Dang, you right.
I just assumed that’s what I did in my game, as I couldn’t find it before. I did some digging, and my input system gets rid of the dot/reticle by disabling the mouse icon when gamepad input is known:
The relevent thing:
UserInputService.MouseIconEnabled = true
Here’s my input system code:
local userInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local GamepadService = game:GetService("GamepadService")
----
local UserInputTypeSystemModule = {
gamepadTypeFromNewestInput = "none",
inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing = "KeyboardAndMouse", --keyboard mouse is default
gamepadType = "none", -- "none" by default. Can be "Xbox" or "PlayStation"
}
----
local mouseInputType = {
Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1,
Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton2,
Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton3,
Enum.UserInputType.MouseMovement,
Enum.UserInputType.MouseWheel
}
local GamepadInputsList = {
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonA,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonB,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonX,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonY,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonL1,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonL2,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonL3,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonR1,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonR2,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonR3,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonStart,
Enum.KeyCode.ButtonSelect,
--
Enum.KeyCode.DPadUp,
Enum.KeyCode.DPadDown,
Enum.KeyCode.DPadLeft,
Enum.KeyCode.DPadRight,
Enum.KeyCode.Thumbstick1,
Enum.KeyCode.Thumbstick2,
}
local mobileInputType = Enum.UserInputType.Touch
---
local Xbox_ReturnValues_List = {
"ButtonA", -- KeyCode.ButtonA
"ButtonB", -- KeyCode.ButtonB
"ButtonX", -- KeyCode.ButtonX
"ButtonY", -- KeyCode.ButtonY
"ButtonLB", -- KeyCode.ButtonL1
"ButtonLT", -- KeyCode.ButtonL2
"ButtonLS", -- KeyCode.ButtonL3
"ButtonRB", -- KeyCode.ButtonR1
"ButtonRT", -- KeyCode.ButtonR2
"ButtonRS", -- KeyCode.ButtonR3
"ButtonStart", -- KeyCode.ButtonStart
"ButtonSelect", -- KeyCode.ButtonSelect
}
local PlayStation_ReturnValues_List = {
"ButtonCross", -- KeyCode.ButtonA
"ButtonCircle", -- KeyCode.ButtonB
"ButtonSquare", -- KeyCode.ButtonX
"ButtonTriangle", -- KeyCode.ButtonY
"ButtonL1", -- KeyCode.ButtonL1
"ButtonL2", -- KeyCode.ButtonL2
"ButtonL3", -- KeyCode.ButtonL3
"ButtonR1", -- KeyCode.ButtonR1
"ButtonR2", -- KeyCode.ButtonR2
"ButtonR3", -- KeyCode.ButtonR3
"ButtonOptions", -- KeyCode.ButtonStart
"ButtonTouchpad", -- KeyCode.ButtonSelect
"ButtonShare", -- KeyCode.ButtonSelect
}
-- Note: Directional inputs have the same return value. This means, if a player presses a d-pad input, then the code knows it's a gamepad, but it doesn't know what type of gamepad. (PlayStation or Xbox, not sure.)
---
function UserInputTypeSystemModule.GetInputStringToActuallyDisplayToUser(inputKeyCode)
local stringToShowAsText = false
--print("-------")
local stringOfKeycode = tostring(inputKeyCode)
local cutString = string.sub(stringOfKeycode,14)
local enumThing = Enum.KeyCode[cutString]
--print(stringOfKeycode)
--print(cutString)
--print(enumThing)
-- Below accounts for other keyboards:
-- https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/UserInputService#GetStringForKeyCode
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
stringToShowAsText = userInputService:GetStringForKeyCode(inputKeyCode)
end)
if success then
if stringToShowAsText == nil or stringToShowAsText == "" or stringToShowAsText == " " or stringToShowAsText == " " then
stringToShowAsText = enumThing.Name
--print(stringToShowAsText)
end
else
--warn(errorMessage)
stringToShowAsText = enumThing.Name
--print(stringToShowAsText)
end
return stringToShowAsText
end
userInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
-- Keyboard & Mouse Input: --
if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then -- Keyboard inputs --
if UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing == "Gamepad" or UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing == "Touch" then
print("New InputType detected: Keyboard and Mouse")
UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing = "KeyboardAndMouse"
userInputService.MouseIconEnabled = true
return
end
end
for i, mouseInputs in pairs (mouseInputType) do -- Mouse inputs --
if input.UserInputType == mouseInputs then
if UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing ~= "KeyboardAndMouse" then
print("New InputType detected: Keyboard and Mouse")
UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing = "KeyboardAndMouse"
userInputService.MouseIconEnabled = true
return
end
end
end
----
-- Gamepad Input: --
for i, gamepadInput in pairs (GamepadInputsList) do -- Controller button inputs --
if input.KeyCode == gamepadInput then
if UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing ~= "Gamepad" then
print("New InputType detected: Gamepad")
UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing = "Gamepad"
userInputService.MouseIconEnabled = false
end
local stringForKeyCodePressed = userInputService:GetStringForKeyCode(gamepadInput)
if stringForKeyCodePressed == nil or stringForKeyCodePressed == "" or stringForKeyCodePressed == " " or stringForKeyCodePressed == " " then
stringForKeyCodePressed = gamepadInput.Name
end
for i, returnValue_Xbox in pairs(Xbox_ReturnValues_List) do
if returnValue_Xbox == stringForKeyCodePressed then
--print(retunValue_Xbox,stringForKeyCodePressed)
UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadTypeFromNewestInput = "Xbox"
end
end
for i, returnValue_PlayStation in pairs(PlayStation_ReturnValues_List) do
if returnValue_PlayStation == stringForKeyCodePressed then
--print(returnValue_PlayStation,stringForKeyCodePressed)
UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadTypeFromNewestInput = "PlayStation"
end
end
if UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadTypeFromNewestInput ~= UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadType then
-- player is now using a different type of gamepad than before
UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadType = UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadTypeFromNewestInput
print(UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadType)
end
end
end
----
-- Touchscreen input: --
if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Touch then
if UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing ~= "Touch" then -- if not mobile/touch input already, make it.
UserInputTypeSystemModule.gamepadTypeFromNewestInput = "none"
print("New InputType detected: Touch")
UserInputTypeSystemModule.inputTypeThePlayerIsUsing = "Touch"
end
end
end)
return UserInputTypeSystemModule
