[SOLVED] Input.GetKey not working (Unity 5.2)

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EDIT:
Actually, I just found out this is a completely different issue. It’s not related to preprocessors. They do work.
What doesn’t work anymore is getting input from the keyboard:
csharp*__ <strong>*if (Input.GetKeyDown("l")) {Debug.Log("Pressed L");}*</strong> __*
None of my Input.GetKey or Input.GetKeyDown are getting called.
Touch input works still fine using UnityRemote 4.

Hello everyone!
Is this a bug or am I missing something?
I tried using #if UNITY_EDITOR #endif for code that is for testing only.
In C#, this works perfectly, but when doing this in Javascript, it won’t be called.

Documentation doesn’t state anything specific concerning Javascript.
( Unity - Manual: Conditional compilation )

Greetings,
Shu

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I’ve been using it myself, but as #ifdef UNITY_EDITOR #endif afaik. Maybe it’s that difference? (I’m not too used to C preprocessor things)

EDIT: what was that code tag doing there

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I just found out this issue is related to Input rather than preprocessors, which I just edited in my original post. Thanks for your reply, though! I didn’t know about #ifdef!

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out of curiosity if someone told you “my input doesn’t work” and expected you to know what the problem was based purely on that, what would you tell them?

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I don’t know. What additional information should I give you to elaborate the situation?
When I put

csharp*__ <strong>*if (Input.GetKeyDown("l")) {Debug.Log("Pressed L");}*</strong> __*

(from edited original post)
in Update() and press the L button, there won’t be a message in the console.
On the other hand, all the touch events in Update() work when using UnityRemote, though.

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Try using the Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode code) overload. The string overload probably parses it to the KeyCode enum, which defines L but not l (non-capital L) (maybe it’s case sensitive, no idea).

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Input.GetKey(KeyCode.L);
Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.L);
Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.L);

I’m using also KeyCode. It’s provided by unity so why not using it. also you can’t make typo mistakes

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@Zuntatos
@martinmr
Thanks for your help! It works now. I already tried using KeyCode yesterday and it failed, too. Today, after changing, it work. This was kind of weird to me (because it wouldn’t work yesterday), so I changed it back to the version without KeyCodes and it works as well.
I don’t really know what this problem was about. Maybe the editor or my machine just needed a restart for whatever reason. You’re right about using KeyCodes, though. The non-KeyCode version sure is more prone to typos.

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Did you save before restarting? I’m facing a similar issue

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It works now. I restarted the application.Thanks

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i had the same issue… every thing was fine. infact i didn’t change anything. so i closed unity and re open. then it worked… :smile:

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Yes, restarting Unity fixed the issue. Does UE4 have issues like this too?

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Also, if you are running the game through the Device Simulator, the keyboard input doesn’t work there. So change to Game view

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