Get basic input from XR controller

Hi , is there a straightforward way to capture a button event from an XR controller (in this case Oculus Rift)?

Looking here - https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/xr_input.html , this seems over the top to get the event we're after. I understand that this level of code is needed, but this feels like a lot of boilerplate code just to get back to where we were for years with other input systems. Shouldn't this stuff be abstracted for us by Unity?

eg)
Input.GetButton("Fire"); ...which would work with keyboard or controller depending on the mapping.

Is there something similar to the above for XR input?

Thanks!

 

I have been looking at this most of today...and I agree that the new input system is WAY overcomplicated for the simplest of things. I can appreciate that the new Input system is more robust and can do more stuff (probably), but if I have to spend 3 hours trying to get a simple log for the A button on the left motion controller on my rift, then they aren't doing it right.

That said, I still haven't figured out how to get that trigger. Previously, two lines of code, maybe three. Now...Well now I don't even know yet. Still working on it. You aren't alone in your frustration though.

 

Using the 'latest' input system 1.0 which I installed from package manager (why they didn't rename it for search purposes (is it the old system or the new) I have managed to get gamepad and keyboard interaction easily enough as a last ditch effort to get ANY interaction.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
5.  
6. public class DoTheThing : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     private void Update() {
9.  
10.         if (Gamepad.current.aButton.isPressed) {
11.             Debug.Log("A is pressed!");
12.         }
13.  
14.     }
15. }

So if anyone would kindly point out the XR equivalent of this that would probably be all I/we need.

 

Just putting this here because for some reason this was hard to find easily in documentation and forums...maybe it's just me, but still. Credit to a friend for getting this code to me.

This is using the XR Integration Toolkit...NOT an input manager.

Also, If you don't have the headset ON, the boolean is not triggered. So while it was working with no errors, it won't actually 'work'. I was not getting any input from the controllers because I did not have the headset on (I assume it's the sensor though)...This took me a while to figure out though as I assumed I wouldn't have to have the headset on to test just the motion controllers.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.XR.Interaction.Toolkit;
5.  
6. public class ControllerManager : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     public XRController rightHand;
9.     public InputHelpers.Button button;
10.  
11.     void Update() {
12.  
13.         bool pressed;
14.         leftHand.inputDevice.IsPressed(button, out pressed);
15.  
16.         if (pressed) {
17.             Debug.Log("Hello - " + button);
18.         }
19.     }
20. }

Place this on the XRRig, drag in the motioncrontroller to the XRCoontroller variable and Voila! It also has access to all the other buttons too. SO it's pretty good...now that I've found it AND figured out the fact I have to have the headset on.

 

Damn, you almost made my day. However can't move my controllers into the script so doesn't work. Been wasting past 3-4 days trying to figure this out - what a waste of time. Why not just GetKeyDown and then primaryButton or something? Seriously wtf is this? This is so discouraging. If something as simple as a debug.log when pressing a button is this hard then it's not for me. Was a fun week trying to program a bit though. GL to the rest of you.

 

Hey there, for me using the action-based system the code by Discmage did not work (or maybe I did something wrong). But I found this solution for getting e.g. the trigger button:

Code (CSharp):

1.             if(currentInteractor.GetComponent<ActionBasedController>().activateAction.action.ReadValue<float>() > 0.5f)
2.             {
3.                 Debug.Log("trigger pressed");
4.             }

 

How did you get the currentInteractor to work? I am busy working on my first VR game and don't have much experience with Unity. I want to reload a gun by pressing the primary button of the controller that's currently holding the gun. I cannot seem to find anything closely resembling your code when I look for it online.