Need help trying to implement analog stick looking in 3D.

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Godot Version

4.6.3.stable

Question

I was following a FPS tutorial when I decided to add support for controllers. I am encountering difficulties with getting the camera movement to work.

My current implementation:

func _input(event: InputEvent):
	_capture_joystick = event is InputEventJoypadMotion
	outputs += 1
	if _capture_joystick:
		_look_input += Input.get_vector("stickRight", "stickLeft", "stickDown", "stickUp") * controller_senstivity

The outputs variable is used for print debugging in the process function. The _look_input variable is retrieved by my camera controller script for use there (and is reset to the zero vector by process).

When running the game, if I manage to hold the right stick all the way to the right and keep it perfectly still, the _input function wonā€™t be called as shown by the outputs value not increasing as it prints. This is a problem because moving the stick normally allows there to be moments when the stick is still for just a sec, causing really choppy looking around. The only time this doesnā€™t happen is when you constantly move the stick in some way, when you do that the looking around is really smooth.

I looked into this a bit, and it seems this part of the documentation is related to my issue:

Iā€™m wondering if thereā€™s a more elegant solution out there for this part of controller input than attempting this.

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You donā€™t need the _input() function for this. Just call Input.get_vector() in _process().