New Input System treating vehicle as Second Player in Single Player Game

Questions & Answers
1

I am trying to make a small 2D proof of concept where the player can enter and exit different vehicles with different move scripts. I am trying to use the new input system so I can test functionality with a gamepad.

When I play test in the editor I can use the gamepad & keyboard to move the player. When I enter the vehicle I can use the gamepad & keyboard to move the vehicle. But as soon as I exit the vehicle the vehicle retains the gamepad scheme and the player is left with only the keyboard. I suspect it is treating the vehicle as player 1.

If the player exits the vehicle, I disable the vehicle in the inspector, then refresh (disable and reenable) the player I can move with the gamepad again.

Vehicle
private void Awake()
{
    controls = new PlayerControls();
    controls.Disable();
}

#region OnEnable
private void OnEnable()
{ 
    controls.Enable();
}
#endregion
#region OnDisable
private void OnDisable()
{
    controls.Disable();
}
#endregion

public override void Interaction()
{
    if (playerInside)
    {
        player.transform.parent = null;
        controls.Disable();
        Debug.Log("VehicleControls Disabled");
        player.SetActive(true);
        playerInside = false;
        Debug.Log("Player Not Inside");
        collide.isTrigger = true;
        rb.Sleep();
        rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic;
    }
    else if (playerFound && !playerInside)
    {
        player.transform.parent = vehicleCenter.transform;
        player.transform.localPosition = Vector2.zero;
        player.SetActive(false);
        playerInside = true;
        controls.Enable();
        Debug.Log("VehicleControls Enabled");
        player.GetComponent<PlayerController>().canDash = true;
        Debug.Log("Player Inside");
        collide.isTrigger = false;
        rb.WakeUp();
        rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Dynamic;
        rb.gravityScale = vehicleGravityScale;
    }
    Debug.Log("Interaction triggered");
}

Player
#region Find Controls
private void Awake()
{
    controls = new PlayerControls();
    Debug.Log("Player Controls Searched for " + this.name);
}

private void OnEnable()
{
    controls.Enable();
    Debug.Log("PlayerControls Enabled");
}
private void OnDisable()
{
    controls.Disable();
    Debug.Log("PlayerControls Disabled");
}
#endregion
2

Before asking here on the forum I did a lot of googling and came across mostly people wanting to have two players in their game so I though I would ask.

After I did I arrived at a solution. I’m mentioning it here now in the case someone else goals in the future and comes across my solution.

It was quite simple really though I didn’t see it at the time. I created an empty game object that pretends it is the player. When the player enters a vehicle the player is set as a child of the vehicle. Then the empty game object pretends it is the vehicle. Control input is never shut off or refreshed on multiple objects, only one, the empty game object.