Input module

Hey guys sorry about super obvious question. How do you set up the input module for pc with latest unity? If you could point me to a good tutorial thanks. Googling not helping

 

What do you mean by setting it up? It comes set up out of the box, unless you have some need to change it (which you do via the Project Settings menu command). What's the problem you're trying to solve, or task you're trying to accomplish?

 

I want to be able to move my character around. I have a blank project and will use a basic cube for a player. How do i make it move in x direction when i press a certain button. I dont see anywhere how to configure say key W to mean forward and how to then hook onto that event to move the box forward?

 

You don't "configure" that, you program it.

You will probably want to spend some time with the tutorials you'll find under the Learn link at the top of this page. But as a quick sketch, you could do something like this: create a new script, give it a name, and attach it to your cube. Then double-click it, and fill in the Update method so it looks like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update()
2. {
3.     transform.position += transform.forward * Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
4. }

Search for each of those terms in the Script Reference to try to figure out how all this works. If it's still not clear, post your questions here, along with your best guess as to what it all means.

 

The way to refernce it made no sense to me and kind of still doesnt. Thanks for the input.getaxis as a point, but how do i infer the input module can be referenced this way, and where would i i figure out if pressing W sets movement forward or if pressing J should do it? Im happy for any code snippets, though a tutorial would be much better.

I have looked at the script reference for the input manager but couldnt find anything in there apart from very high level details on what it does and how. There was nothing technical about implementation i could see.

Thanks again for all your help

 

Below is the way you set up controls for the old one.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-InputManager.html

Below is the way you set up controls for the new one.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Actions.html#creating-actions

 

It's a good thing @Ryiah is here. I'm still using the old system and was only vaguely aware that the new one (which is still in "Preview") exists.

And as for how you would know all this, you would know it by either reading the docs, or working through tutorials (which means not just watching them, but actually following along step by step on your own machine). If you think Unity is like a word processor or something where you can just dive in and figure it out without reading the manual... well it's not, and you can't.

 

Thank you guys - sorry a bit late