

[unkempt trail]

Hey guys, I'm working on an asset for the unity asset store. It relies on input a decent amount.So far I have built everything using the new input system and it has been really streamlined, especially when adding local multiplayer. I have tested an intermediate layer to support the old input system as well, but it makes the code more complicated than it needs to be.

Do you think its ok to release an asset that requires the new input system or do enough people still prefer the old input to make it worth supporting both?

[cedar drift]

Not sure what this error is about, not sure where to even looks. Any ideas?

MissingMethodException: UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventTrigger.OnCancel Due to: Attempted to access a missing member.
System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember (System.String name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingFlags, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object target, System.Object[] providedArgs, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[] modifiers, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, System.String[] namedParams) (at <695d1cc93cca45069c528c15c9fdd749>:0)
UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine.InvokeMember (System.Object behaviour, System.String name, System.Object variable) (at <c7864a0eaeb24b2a999fb177623d54b4>:0)
UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel.<>c__DisplayClass7_0:<set_onUpdate>b__0(NativeInputUpdateType, NativeInputEventBuffer*)
UnityEngineInternal.Input.NativeInputSystem:NotifyUpdate(NativeInputUpdateType, IntPtr)

[austere grotto]

You have an EventTrigger component on it that has an OnCancel handler registered that is somehow broken

For example it's referencing a method that no longer exists or has the wrong arguments

[cedar drift]

tyvm. Dunno what was wrong, because was getting it for awhile, then without fixing it, stopped getting the error. I'm chalking it up to unity weirdness.

[late ember]

Just an FYI if anyone has tried unsuccessfully to get Virpil Flight sticks working, the problem is that the device descriptor includes / characters which messes with Unity's path parser and will be fixed by a Virpil software update:

seems like a bug though to not be escaping device descriptors in the input system

[late ember]

IMO target the new one and add support for the old one if it becomes a point of contention for some reason. Worst case, those people can enable both at the same time

[echo crag]

Hello, i have a question.

I've download the package input System 1.0.2 sometime after i've downloaded Cinemachine and configure my camera.
I've created some input action and now i'm facing this :

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.
Cinemachine.AxisState.Update (System.Single deltaTime) (at

[austere grotto]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@2.6/manual/CinemachineAlternativeInput.html

tl:dr attach a "CinemachineInputProvider" component to your FreeLook, POV, or OrbitalTransposer camera

and set up the axis -> InputAction you want

[echo crag]

I'll try that thank you.

[echo crag]

Thank you it solve my camera issue really well

[high crystal]

I've decided to add some UI elements to my project, but most elements are not responding. Sliders/Toggles do not work, but the InputField does. I assumed maybe some Input Manager definitions were missing, but I've tried adding some back in (Fire1, Fire2, Fire3) but this does not help. I'm not sure if these definitions are even required for UI to work, or if my problem could be located somewhere else. I have tested in another project where it works with no issues. Any tips?

[austere grotto]

If some elements are working but others aren't it most likely is not Input related. But you can check this by looking at the EventSystem in your scene and examining the StandaloneInputModule component. That is responsible for mapping Input to the UI

[high crystal]

how would I examine the component, you mean just look at it in the editor? it looks normal 🙂

[austere grotto]

The other thing to look at is have the EventSystem selected as you play. It will show a preview window under the inspector with info about what UI elements you're hovering over etc

[high crystal]

oh interesting

[austere grotto]

That can help detect objects over other objects etc

[austere grotto]

It has Input Axes from the input manager on it

Make sure they're populated and correct

[high crystal]

horizontal, vertical, submit and cancel all look correct

not sure what Pointer:-1 means in the eventsystem

pointerEnter seems to show the correct gameobject

could multiple canvases interfere with each-other?

that was the problem. damn. thanks for your help, was stuck in a loop. I had to turn off the graphic raycaster for 3 canvases I only use to display some text.

[haughty parcel]

Hey everyone.
Is there a way to handle precision in the new unity input system? My Right stick/ right feels like it must just be exact right before it’s performed

[austere grotto]

how did you set up the input action?

and what's the desired behavior

[haughty parcel]

Action type of Action is button

Binding is.
Right stick/right

Interactions
Tap max 0.1
Press point 0.1

That’s all

The desired behavior is to play an animation

Thanks for responding @austere grotto

[austere grotto]

you want it as a button?

is this for clicking the stick in?

Or tilting the joystick

[haughty parcel]

Not really, I just want it to play an animation without being so exact. It’s tilting

@austere grotto

[austere grotto]

maybe make it a Value instead of a Button

Value -> Vector2

you should get performed very early on in the tilting

[haughty parcel]

I will check that out now. Thanks 😊

@austere grotto

[frank lion]

Who knows, how to add force (rigidbody) to the object in local coordinates using joystick for mobile?

[austere grotto]

Quaternion currentRotation = rb.rotation;
float moveRotationX = ...
float moveRotationX = ...
Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(moveRotationX, 0, moveRotationZ);
Vector3 worldDir = currentRotation * inputDir;
rb.AddForce(worldDir);

[frank lion]

Thanks

[lavish swan]

hi i am new on unity and i wanna do something. i have a sphere and i can rotate this with a/d but i can't move this vertical how to do it? i wanna move this to facing rotation.

[cedar drift]

I'd post this in beginner code, this section is for Unity's new Input System package

[cedar drift]

but here's a tutorial for FP movement, he has one for 2d Movement, too. Brackeys is great for beginner tutorials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QajrabyTJc

[lavish swan]

thanks

[loud patrol]

Hey everyone, I have an issue with the new Input System and my UI, I can't seem to capture Mouse input in the UI of my game's main scene but my gamepad works just fine. In the main menu both devices (Mouse & Gamepad) work fine, but inside, even though I can move the player with both the mouse and the gamepad, I can only get UI input via the gamepad. Below are my Event System and my player's Player Input component. I'm baffled by this and since the new Input system is fairly new I can't find anything online, so any help is appreciated.

