How to check what controller/device is in use?

I'm working on a Tower Defense game and I'm using the new input system. I have set up 2 control schemes one for Keyboard/Mouse and one for Gamepad. I want to switch to one scheme depending on what device has received input.

Is there a way to check this? I've not seen anything in the documentation as far as scheme swapping or detecting per device interactions.

 

Yeah that part I know but what I was thinking was if I'm playing with a controller and I need to switch to a controller because of dead battery or whatever I would need to have it so the player can do so without having to restart the game or go into an options menu to do so.

 

I have no problem connecting gamepad after starting the game and it works. At the same time it supports keyboard movement from the start. Isn't it the same for you? Are you using InputActionImporter asset?

 

Oh no that isn't what I'm looking for. Lets say I am using a gamepad and decide to swap to keyboard and mouse. I want the my game to basically on the fly swap to the correct button prompts. But I can't do that since I don't know what device is currently in use. I'm not talking about if you connect/disconnect devices. Maybe I'm a bit confusing in what I want.

 

If, say, you have a "Keyboard&Mouse" control schemes with bindings for keyboard and mouse and a "Gamepad" control scheme with bindings for gamepads, PlayerInput will allow the player to automatically switch between the two and you'll get a notification when the switch happens.

So, say, the player is currently using the gamepad and then moves the mouse, the system will switch from the "Gamepad" to the "Keyboard&Mouse" scheme and unpair the gamepad and pair the keyboard and mouse to the player instead.

ATM the notification only comes in at the InputUser level (which sits underneath PlayerInput).

Code (CSharp):

1. InputUser.onChange +=
2.     (user, change, device) =>
3.     {
4.          if (change == InputUserChange.ControlSchemeChanged)
5.             Debug.Log($"User {user} switched control scheme");
6.     };

Ultimately, it'll surface on PlayerInput, too, but either way, you'll get notified and can update UI hints in response.

You can query the devices currently paired to the player from the PlayerInput's "devices" property.

Code (CSharp):

1. // Devices paired to first player.
2. PlayerInput.all[0].devices

 

Oh OK I have been just using the input system without using PlayerInput and InputUser. Now it is time to figure that out. Thanks a lot for the info.