I’m currently developing a project that only supports PC input. I was considering adding support for Xbox, but I realized that implementing proper support for both Xbox and PlayStation controllers could be quite complicated.
My question is: if an Xbox or PS5 user connects a keyboard and mouse to their console, will the controls function the same way as on a PC? In other words, would I not need to implement any additional changes for keyboard and mouse input on consoles?
I believe that it would be passed as regular keyboard input. This is documented here, most notably the input preference enum:
“Player is using an Xbox or PlayStation with a bluetooth keyboard & mouse connected and has most recently interacted with the keyboard or mouse. KeyboardAndMouse”
My friend, the days of struggling for months to make your game compatible with various devices are (almost) gone. IAS is beautiful. Check it out:
https://create.roblox.com/docs/input/input-action-system
In short, yes. Input events processed by Roblox are decoupled from the HID (keyboard, mouse, controller, touchscreen, etc.) that triggered them via representation as an InputObject.
A few general guidelines to consider:
KeyboardEnabled, GamepadEnabled, TouchEnabled, etc. are not necessarily the input that the player is actively using. It is essential to track which input type is currently being using by a client either via LastInputTypeChanged or PreferredInput as @sac_ie mentioned. And this value may change throughout the session (ex. A player connects a controller to a PC some time after joining).StarterGui.ScreenOrientation. The default value is Sensor, however, for most games, this should be set to LandscapeSensor.This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.