Controller joystick only returns 8 directions (Bug?)

[collinpatrick15]

As the title says, I’m only able to get 8 directions from the joysticks.
[1,0]
[0,1]
[-1,0]
[0,-1]
[0.7, 0.7]
[0.7, -0.7]
[-0.7, 0.7]
[-0.7, -0.7]
and of course [0, 0]
Is anyone else getting this issue or am I just being an idiot?

This is the generated code:

            ""bindings"": [
                {
                    ""name"": ""Left Stick"",
                    ""id"": ""fa27b3f9-4c13-4f0a-8b27-7486dd640241"",
                    ""path"": ""2DVector"",
                    ""interactions"": """",
                    ""processors"": """",
                    ""groups"": """",
                    ""action"": ""Movement"",
                    ""isComposite"": true,
                    ""isPartOfComposite"": false,
                    ""modifiers"": """"
                },
                {
                    ""name"": ""up"",
                    ""id"": ""f410eab2-de72-4ecc-932e-9e223baae5f9"",
                    ""path"": ""<Gamepad>/leftStick/up"",
                    ""interactions"": """",
                    ""processors"": """",
                    ""groups"": ""Controller"",
                    ""action"": ""Movement"",
                    ""isComposite"": false,
                    ""isPartOfComposite"": true,
                    ""modifiers"": """"
                },
                {
                    ""name"": ""down"",
                    ""id"": ""b0da6f0d-ecd0-4a6f-af3c-47febd5acf84"",
                    ""path"": ""<Gamepad>/leftStick/down"",
                    ""interactions"": """",
                    ""processors"": """",
                    ""groups"": ""Controller"",
                    ""action"": ""Movement"",
                    ""isComposite"": false,
                    ""isPartOfComposite"": true,
                    ""modifiers"": """"
                },
                {
                    ""name"": ""left"",
                    ""id"": ""e139f5c7-d7a7-4ef1-8061-b0e5c8224078"",
                    ""path"": ""<Gamepad>/leftStick/left"",
                    ""interactions"": """",
                    ""processors"": """",
                    ""groups"": ""Controller"",
                    ""action"": ""Movement"",
                    ""isComposite"": false,
                    ""isPartOfComposite"": true,
                    ""modifiers"": """"
                },
                {
                    ""name"": ""right"",
                    ""id"": ""40555fc7-b1fc-4557-8201-2a0d3f081969"",
                    ""path"": ""<Gamepad>/leftStick/right"",
                    ""interactions"": """",
                    ""processors"": """",
                    ""groups"": ""Controller"",
                    ""action"": ""Movement"",
                    ""isComposite"": false,
                    ""isPartOfComposite"": true,
                    ""modifiers"": """"
                },

This is my code:

public void UpdatePosition(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        //Convert vector2 direcion to vector3 direction
        Debug.Log(context.ReadValue<Vector2>());
        Vector3 _moveDirection = new Vector3(context.ReadValue<Vector2>().x, 0, context.ReadValue<Vector2>().y);

        //transform direction to camera
        _moveDirection = Camera.main.transform.TransformDirection(_moveDirection);
        _moveDirection.y = 0;
        //_moveDirection.Normalize();

        //apply speed and rotation
        _currentSpeed = Mathf.Lerp(_currentSpeed, _moveSpeed(), 3f * Time.deltaTime);

        _moveDirection *= _currentSpeed;
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(_moveDirection), 3f * Time.deltaTime);
        _player.Move(_moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
    }

    public void OnMovement(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        _movementController.UpdatePosition(context);

        if (context.canceled)
        {
            _movementController.StopMoving(context);
        }
    }

[collinpatrick15]

After looking around for a while. I read on another post that I can set the binding to just gamepad/leftStick instead of a 2D vector with up/down/left/right binding. to get the left stick option, I had to manually change the generated JSON file with “path”“: “”/leftStick”" instead of whatever it was before. This seems to fix my issue but I’m not sure why this isn’t an option in the binding path dropdown.

[pgpais]

As of today, you can just add a regular binding and choose the whole analog stick as your input (instead of a composite 2D input).