Input resets when scene changes

Questions & Answers
1

I have a run button in the game, and if the user is holding it down and never releases it, Input.GetKey(KeyCode.X) returns false after changing to a different scene. Is there a way to change this or a work around?

2

The problem also occurs when using Input.GetAxis. It seems like the only work-around currently (Unity 5.1.1) is to use LoadLevelAdditive instead of LoadLevel and manually cleaning up/destroying/unloading objects in the current scene.

 var allObjects = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<GameObject>();
 foreach (var obj in allObjects)
   if (obj should not be destroyed) // since DontDestroyOnLoad has no effect here...
      Destroy(obj);

 Application.LoadLevelAddtiive(level);

Instead of iterating over gameObjects and destroying them, you could have a single root gameObject in your scene that parents all the objects you want to destroy, then you just destroy that gameObject and all its children will be gone with it.