How to start with disabled controls?

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1

Hey,

I am using the “new” input system. When a player joins (by pressing a controller button) I want to disable their inputs for a second to prevent unwanted actions (e.g. clicking the first selected UI-button).

In other words, I want to instantiate the PlayerInput with disabled actions per default, to switch them on later.

I tried using

private void Awake()
    {
        PlayerInput.actions.Disable();
    }

but this does not work. The action map does not get disabled at all. Adding this to Start does work, but then the first Input always gets through.

2

have you tried to disable the actionmap instead? Or just disable the PlayerInput component altogether.

3

Thank you for your answer.

Isn’t PlayerInput.actions.Disable() doing exactly that, disabling the whole actionmap? Or am I doing it wrong? I mean it seems to work, just not during Awake. (Class InputActionMap | Input System | 1.0.2)

When the PlayerInput Component gets disabled I think it unbinds the connected devices, which means that they automatically rejoin as a new player when they press a button.