[austere grotto]

Are you sure it's an input system problem and not just a problem of blocked raycasts for the pointer?

[loud patrol]

I guess that's possible, but my Camera does not have a physics raycaster (so that won't block the graphics raycaster) and my graphics rayster is the default from the canvas. Any way I could check if the cause is a blocked raycast? FYI, here is the raycaster in my canvas

[austere grotto]

Yes you can debug it by doing a raycastall on your EventSystem and printing out all the results

I have a code snippet for it but I'm on mobile ATM

[loud patrol]

Ok, I'm using this snippet to check for raycast hits and I'm getting hits on most of the UI elements (not all though, but maybe that's something to do with the pointer data). However, still no elements are clickable in my UI

[timber robin]

@tight horizon No crossposting.

[tight horizon]

Yep didn't know where it should go

sorry

[timber robin]

You were already told to use #🥽┃virtual-reality so no, that isn't an excuse.

Anyway, I posted a doc link in the channel, hopefully that helps.

[bright plinth]

how do i get axis value from a joystick x axis

[rustic plume]

Input.GetAxis("name of axis")

you can find the axis name in the input manager

probably "Joystick X" but i'm not entirely sure

[tough imp]

Does anyone here know how to make a car enter and exit system?

[neon dawn]

Anybody know how to rebind different controls at runtime? (New input system)
I'm trying to allow players to change their keybinds but dont really know where to start, unity's docs arent that helpful either
any tips are welcome!

[eternal tulip]

I have problems reading the scrollwheel. I can't set a new input event for the scroll event nor is reading Mouse.current.scroll consistent, it only fires occasionally

any idea why I can't select scroll or something as an input action?

nvm... I overlooked that the action's action value as axis does not work and I tried vector2 and now I can see the scroll event...

[odd path]

If I'm going to have a in-game cursor for my game terrain, that needs to move when the mouse moves over the game BOARD, what is the best way to achieve this with the new unity input system?

its just a cursor that moves with the mouse when the mouse moves over the game board.

[odd path]

Sometimes unity makes me want to blow my brains out with this shit. takes 20 hours to figure out how to detect when a mouse is over a game object or not.

[eternal tulip]

How do I configure my Move action to go back to 0,0 when I release the buttons?

pass through.....

[unborn garnet]

if(Input.GetKeyDown(<key>)
  {
    do something
  }

im assuming this will fix it if you're using Input.GetKey

[eternal tulip]

yea no. @unborn garnet

Input is disabled

and no, I will not enable both systems.

but I found it myself: pass through is what I need. it will also invoke the callback while the value goes back to zero

[frigid ridge]

@tame oracle If you think about it, the tutorial most likely just needs 2 floats that represent horizontal and vertical input, you can get both with the new input system.

[neon needle]

how do i print out to the console whatever button is being pressed on the gamepad?

[shut berry]

I'm having a problem spawning player prefabs they can only spawn with no action inputs configurations on them

if I have no input set up file in the player it spawns out but you cannot control it

[austere grotto]

"rezzing"?

[shut berry]

oops spawning I meant I will adjust the question

[shut berry]

I think I fixed it

had to remove control scheme

I should set it manauly

[rapid saddle]

Simple question:

I have my input system set to Unity Events....When I do a simple Debug.Log on a button press, I'm getting 3 events...wtf?

Script is only attached to one object...Only one player input component

[austere grotto]

The action has 3 phases

Started
Performed
Cancelled

You can read value.phase in your function to see which phase it is

[rapid saddle]

Ok that makes sense. Should I just not go with this method style and just subscribe to the event instead?

[austere grotto]

If you're only interested in a single phase it may make sense to only subscribe to that single phase's event

It's really up to you

[rapid saddle]

I guess I can do both right

[austere grotto]

I generally prefer not to use PlayerInput because it makes this stuff a bit confusing

[rapid saddle]

What are you considering "PlayerInput" ?

[austere grotto]

The PlayerInput component

[rapid saddle]

So you rather just do everything through code

Subscribe to events and all that

[austere grotto]

Yes

[rapid saddle]

Got it

[austere grotto]

That's my personal preference though

Do whatever you're comfortable with

[rapid saddle]

My issue is the documentation, it's quite confusing

[tawdry folio]

That sounds familiar. I can recommend to look at the example projects that you can import with the new Input System. They show all the different ways to use it. Eg. set up Events and Callbacks in the GUI or do everything in-code.

sprinkle a few insights from the documentation code snippets on top of that and voila.

[fervent gorge]

Currently my code skips over 2 and 3 how would I make it wait?

https://pastebin.com/PBHcX3ub

I'm going to move this to general code because I think its a problem with my int not my input

[digital bronze]

So I'm having some problems with getting keyboard input to work in unity, is this the right place to post about that?

[mossy crest]

don't know why it doesn't work but you should ony have 1 if per direction

[rustic plume]

yep

[timid cargo]

How do i enable visual studio autocorrect?

[ancient berry]

Anyone here use Rewired? Is there documentation and/or video tutorials available?

[tight horizon]

Someone could help me for a line of code that would get my XR controller in the script ?

I did this for now but it return null

RightController = GameObject.Find("RightController").GetComponent<XRController>();

[tight horizon]

I found the answer if someone is interested

You have to use private InputDevice controller and then use the command GetDevicesWithRole

Tell me in private if needed more information

[glossy granite]

should you read value of button in the new input system as float? What is the difference between value double and button?

for the action types/control types

[static walrus]

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

[glossy granite]

This doesnt really tell me the difference

I just want to know if I should read the value of a button as a float

[west oracle]

@glossy granite most everything is a float unless its a Vector in InputSystem

[glossy granite]

Gotcha. So if it's a button, you should read the value as a float and the float will be 0 or 1, if it's a value and double, it should be read as a float as well? Why is float not in the list of values?

