Inputs

Managing player inputs can quickly become overwhelming. Essential Systems streamlines the process with Inputs, making changes and customization effortless.

To handle all inputs we use the Input Manager script. You can add this to any game object in the scene hierarchy (it will become DontDestroyOnLoad scene gets loaded.

There must always be exactly one Input Manager at any time.

To actually assign inputs and keybindings we create and use Input objects. You can create your own by right-clicking anywhere in the project and go to Create/Essentials/Inputs/<your desired input system>/Input. This will create a new Input object where you can define which keys/reference to Input Action Asset. One Input can contain multiple keys that all maps to the same action.

Standard Input System

The Input object also comes with a Scheme property. This is where you can define where the input can be used.

New Input System

Here, we do not provide a Scheme property. Instead, you must add all EScheme entries to the Action Map in the Player Input with the exact same name and casing.

An EScheme is a way for you to tell the Input Manager what scope it should listen to inputs in. For example; if you have a pause menu and you pause the game, you may only want to listen to UI inputs and ignore all player inputs. This can be done using Scheme.

To set the current Scheme in runtime, you can simply call:

InputManager.Scheme = EScheme.UI; // UI can be changed to anything (PLAYER, etc.)

By default, only two pre-made schemes are available, UI and DEFAULT. You can add your own by opening the Input Manager script. At the top of the script, you will find an enum; EScheme. Here you can simply add your entry (if you are using the New Input System you must also add it to the Action Map).