Using unity input for keyboard keys question

Hi, i feel really dumb right now because i feel like im missing something obvious, but lets say i want to assign a button to display a pause menu how would i go about that properly. If i just add a new input its like a control input, assigning a number to the input but i would just like a single boolean input with no positive or negative keys, just a key and an alt key. I don't really want to use input.GetKeyDown as that wont be a configurable key.

 

If that doesn't fit your needs, there is this great product called CInput on the asset store which I found very powerful and easy to implement...

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/released-cinput-2-unitys-custom-inputmanager-got-improved.130730/

 

I can second the use of CInput. It basically is the same as Unity's input, but the big deal is that you can modify inputs at runtime, and you can save the controls to different things besides only Unity's player prefs.

 

The InputManager makes everything look the same, but some of those properties are only relevant some of the time. If you call an input with GetAxis(inputName) then it treats it like an axis, with positive and negative range and such. If you call the same input with GetButton(inputName), however, it just returns a true or false depending on the current value, which is probably more what you're after.

 

Input.GetKeyDown is plenty configurable. You have all the keys
Then there is GetKeyUp
GetKey
and KeyCode, different things saying what type of key is being pressed, how long, or if there is a lack of pressing it, etc.

Really it's not that hard:
Here you go.

(C#)

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. if(Input.GetKeyDown("p") ) {
3. toggleMenu();
4. }
5.  

Put that in Update, make a Boolean controlling a gui.called "menu" or whatever.

Then add a new void:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. void toggleMenu() {
3. if(menu == false) {
4.   menu = true;
5.   return;
6. }
7. else if(menu == true) {
8. menu = false;
9. return;
10. }
11. }
12.  

That was typed straight In the reply box so its quality is not assured, but the general principal is there.
Take from this and learn what you can. But next time you might also want to try and going on google..

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Unity missed something really obvious. Giving us the ability to configure input axis at run time. Its one of the few major failings of the engine. To get around it you'll need your own input manager.