[west oracle]

"Analog" is "Float"

basically though Actions are generic value containers, whether its a Button, Stick, etc, are just useful ways to help with stuff like rebinding or selecting viable inputs

(and to help with code generation)

also worth mentioning that you don't have to use actions, you can read from devices directly.

if its a digital On Off Button just set it as Button

its fine to read it as a float, yea

if you mark it as a Button and use the Generate C# Class checkbox, it'll be more useful though

[glossy granite]

Yeah okay. It made sense to do that

[west oracle]

if you are using another method for dealing w/ input its less important

[glossy granite]

I did mark it as a button, but I read it's value as a float

[west oracle]

thats fine, it'll typically just give you 0 and 1 if its mapped to a physical on off button on a gamepad

a use case where it would be would be a Pressure Sensitive button like a Trigger

you could have 2 actions listen to the same trigger, one with a "Trigger Point" at 90%, adn the other constantly.

the Button listening to the trigger value would still actually report a 0.9 value, but would also use the "Performed" event or phase

there's an extension method for treating it more like a button, yea

[glossy granite]

How do I use that?

[west oracle]

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

Part 5 for you.

can write your own here to understand it better heh

but the 1.2 preview package has a similar method baked in

Value -> Analog or Axis is acceptable

again they really just come down to "if the user pressed the Rebind Control button, which options should we give them?"

the float values wouldn't change, no

but for example if you set Value -> Stick

and said "Rebind MoveAction" (where MoveAction is Value->Stick)

it would only return you a list of controls to choose from that matched "Stick"

[glossy granite]

I'll figure it out and toy with it. Thanks for the help!

Do you require any attribution for this help @west oracle ?

[west oracle]

nope! 🙂

[glossy granite]

Thanks for the guidance!

So overall, no attribution is needed, correct @west oracle?

[west oracle]

none

[glossy granite]

I apologize for my confusion, I just wanted to clarify I was making the correct assumption based on your answer @west oracle thanks again!

[west oracle]

lol, no need for attribution.

[glossy granite]

Cool thanks! @west oracle

[glossy granite]

@west oracle how long have you been using unity?

[west oracle]

mm... long time 🙂

[glossy granite]

Cool cool. I love it and thanks again for all your help and clarification that you do not require attribution! @west oracle

[west oracle]

since ... 2009? something like that.

[glossy granite]

Thanks again for clarifying earlier that you do not require attribution. Sorry for getting confused. @west oracle

I really appreciate it! @west oracle

I'm really loving the new input system

[trail wren]

so I have a character controller script, and previously I was just getting all my input in Update() and then giving it to that controller, now with the new input system, everything being event-based, should I change all my logic so that I have single line functions directly updating variables in the character controller and cut out my middleman script of gathering and parsing the input? seems like tons of extra lines of code, especially for a dozen+ actions

[austere grotto]

It's up to you - you don't have to go event-based in the new input system

it supports polling just the same

[trail wren]

is there a best way to use input actions without doing event-based?

[austere grotto]

You get references to the Input actions (there's several ways to do this), and then you just read their value each frame

[trail wren]

I'd like to have access to wasPressedThisFrame and such, but all I have is ReadValue

[austere grotto]

This is a pretty good guide for the 1:1 conversions from everything in the old input system: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Migration.html

[proper dome]

anyone know any tutorial of info about change the bindings at runtime for the new input system? like to make a option menu?

[austere grotto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUCcZrPhwSo

[proper dome]

lokes nice... gona study it ty

[trail wren]

this one goes into a little more detail than that one, and more up to date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csqVa2Vimao

[radiant shard]

where i get to know about it

 playerControls.PlayerMovement.Movement.performed += i => movementInput = i.ReadValue<Vector2>();

[wise venture]

can anyone help me understand why in the tanks demo (using the new input system) both tanks move with the same input? i tried adding input binding for keyboard as well since the project only offers binding for gamepad and when i run the game, gamepad controls one tank and the keyboard controls both of them, or vice versa

[karmic igloo]

[whole geyser]

So I'm working with someone else's code, building out a level. They have a player input script that uses the event system. The player presses a button, and then it calls to an event.
I'm pretty unfamiliar with this, and need some pointers on getting this to work. I have an object I want to destroy as the event, but if I drag my object with the destroy script onto that input trigger, I can't call the functions in the drop down.
I'd appreciate the assist.
Edit: LOL, the functions weren't public. Derp.

[grand crow]

What's the cost/benefit of putting an input script on multiple objects (for example, the player character and the main ui canvas) vs a public reference in a static class somwhere easy to access?

[austere grotto]

wdym by "playing an input script"?

[grand crow]

typo, putting

Right now I have my input system stuff on a singleton and I'm wondering if that is going to bite me in the ass later.

[austere grotto]

It should be faster than running the same code/reading the same input from multiple instances of the script

the cost is that your code is a little more complex and you have a singleton to manage

[slow crest]

how do i Add/Remove InputActions during runtime to switch them out?

[austere grotto]

switch them out?

[slow crest]

yeah so i have a cinemachine input provider XY axis input action.. i figured out how to remove it during runtime. but i can't figure out how to reasign it in runtime

[austere grotto]

Normally you'd just disable/enable inputactions

or do a rebind if that's what you're going for

but all the add/remove stuff seems to be here:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputActionSetupExtensions.html

AddAction and RemoveAction

[slow crest]

i'lll check it out. thanks!

