temporarily disable arrow keys ,how ???

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1

hello there , I would like to know how on earth ia one supposed to temporarily disable a keyboard key , namely the up down , left and right arrow keys only.

how would i store the disabling function as a boolean? where by i can easily toggle between its true and false function if a action is dine

for example
// disable arrow keys on awake here with boolean name of disabling function" = true;

if (Input.GetKeyDown(“y”)){

// enable arrow keys here with “boolean name of disabling function” = false;
/how do i enable the arrow keys here for about ummm 5 seconds when the arrow key is pressed , the keys will be disabled 5 seconds after pressed/
}

“boolean name of disabling function” = true; //after 5 seconds

it would be great if you could help me with this problem

i will just use waitForSeconds for the timer part -_____________- lol

2

Something like this (not tested)

var arrowsEnabled = true;

function Update()
{
  if (Input.GetKeyDown("y"))
  {
    arrowsEnabled = false;
    yield WaitForSeconds(5);
    arrowsEnabled = true;
  }

  if (arrowsEnabled)
  {
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
      ... do something with arrow keys ...
  }
}
4

Separate your inputs, and only allow them when you choose :

private var isKeysEnabled : boolean = false;

function Update()
{
	if ( Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Y) )
	{
		if (isKeysEnabled)
		{
			isKeysEnabled = false;
		} 
		else
		{
			isKeysEnabled = true;
		}
	}
	
	if (isKeysEnabled)
	{
		// do your arrow keys input stuff here
		
		// this only works when isKeysEnabled = true;
	}
}
3

Something like this might work. You have a variable that controls whether you check for the cursor keys. In the example you can set this variable to true or false using t or f. In your code you’ll want to change the value of keysDisabled based on your timer. Note that this code has never been compiled, so it might contain typos.

// untested pirate code, ahoy me hearties

var keysDisabled : boolean = false;

// blah blah

if (keysDisabled == false) {

    if (Input.GetKeyDown("y")) {

        // etc

    }
}

if (Input.GetKeyDown("t")) {
    keysDisabled = true;
}

if (Input.GetKeyDown("f")) {
    keysDisabled = false;
}