how to switch the "Actions Asset" in the Input System UI Input Module at runtime

Hello guys,

I am trying to switch the "Actions Asset" in the Input System UI Input Module (script) at runtime so the user can choose to control the game with a gamepad or a keyboard and mouse from an options screen. But when I switch the "Actions Asset" the UI stops responding to either input Actions Asset.

I am trying to use the "VirtualMouseInput" from Unity's samples project, so when using the gamepad, the user can control a virtual mouse cursor with the gamepad.

Could anyone help?

Regards,
Carlos

 

Hey,

Did you ever find the solution to the UI not responding after changing the actions asset?

Thanks,
Ashley

 

InputSystemUIInputModule

only does limited lookups on the actions when an asset is assigned to it. For any action that is referenced, it will go and find an action with the same path.

So if you have

point

set to

UI/Point

and you assign a new asset, it'll try to find

UI/Point

in the asset. But if

point

is not set, it will not try to find a

UI/Point

action in the asset and you have to manually set that if you want it referenced.

Code (CSharp):

1. var actions = new MyGeneratedActionClass();
2.  
3. var uiModule = (InputSystemUIInputModule)EventSystem.current.currentInputModule;
4. uiModule.point = InputActionReference.Create(actions.UI.Point);
5. uiModule.leftClick = InputActionReference.Create(actions.UI.Click);