Disable MouseLook w/ Keyboard to use UI

Unity Engine
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Newbie here. Using default First Person Controller prefab.

Whenever I move my mouse over to the screen-space UI, the camera obviously moves. I want to use a keyboard toggle to turn MouseLook off and on as needed. I know MouseLook exists in both the First Person Controller and the actual Camera.

Is there a script that will do this already? I have seen numerous threads on the topic, but all are partial or don’t seem to work (perhaps I am missing something). Anyone have a good one they can share?

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Just from the top of my head, didnt test it.
There are probally easier / more efficient ways to do it, but this should work for now. Make sure to change the line:

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.P)) {

To your preferred Key

Create a new script named: DisableMouseLook (Or something different, but then make sure to rename it in the script as well). Attach it to your FPS Controller:

using UnityEngine;

public class DisableMouseLook : MonoBehaviour {
    MouseLook mouseLookController;
    MouseLook mouseLookCamera;

    void Start () {
        mouseLookController = GetComponent<MouseLook> ();
        mouseLookCamera = Camera.main.GetComponent<MouseLook> ();
    }

    void Update () {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.P)) {
            mouseLookController.enabled = false;
            mouseLookCamera.enabled = false;
        } else {
            mouseLookController.enabled = true;
            mouseLookCamera.enabled = true;
        }
    }
}

This code works as such:
While holding down the letter P, the mouselook components are disabled.

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Perfect!

4

Hmmm… mouseLook doesn’t seem to be working any more in Unity 5. Anyone have an idea why?

5

Anyone have an idea on this?