Keyboard mapping

Unity Engine
1

I didn’t see any way to select keyboard state buttons, such as CTRL/ALT/SHIFT, let alone having other keys pressed in combination. Are these simply absent from the back end of the new input system?

2

I wouldn’t say they’re absent from the back end, but I’m not using any of the newfangled action / rebinding stuff. You can get the .isPressed or .wasPressedThisFrame of any key you want. Eg. ctrlKey, altKey…

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.Keyboard.html#UnityEngine_InputSystem_Keyboard_aKey

3

Add ButtonWithOneModifier or ButtonWithTwoModifiers composite.

There’s no support yet for having input on these bindings “preempt” each other. So having both a binding for B and a binding for SHIFT+B active will trigger both when SHIFT+B is pressed. Solving this is on the list.

4

Thanks everyone, I went with a structure similar to this, but approached it in a hard coded manner because I got a not a not blittable exception when I tried using actual KeyCodes from a Component. This makes certain other things (like remapping controls) difficult. Any further advice? or is this what I have for now?

public class MovementInputSystem : SystemBase
{
    protected override void OnUpdate()
    {
        bool forward = Input.GetKey("w");
        bool backward = Input.GetKey("s");
        bool left = Input.GetKey("a");
        bool right = Input.GetKey("d");
        bool up = Input.GetKey("q");
        bool down = Input.GetKey("e");
        Entities
            .WithAll<LocalPlayerControl>()