[austere grotto]

they're extension methods on InputActionAsset

[slow crest]

i can't seem to understand it

cameraInputProvider.XYAxis = null; this works in the if statement

but how do i assign it after pressing a button?

i have a referance to the InputAction in my script but i don't know how to assign it in the else statement

i'm new to cinemachine and the new input system. so sorry if i seem really stupid. :/

[austere grotto]

I'm not really understanding why you're trying to add or remove input actions

Why don't you just enable/disable them?

[fading berry]

Can someone help me understand touch inputs (android)? Mainly what I want to learn is

1. swipe action
2. touch to move in 3D world
3. double tap to action

[solar kite]

What is an ideal way to handle input? Should I have a InputManager script in the scene, should I have PlayerInput component on the character? Should I just recieve input in the PlayerController for my rb character?

[frigid ridge]

I prefer separating input collection from consuming input. In a lot of games the AI and Player can share most of the components if you separate small number of details from those components

It can also enable some interesting automated testing setups

[solar kite]

Does consuming input mean that the PlayerController would be the one handling input on the character?
myControls.gameplay.look.performed += context => look = context.ReadValue<Vector2>();

input collection would mean there's a separate object or script collecting the input(such as the PlayerInput script for the new input system) that then sends that data to the character?
myControls.gameplay.look.performed += context => player.look(context.ReadValue<Vector2>());

[frigid ridge]

Yea I generally dump all the input into a struct and pass it to anyone who registers for it. I think it's less important how you do it, just doing it in some way enables the things I mentioned.

The included player component probably fulfils that requirement, assuming you can replicate the data on your AI

[timber robin]

@spice orbit Please don't cross-post #⚛️┃physics

[spice orbit]

Sorry, Its hard to use physics xD. Is there a proper place I can post for this one?

[timber robin]

I left the one in #⚛️┃physics.

[spice orbit]

Ok

Soz

[timber robin]

By the way, if you're looking to pay someone, you can use the official Unity forums for job postings.

[whole geyser]

So I have a really odd bug, and I'm not even sure where to look. I was given a project to build a level, and it has an input trigger script that uses the Unity Events system. You drag the object with the script you want to call onto the input trigger, and it should in theory work. Well, the bool that checks if the player is in the proximity area is completely ignored, and I can click the input button anywhere to invoke the event. I had my CS colleague look at the script, everything seems in order, in theory. Is there something in Unity's Event system that I should be checking or using?

[fluid glacier]

What's the best way to detect a button release with the new input system?

[timber robin]

Listen to the .cancelled action on the input.

[fluid glacier]

Thanks, I'll try that

That's exactly what I needed, thanks man!

[solar kite]

If I'm doing a multiplayer game local or networked will making InputManager a singleton not work out?

[austere grotto]

it will work fine.

as long as you make it only control the local player's character

[solar kite]

Okay I was a little worried that making it a Singleton would mean only the first player will have access to the input manager

[austere grotto]

Are you talking about some custom class of your own, or Input System's PlayerInputManager/

[solar kite]

My own using the new Input System

[austere grotto]

If it's your own thing... then whether it's compatible with local multiplayer is up to you

[vernal iron]

Are the input actions called each frame?

[frigid ridge]

@solar kite Implementing the concrete input handling as a singleton is probably not a good idea for local multiplayer

You probably don't need to reinvent input management with the input system's action components, but if you do, you can have a singleton that you use to connect/spawn multiple input instances.

[gloomy night]

My joystick works fine on my pc, but when I play the game on my phone it stops working when i reload scene (from another scene). Also noticed it crashes going back to the other scene. I feel like I have to manually destroy the player input before loading a new scene, maybe?

unless my phone is ancient

or maybe i need to only have one player input for the entire game instead of for each scene

[frigid ridge]

On screen joystick? One simple thing to check is whether the UI itself got screwed up

Does the joystick UI element appear to respond?

[gloomy night]

yes

it responds but player does not move

[true pilot]

hi! I am trying to setup my ps4 controller with the new input system, but Unity is recognizing it in a very weird manner... I've played Death Stranding with it so I suspect it's not a hardware or driver problem... here is what happens, first, the North button doesn't recognize the triangle button in my ps4, instead, I had to configure it with the Listen Button, and it got registered as Button 4 [HID::54C-5C4

but now I am trying to configure the Right Stick, and the Listen button won't catch anything... I've read here that I can type the name of the stick and it will work (and it does) https://forum.unity.com/threads/solved-new-input-system-not-listening-to-right-thumb-stick.872863/

but it seems like a very hacky way of doing it, and I feel like it's going to fail whenever someone tries to play my game with the ps4 controller... maybe I am doing something wrong?

I've already tried this option and Unity still doesn't recognize it :S

(I don't know if this matters, but I am using Unity v2020.2.4f1)

(just in case anyone needs it, this is the hacky way to make PS4's right stick work as intended, don't forget to set the mode to Analog to receive doubles instead of integers input, the Right binding alone feeds the positive and negative X axis so the Left axis doesn't need to be set)

[iron estuary]

So I imported an input system and I decided to back out and save it for the next game I make because it wasn’t working and now no inputs work because I switched to the new input system so how do I switch back

[true pilot]

did you try removing it with the Package Manager?

[iron estuary]

Yeah it’s gone

But now no inputs are there because the system switched and I want to switch it back

[delicate burrow]

Did you switch it back in the player settings?

[iron estuary]

Where is that

[delicate burrow]

And see if you have any errors. I noticed errors by having created a canvas, and the eventsystem gameobject was using the old InputManager's eventsystem

[delicate burrow]

Build Settings -> player settings -> other settings -> input... It'll be a drop-down

[iron estuary]

FUCK YES

Thank you thank you so much

It’s good now

[delicate burrow]

Welcome

[gentle mango]

ive set up the input system added the player input to my component and linked my move function to it but it docent work what did i do wrong

if i do invoke unity events and link a function it docent work but if i just use send message and link a function it dose

[austere grotto]

🤔 that should work

[gentle mango]

some one on another server said maybe linux bug but then why would send message work

[austere grotto]

Any chance you have any compile errors?

