Custom User Input Quick Question

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
1

Hiwiwi!
Im trying to create a custom touch user input. Similar to the Roblox default DynamicThumbstick

Working “fine”. But, how to specify a zone for the “GUI”? You know, a little black “circle”/“box” where the input is listened.
Right now Im just using UserInputService.TouchMoved. And obviuosly is working in the whole screen, no matter where the touch is occuring, I want to set a limit “box” for the input, exactly like the original DynamicThumbstick, a little Black Box limiting the input zone at the lower left corner.
Its by using a GUI? and then what? somekind of GUI on touched event?
Thank you for ur time

1 Like
2

According to the event on the Dev reference API the event function returns a touch object which you can use like so in the example script:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
 
function onTouchMoved(touch, gameProcessedEvent)
	local oldPosition = touch.Position - touch.Delta
	print("Touch moved from " .. tostring(oldPosition) .. "to " .. tostring(touch.Position))
end
 
UserInputService.TouchMoved:Connect(onTouchMoved)

This means you enable the function through an if statement, like so in psuedo code, in order to limit the input zone:

if touch.Position is within the GUI box coordinate boundries then

-- do your thing here
end
2 Likes
3

Ohhh yeah!! So obvious!! Just limit the zone by script :v

Yup well, all the touch input is working perfect, Im building a custom vehicle seat to drive my plane. Cause the default VehicleSeat in roblox is very glitchy. And everything is working fine, my problem was A way to limit the input zone.

So its only about “If touch.position is within a GUI coordinate!” thank you so much!

1 Like