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Asked By | PopeRigby |
How do I reroute a certain key bind to a different function under a specific circumstance? I’m trying to make a pause menu that pops up when you hit Esc while in the game, and I want the menu to be able to take left click input, but left click is already bound to a shoot function, so I can’t click on the menu. At least I think that’s why it’s happening.
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Reply From: | LoneDespair |
you could bound your input for shooting and gameplay to _unhandled_input(event):
which would block inputs that happens on gui’s that filters mouse
but that option adds a LOT of latency, which could be an issue for your game
-as a work around you could have a canvas layer with its layer lower than all of your gui
-add a child control node
-connect its signal for mouse enter and exit for enabling and disabling your mouse inputs for your gameplay
-make sure to set it to full rect on layout
-whenever the mouse enters your control node it means that its not being blocked by a gui, else there is a gui on top
its a clunky solution but it gets the job done, you could even use singletons for this
I’m having a new issue while trying to implement the _unhandled_input method you were describing. popup() isn’t getting called when putting it in a _input function:
func _input(event):
if event.is_action_pressed("menu"):
print("pre-popup")
popup()
print("post-popup")
These print statements are working, it’s just popup() isn’t. The weird thing is, popup() works when it’s in _process function, so I don’t know what that’s about.
PopeRigby | 2020-05-24 19:52
it works for me, maybe test it on its own scene? to make sure nothing else is interfering
or try other inputs to debug if which is the problem eg “ui_up”
as for the unhandled_input
it will not detect inputs that are being registered/detected by a gui
most gui registers mouse inputs by default
LoneDespair | 2020-05-25 16:42
Managed to fix it. Thanks for your help anyway though!
PopeRigby | 2020-05-25 17:10