Get Any Key Store Result as String

[FractalCore]

Now, I wonder if justifun made the action on a Mac in the first place, and if he tested it recently on PC...

After testing it by playing builds (only way to get it working), I made a very handy little text input system. All the letters/numbers/symbols of course, got backspace erasing one letter back at a time. Saved as a string to use anywhere else. All thanks to this Action. It should really be included as standard.

[justifun]

@FractalCore - nope, it was made on a PC.  It was just a copy of the "Any Key" action with a line added to store the result.

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 ok, I'll try on windows side when I have a chance

bye,

 Jean

[FractalCore]

Have you had a chance to try this on Windows yet. It would be interesting if it didn't work for you too.

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 Yes, I just tried, and indeed in editor, it's weird! but when I publish it's all fine and works as expected... I also tested without PlayMaker being involved and it's the same...

Bye,

 Jean

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 Ok, I found a way to solved this. I use Input.AnyKey instead of Input.AnyKeyDown and it works now everywhere including windows editor.

Please find attached the update version. I am not overwriting cause the behavior is slighlty different, you will get repeated input if you keep the key pressed, which is logical in a way.

[MABManZ]

Thanks so much Jean it looks like everything is good!

[joduffy]

Hi guys,

I am testing this on a windows 7 machine 64 bit and getting nothing stored into the string. It doesnt store when i click the mouse button or keyboard keys.

Is there something I am doing wrong

[joduffy]

I did find this:

http://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/input-dot-inputstring-works-differently-on-windows-and-on-mac

The other option is to try something like this:

Event.isKey

bool isKey;
Description
Is this event a keyboard event? (Read Only)

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnGUI() {
        Event e = Event.current;
        if (e.isKey)
            Debug.Log("Detected a keyboard event!");
       
    }
}

But this belongs in the OnGUI. Not sure how to access it from a custom playmaker script.

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Event.html

[joduffy]

I wrote a C# to store the results of a key press. This excludes mouse events/buttons/actions.

You access the results via a get property action in a FSM and store it in a FSMString.

You can also use the script to trigger an event in a playmaker FSM by giving the name of the event to send and also the FSM in which the event lives. This is done in the inspector panel.

I have attached the script and also displayed the code below.

Code: [Select]

// (c) Copyright HutongGames, LLC 2010-2013. All rights reserved.

using UnityEngine;

namespace HutongGames.PlayMaker.Actions
{
[ActionCategory(ActionCategory.Input)]
[Tooltip("Sends an Event when a Key is released.")]
public class GetKeyUpFromString : FsmStateAction
{
[RequiredField]
public FsmString key;
public FsmEvent sendEvent;
[UIHint(UIHint.Variable)]
public FsmBool storeResult;

public override void Reset()
{
sendEvent = null;
//key.Value = KeyCode.None;
storeResult = null;
}

public override void OnUpdate()
{
bool keyUp = Input.GetKeyUp(key.Value);

if (keyUp)
Fsm.Event(sendEvent);

storeResult.Value = keyUp;
}
}
}

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 Is that action working on windows phones then?

Bye,

 Jean

[LogLady]

I used the example that jeanfabre made on this topic but the backspace is not working. It is not deleting the last typed character. Is there a way to make it work?

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 Are you using the new UI system? I think fields will work a LOT better then with other solutions.  Catching keys manually seems odd on windows unfortunatly.

 Bye,

 Jean

[LogLady]

Maybe that is the problem. I'm using windows 7 and the pressed keys (as said before on this topic) only blinks. I hope that the Unity guys can solve it sometime...