[vestal crane]

is there any way to make inputs consistent through scene reloads? for me it just seems to randomly think you arent holding anything, but sometimes it works fine

[gentle mango]

No I have no errors

I just switched to send message since it works

[potent iris]

Hi...In a real, large-ish project (not just prototype), what would be the best way to implement switching between game modes? Moving the character, pausing it and swith to "UI mode" etc. At the moment I'm thinking of disabling/enabling action maps. Maybe there's a suitable pattern that fits such a scenario instead of a singleton to handle these changes? Thanks :)

[austere grotto]

disabling action maps is how I do it.

And the InputActionAsset is basically a singleton scriptableObject that you get for free

assuming you structure your project to reuse a single InputActionAsset

[potent iris]

Would there be any advantage to splitting them?

[austere grotto]

that's one reason I prefer to use things like
InputActionReference in my code instead of the generated C# code or other options

[potent iris]

At the moment they are all in 1 input asset

[austere grotto]

I don't see what advantage there would be unless you wanted to enable/disable entire assets at a time

[potent iris]

Yeah that was my thought too. Ok so basically just an inputmanager which disables actionmaps according to if it's in game, Ui etc..

It's quite annoying switching from game to UI as you'd have to send a button selection to the event system for it to work (like that first "click") and it doesn't always work.

[lofty spear]

Guys, not sure if this is the right chat, but does anyone know how do I set up controller navigation on a scrolling list? I've managed to navigate my buttons, but I wanted the list to scroll down too

[gentle mango]

for the player input component which is better send message or invoke unity events

[uncut cave]

In new input system, Should I change control scheme from code? Where could I see which control schemes user using?

In unity player input component, you can choose what input scheme should user be using.

[vagrant raptor]

Hi all. I'm having some basic problems when using the Input system (v1.0.2). I want to have two different actions to happen; one for when L1+Square is pressed and another action when only Square is pressed (for instance). However, it seems like always when I use the combo L1+Square the action for (only) Square is also triggered.

How can I avoid this?

L1+Square is set up to use a "Button with one modifier".

I have also tried for the "Square only" action to use "Button with one modifier" where L1 is modifier, but inverted so that it should trigger whenever it's not pressed.

Am I thinking all wrong here?

[austere grotto]

This is a common issue and unfortunately the Input System doesn't have great solutions for it as of now. For now your best bet is to just use two separate InputActions - one for the modifier and one for the action button, and just check if the modifier is held down or not in your code

Instead of using the Button with modifier feature.

[distant latch]

got a question is event system needed for a button input?
also why do some people create buttons using image instead of just creating UI button?

[austere grotto]

Yes event system is needed for UI buttons

As for the image thing, wdym? The button always needs some kind of graphical element but it can be whatever you prefer

the default button is an image and some text together

[distant latch]

oh thanks i get it now

since i was looking up on how to create a button for unity on youtube but like i saw some people use te ui to create a button while some created an image and the added on

then*

[austere grotto]

The default UI -> Button thing just creates some things automatically - the image, the text, and the button. But you can manually do any or all of that yourself too

[distant latch]

i see, thank you

[solar kite]

When using the PlayerInput component when are the input events called in relation to Update LateUpdate?

[frigid ridge]

@keen drift This doesn't seem to be input related. Move it to #💻┃unity-talk

[keen drift]

ah ok. Thanks!

[vestal crane]

is there any way to make holding inputs consistent through scene reloads? For me it just seems to randomly think you aren't holding anything, but occasionally it does.

[tame oracle]

how do i stop cinemachine freelook from rotating with mouse move using CinemachineInputProvider with a Vector2 Input system action

i want to make it so it only rotates when i hold down the right mouse button

[austere grotto]

disable the CinemachineInputProvider component when you don't want it to work

Or disable the InputAction when you don't want it to work

[sharp geode]

if i have multiple users and their associated devices, what steps do i need to take to make the Input System UI Input Module to correctly send event system events from those user's devices?

input debugger correctly indicates that the second user's mouse and keyboard send events

i think setting a device as "current" might ahve something to do with it, but it would appear i shouldn't have ot do that

is perhaps user.AssociateActionsWithUser(); significant?

[west oracle]

There is a specialized Multiuser Event System

[sharp geode]

it didn't change anything

the multiplayer event system

[sharp geode]

the MultiplayerEventSystem doesn't seem to play a role

[west oracle]

sorry lemme read ur Q more lol

[sharp geode]

i'm debugging, and for some reason, pointerPress of the event data is null?

why would that be

it otherwise correctly reaches event system's enumerator

of event handlers

[tame oracle]

i disabled input provider while in play mode in the inspector and it still rotated the camera

[sharp geode]

nevermind

i figured it out

[tame oracle]

and how do i disable/enable a specific action inside the inputaction asset?

in code*

Even calling this
mainControls.ThirdPerson.CameraLook.Disable();does not work

Even this fails

        [SerializeField] CinemachineInputProvider cinput;
        cinput.XYAxis.ToInputAction().Disable();```

this works

[SerializeField] InputActionReference cinputrefxy;
...
cinputrefxy = cinput.XYAxis;
...
cinput.XYAxis = null;
...
cinput.XYAxis = cinputrefxy;

[tame oracle]

wait how do i make it so i have it as "pressed" like wasd keys

it only triggers performed once

until i let go and press the key again

ok guess i have to store last state and use that and update once keys pressed/released

[timber robin]

Yep

[somber fern]

Hey guys!

