User specified hotkeys.

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1

I am making a game, where the user sets the controls before the game starts, and they can then use the keys selected in game. My question: Is there an efficient way of getting a certain key pressed other than input manager? If not, than would I have to set an input option for every single key?

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Hello,

sadly you can’t edit the Input Manager at runtime (I really don’t understand why), so if you want customisable I suggest building your own Input Manager using the already existing Input class.

For saving the different types of Input, just do something like:

static class MyInputManager {
    var fire:KeyCode;
    var aim:KayCode;
}

if you then want to check for an input, simply do:

if (Input.GetKey/*down/up*/(MyInputManager.fire))

If you want to change a input key, do:

MyInputManager.fire = KeyCode.Space;

If you want to check for any key, you can look through all possible keys like so:

function GetAny():KeyCode {
    for (var key:KeyCode in KeyCode.GetValues(KeyCode)) {
        if (Input.GetKey/*Down/up*/(key)) {
            return key;
        }
    }
    return KeyCode.None;
}

At least thats the way I like doing it :slight_smile:

Hope this helps,
Benproductions1