Multiple Userinputservice events

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1

I want to make a lot of things activated by user input service, but they require graphics so I need 2 scripts each for what I can see.

Can anybody then show me a way more efficient way of doing this without having to go through 20 scripts just to find one thing?

2

What does this mean, and why does it mean you have to use two scripts for “each”?

3

Like you know something different happens for each thing. But i can’t find an efficent way of making it better scripted without it getting messy.

4

You can create a dictionary with the keyboard input as the key, and a function as the value, like so:

    local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

    local userInputDictionary = {
        ["A"] = --some random func,
        ["B"] = --some random func
    }

    UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
        if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
            local keyPressed = input.KeyCode
            userInputDictionary[keyPressed] -- this line will invoke the func --
        end
    end)
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5

I somehow never knew this, so thank you very much!

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6

Uhm… how do I do that with Module scripts where I need to pass a value to it?

7 
-- modulescript
local InputDictionary = {
    ["A"] = function()
}

return InputDictionary

-- localscript
local InputDictionary = require(path.to.dictionary)

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
    if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
      local keyPressed = input.KeyCode
        InputDictionary[keyPressed] -- this line will invoke whatever is in the dictionary
      end
end)
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8

Sorry although your script works wouldn’t it be better to use

local InputDictionary = {}

InputDictionary["A"] = function()
    --Stuff here
end

return InputDictionary

Or am i losing the plot?

Edit: i just realized im dumb disregard that

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9

LOL, don’t worry about it. That works too, it’s just up to preference.