I just updated my project to Unity 2021.1.7f yesterday and I'm having this really strange behaviour happening: I'm using Input.GetKey(xxx) to move around in a 2D platformer, and for some reason since the upgrade yesterday, some keys remained in the "pressed state" even after I lift my fingers of the keyboard (I have tried different keyboards, so not a hardware issue here). It works for 5 seconds, then some weird input thing happens, then it works for 3 seconds, etc. It feel all very unresponsive and i'm too baffled as I've never experienced this issue before.

I've put debuglogs in the update after if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)) for example and the debug still triggers constantly after I've removed my fingers from the keyboard, so it gets called in the update even though im not inputting anything. Anybody as an Idea of what is happening here?

I did export my build and the issue disappears, it's only doing it inside the editor.

I've copied the build and reverted it into a 2019.4.23f and it works fine again, so it deff has to do with the Unity version upgrade. I'm on Mac OSX Catalina 10.15.4

[gentle mango]

how do i check if one of my input actions is being pressed in the update function

[sharp geode]

not sure what's going on... maybe ticket it

[austere grotto]

var currentValue = myAction.ReadValue<float>();
if (currentValue != 0) ...```

something like that usually

[cursive tulip]

I loaded a sample scene from the input system package manager. But if I add a own additional setting like the Controller Dpad, why does it not also work like the left Stick, if I placed it in the already made "move" action ?
here the code of it by the way (I did not touched it, but it was in the sample demo and I think it should also detect the COntroller DPad that I added if it is also in the "move" action....): https://paste.myst.rs/a02crqxc

[crystal meadow]

Is there a way to suppress the Assert "Screen position out of view frustum"?
We're trying to implement a continuous scale zoom from our solar system to our local cluster and we keep getting error messages from

UnityEngine.SendMouseEvents:DoSendMouseEvents (int)
and
UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update ()
(along with anything that calls UnityEngine.Camera:ScreenToWorldPoint) ?

(Our input seems to be working just fine otherwise)

[acoustic ether]

hey guys trying to figure out why this error is coming up

just imported the platforms package in order to use crossplatform input

[acoustic ether]

still getting it

[austere grotto]

Sounds like you have some invalid camera settings or something maybe

Like a clipping plane distance of 0 for example

[crystal meadow]

well the numbers(position, zrange) are definitely a bit crazy, but the rendering and input are basically working fine, but the fact that we can't supress the asserts is somewhat annoying

[vagrant raptor]

@austere grotto Thanks for you answer. I will look into that 🙂

[slate jetty]

How to detect mouse input with unity new input system as OnMouseDown() {} no longer works ?
I'd like to know if there are similar callback events like for Enhanced Touch :

UnityEngine.InputSystem.EnhancedTouch.Touch.onFingerDown += this.TouchDown;

In the migration guide they mention replacing this with Mouse.current.leftButton.isPressed. Can I do something like

