Simple GetKeyDown call not working?

Unity Engine
1

I am trying to do a very simple keyboard input detection script. I want something to happen when I press the ‘D’ key but it is not detecting it.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class DebuggerDisplay : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
        {
            Debug.Log("D pressed");
        }
    }
}

When I press ‘D’ in game, no debugger message appears. I see the messages from other Update calls in my game. What am I doing wrong?? This is driving me crazy

2

Looks good to me. You sure you put it on an enabled GameObject in the scene you’re running?

3

Confirmed, your script works. Make sure it’s on an enabled GameObject still alive in your scene.

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4

Ah, you were right. I never assigned the script to an active object so unity was never listening for the key press in the first place. Thanks!

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5

I made this error first in 2013 and I’m still makin’ it today. :slight_smile:

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6

Called it on the OP, because…

I do too, we all do. :wink:

7

It happens.

Eventually you’ll get the opposite problem where you have a similar script on more than one object. You really feel stupid when you spend an hour trying to figure out why Update is getting called twice per frame :stuck_out_tongue:

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