Unity UI will not select 'first selected' button when deployed onto Xbox One, preventing navigation.

[spaunn]

So, I’ve set up a basic main menu for my game using unity UI buttons and set the top-most button to be the ‘first selected’ in the EventSystem object.

When I run the scene in the game view, the first button is automatically selected as expected and the Xbox one controller is able to navigate the canvas correctly from the starting point. When I build the game targeting UWP (using D3D, and IL2CPP) and run it on my PC from Visual Studio, it works perfectly as well.

However when I deploy the game using the same settings to my Xbox One, the button I allocated as ‘first selected’ is no longer selected on startup, and without a starting point, my controller is unable to navigate the menu.

I’ve posted a question on unity answers about this and have had no replies, and I have found another identical question posted in September which also had no replies.

• Unity UI doesn't seem to work with D3D IL2CPP on xbox one - Questions & Answers - Unity Discussions

• http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/1239579/ui-buttons-on-xbox-uwp-not-selecting-first-selecte.html

I was hoping that someone could shed some light onto what’s possibly happening and what I might be able to do about this.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT : I am currently running Unity 5.4.1f1 Personal Edition, and any settings I haven’t mentioned in this post can be considered set to default values.

[dexterl]

I found a solution here, it might help you too:
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/solved-ui-navigation-not-working-on-xbox-console-using-xbox-controller.455486/

[toto2003]

@dexterl

I found a solution here, it might help you too:
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/solved-ui-navigation-not-working-on-xbox-console-using-xbox-controller.455486/

i got also some issue with button not selected through gamepad, but the link provided is broken , could you tell us how do you fix that issue?
thanks

[MegaMasterX]

I’m also having this issue. I’ve tried multiple script solutions to no avail. I’m very surprised there hasn’t been any answer or response on any of the threads I’ve seen up to this point.

[spaunn]

@MegaMasterX

I’m also having this issue. I’ve tried multiple script solutions to no avail. I’m very surprised there hasn’t been any answer or response on any of the threads I’ve seen up to this point.

I find something a while back, but haven’t tested it myself yet, but it was to tick the ’ force module active’ or something similar to that on the event manager game object, let me know how that goes!

[MegaMasterX]

@spaunn

I find something a while back, but haven’t tested it myself yet, but it was to tick the ’ force module active’ or something similar to that on the event manager game object, let me know how that goes!

This did the trick for me!

[Pistolpig]

@spaunn

I find something a while back, but haven’t tested it myself yet, but it was to tick the ’ force module active’ or something similar to that on the event manager game object, let me know how that goes!

I know this is necro-ing a thread from years ago, but I just wanted to say thanks. Been trying to work this out for days now.

[bobthenob]

hi i know this old but im still having problems with muple clicks and i cant find the force module active please sombody point mre in the right direction thanks

[danosono]