UnityEngine.InputSystem.Mouse.current.leftButton.isPressed += this.TouchDown;
``` ?

[wispy jasper]

hi does anyone know how to use the input recorder? i couldn't understand much from the documentation and there isn't much online either https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.1/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputRecorder.html

[tame oracle]

On UI or on objects in the world? And since you mentioned enchaned touch, are you doing a mobil game?

[slate jetty]

Actually, I don't want to detect click on a specific UI or object, but anywhere in the screen, like I do for my fingerDown. Using enhancedTouch for polling events on touchScreen devices

[tame oracle]

Well I don't know what code you use, but I have a solution in bolt. You can probally translate it to C#. It's a custom event which triggers in any object clicked on anywhere as long as they have a collider, then you go into that object and write them a function to that custom event.

[slate jetty]

I'll have a look thx

[austere grotto]

OnMouseDown should work

You could also look at IPointerDownHandler

Just make sure you're using the correct Input Module for the input system you're using

[amber finch]

hello, I have some problems with adding vibration to my Switch Pro Controller in my game. I use the new input system and Gamepad.SetMotorSpeed doeen't work at all. Any help please?

[austere grotto]

I would guess it's not supported. Switch pro controller is mentioned only as having basic support here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Gamepad.html#switch

[amber finch]

aww that's too bad

btw when I do the "Check for button" thing it recognizes Switch Pro Controller bht also a gamepad

what should I choose?

[fluid pine]

What's the recommended way to replicate the old Input.GetMouseButton() behavior? I want to call a method every single frame that the left mouse button is held down, not just on the first frame the input is registered.

[deft burrow]

I'm currently using a bool to check if its pressed down.

            if(value.phase == InputActionPhase.Started){
                AttackDown = true;
            }
            if(value.phase == InputActionPhase.Canceled){
                AttackDown = false;
            }
            scr_Combat.Instance.OnAttack(AttackDown);//Send the bool to an updated function or coroutine 

        }```

[solar kite]

When using Cinemachine's Input Provider is it possible to stop it from taking input such as for when a UI menu is open

[leaden edge]

Does anyone know if its possible to make cinemachine only move on right mouse click drag?

Like you would see in many mmo games

[austere grotto]

Disable the relevant input action or action map

[amber finch]

hey does someone know a solution to my problem?

[cursive tulip]

Why does WASD work in the new Input system, but my Gamepad not? (My Gamepad is successfully connected because I proofed this)

[rancid fractal]

hi, i'm very new to Unity and i want to implement touch controls. What i want to do is that if i type twice, it will be recognized. But I really don’t know how to do that.. I hope someone can help

[static walrus]

@cursive tulip you have like 1k errors just disabled, maybe show/check out what they say

[signal tendon]

Does anyone know how i can get the position of XRNodes???
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/XR.InputTracking.GetNodeStates.html

The documentation is really confusing

[cursive tulip]

I turned back on in the Project Setting the Input system to: "Both" and there is not a single error anymore. But This does not fix the problem that still only WASD works on the new input system in my video and don't show it up in the console, if I am using my Left Stick on my Gamepad.

[static walrus]

i'm not sure how but for me everything works out of the box. the only thing is that iirc i didn't need to pick between kb/m or gamepad, i just added input for both

i suspect that you need to somehow switch between kb/m and gamepad if you separate them like that

[cursive tulip]

I also want to support 4 additional VR Devices and maybe also the Steam controller. that's why I really want to use the new input system.
(I try to support closely everything in my game)

[static walrus]

can you check the sample projects? i pretty much started off one and it works great

[cursive tulip]

I tried yesterday to load a sample demo from the Input System Asset but it is not self explaining it and if I try to modify it, my modification will not work. the samples work fines also the gamepad support aslong it is everything made not by me

But If I try e.g. to add a additional binding inside of the action input, my modification will not apply and get ignored by the game.

[static walrus]

yeah it took a while for me to get what was going on, but it got really simple really fast

not sure how switching works though (as i said, i just added controller stuff the same way as buttons and it somehow just worked and i never asked questions)

[cursive tulip]

I try at first the get a Vector 2 Value back from the new Input system, before I can include it directly into the game controls. that's why I want first the vector 2 values show'n by the console but there is only output from the WASD Keys from the Keyboard, but no Gamepad Stick, even if I exactly made the complete same on the Gamepad like on the Keyboard...

[static walrus]

what about sample project? and is it just the stick or other buttons too?
also, you're calling a method called Player(Asomething) but in the actual script you're just reading value, so i don't really get how it works in the first place

what does that thing actually do?

also wasn't the stick just 1 "key", and not up/down/left/right? basically i'll check tomorrow

[cursive tulip]

I got a responds from the analysis Unity window so the Controller does work correctly. but the Input system does not notice or apply the Gamepad stick value to the console via Debug.Log

[cursive tulip]

@static walrus OK I reworked my code to a brackeys tutorial but now, not even WASD is anymore showing up in the console.... But I got now a new Error what says's thats the object reference is not set to an insteand of my "OnDisable" and "Awake" function:

    public InputMaster controls;
    private void Awake()
    {
        controls.Player.Movement.performed += context => NewInSy_WASD(context.ReadValue<Vector2>());
    }
    private void OnEnable()
    {
        controls.Enable();
    }
    private void OnDisable()
    {
        controls.Disable();
    }

    private Vector2 _wasd;
    public void NewInSy_WASD(Vector2 direction)
    {
        Debug.Log("Movement =" + direction);
    }

I tried to overwork my code more like this: https://youtu.be/Pzd8NhcRzVo?t=873

[static walrus]

that's brackeys in general

[cursive tulip]

if the video starts you can direct pause it

@static walrus

[static walrus]

uhhh... but.. why

i do it all through script by just creating new inputActions

[cursive tulip]

this was like I made it before

why should this better?

I use the new input system because I got 8 things to support like 4 different VR plattforms, 3 different gamepads and of course the default keyboard and mouse. Consider that I really have a lot of Devices to support in the same game

@static walrus

[static walrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0wax8LufqQ

[crimson jacinth]

Does anybody know how I can get Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") with the new Input System?

[austere grotto]

Mouse.current.delta.x

[crimson jacinth]

Thanks!

[gentle mango]

how can i tell if my input was pressed and not if it was released ive tried this
var currentValue = context.ReadValue<float>();
if(currentValue != 0f)
but it still will trigger when my key is released

[static walrus]

@gentle mango now sure how you're calling that in the first place, but https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/852698847229771806/852923581919002654/unknown.png
i was just going over this in PM with someone

you're not really supposed check if it's still being held, you detect change. when you subscribe to event (Jump.started += ctx => whatToDo();), you can see when Jump.started and when Jump.performed

and if you really need a bool that's also where you set it to true(.started)/false(.performed)

[gentle mango]

so would this work if(context.ReadValue<float>()>0)

cuz it still triggers when i release the key

[austere grotto]

ehh there's nothing wrong with polling

New input system supports both polling and events

[austere grotto]

it should work - have you printed out what the value is that it's returning?

[gentle mango]

im gonna do that now

[austere grotto]

or - are you trying to detect when it's first pressed?

if so - I do recommend using the events

[static walrus]

returns 0 or 1(pressed)

which makes it stranger that it's not just a bool

[gentle mango]

exectly like why cant it be a bool make it so much simpler

[static walrus]

you can try to ReadValue<bool> but at 0 it'll return false, and at 1 it returns error (but since it's not false it somehow just works)

[austere grotto]

well....

if you want to do things the "old fashioned way" you can

e.g.:
Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) => Keyboard.current[Key.S].isPressed

[austere grotto]

Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S) => Keyboard.current[Key.S].wasPressedThisFrame

[static walrus]

the old fashioned way kinda makes the entire NIS pointless though

[austere grotto]

Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S) => Keyboard.current[Key.S].wasReleasedThisFrame

[austere grotto]

agreed haha

but it's there 😄

[static walrus]

was really mad when brackeys actually did a video on that

[austere grotto]

did he?

[static walrus]

yep, he didn't even cover other methods in that video

[austere grotto]

I mean it's good in a pinch to quickly upgrade an old project into NIS

[static walrus]

true that

[austere grotto]

but wouldn't really use it otherwise

[static walrus]

but like, i just tried to explain in pm the difference

old system:
"is it being held? yes? do thing"
"is it being held? yes? do thing"
"is it being held? yes? do thing"
"is it being held? yes? do thing"
"is it being held? no? don't do thing"
"is it being held? no? don't do thing"
"is it being held? no? don't do thing"
"is it being held? no? don't do thing"

new system:
action.started
"do thing
do thing
do thing
do thing"
action.performed

that's it.

if unity would pin that shit it'd probably make more sense to everyone why NIS exists

[gentle mango]

ok this is the code ui have for a crouch functin but the input still triggers when i release the key

when i crouch it triggers twice

[austere grotto]

You need to save the state

bool isPressed = false;

public void Crouch(IAC context) {
  bool pressedThisFrame = context.ReadValue<float>() != 0;
  if (pressedThisFrame && !isPressed) {
    Debug.Log("Pressed!");
  }

  else if (isPressed && !pressedThisFrame) {
    Debug.Log("Released!");
  }

  isPressed = pressedThisFrame;
}```

something like that

alternatively this might work too:

public void Crouch(IAC context) {
  if (context.phase == InputActionPhase.Started) {
    Debug.Log("Pressed!");
  } 
  else if (context.phase == InputActionPhase.Canceled) {
    Debug.Log("Released!");
  }
}```

[gentle mango]

ok this one worked

👍

[deep oxide]

Hey. How do I safe the horizontal input in a float as we used to did with the last API ?

[red widget]

You need to create an Input Actions Asset

[austere grotto]

float hInput = myInputAction.ReadValue<float>();

or context.ReadValue if it's event-based

[deep oxide]

I fosmone clicks D I want to move the player object right

IF A left

I understood the old API but this seems weird

[red widget]

In your project files of not done yet

[deep oxide]

Btw, do I have to import a library or so?

[red widget]

If you installed the package nope

[austere grotto]

it works a little differently

[deep oxide]

Bruh

[red widget]

Just create one somewhere in your project, it's required to proceed

[austere grotto]

you will need to devote some time to learning it

[deep oxide]

Well

I guess that sucks but is mandatory ?

[red widget]

If you want to use it correctly, yes

[deep oxide]

Ok

LETS GO

JUst a quick explanation. How does it work in general ?

[red widget]

You create the asset and bind actions

An Action could be "Move", and under it you set the keybinds for it (eg. WASD and left stick)

[deep oxide]

assets ?

[red widget]

Then on the object that is supposed to receive the events (your player), you add an Input System on it and drag your Input Asset in it.

[deep oxide]

Wait why do I have to make an asset ?

Wtf

Why cant I save an input simply in a float ?

[austere grotto]

Go back to the old input system

[red widget]

You can now select how your script will receive the input events (let's go for SendMessage for now)
Still with that "Move" action, your script will receive an "OnMove" event, that you bind to a method.
From that method, read the input as a vector or a float

[deep oxide]

But I want controller, keyboard and touch support

[austere grotto]

old input system supports all of that

[deep oxide]

I had EXTREME STRUGGLES with adding touch support with that

[austere grotto]

you're going to struggle even harder in the new system

Unless you accept that you will need to be patient and try to understand how the new system works

[deep oxide]

I am trying to do that

[austere grotto]

Here's some videos: https://forum.unity.com/threads/best-practices-getting-started-tutorials.875818/

[deep oxide]

Thats what the video shows

That’s what I see

[austere grotto]

make sure the input action is the same type as the video

[deep oxide]

Wdym ?

I did everything as it was shown there

I make a 2D game btw

[austere grotto]

Well I'm not telling you to make it a button

I'm telling you to make it whatever they made it in the video

probaby Value/Vector2

[mighty ivy]

anyone here migrated from ReWired to InputSystem? i'm really struggling to translate the concepts between the two

like, in Rewired you can set an event for an action, and the event is fired and containts the player that fired it

the player input manager doesn't...appear....to work how i think i need

[austere grotto]

The PlayerInput component has a playerIndex or something like that

[mighty ivy]

yeah, i dont seem to get that far, so i have a playerinput component and its set to Send Messages. i had assumed i can add a new script with a method called OnMyAction and it would receive a message whenever a MyAction action was detected

or, let me be more specific

i want a player to join a lobby, so i have an Action called OnJoinGame

oh my rubber duck

okay so bad typo spotted

the message is received but yeah i still need to get the player info

so yeah how to access the playIndex from a message though?

[cursive tulip]

Any idea why my code can not detect my right click Button from my input actions ?

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


public class CameraZoom : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Camera myCamera;
    void Start()
    {
        myCamera = GetComponent<Camera>();
    }



    ////////// New Input System Anfang //////////////////
    private PlayerActionControls _controls;
    private void Awake()
    {
        _controls = new PlayerActionControls();
    }

    private void OnEnable()
    {
        _controls.Enable();
    }
    private void OnDisable()
    {
        _controls.Disable();
    }
    private void Update()
    {
        bool _ButtonPressed = _controls.Player.Movement.ReadValue<bool>();
        Debug.Log("Update Inhalt: " + _ButtonPressed);
        if (_ButtonPressed == true && myCamera.fieldOfView > 30f)
        {
            Debug.Log("rightclick-zoom ON!!");
            myCamera.fieldOfView -= Time.deltaTime * 70f;
        }
        if (_ButtonPressed == false && myCamera.fieldOfView < 60f)
        {
            Debug.Log("rightclick-zoom Off...");
            myCamera.fieldOfView += Time.deltaTime * 70f;
        }
    }

}

[austere grotto]

bool _ButtonPressed = _controls.Player.Movement.ReadValue<float>() != 0;

try that instead of ReadValue<bool>()

[mighty ivy]

you mean here right?

sorry for the n00b question but how do i receive that info?

[austere grotto]

There's a public property for it https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@0.2/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.Plugins.PlayerInput.PlayerInput.html#UnityEngine_InputSystem_Plugins_PlayerInput_PlayerInput_playerIndex