UserInputEvents: Easily create bindableEvents that correspond to user inputs!

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#1

Hello all! I made a quick little script to help me out with handling player inputs.

I’ve always been annoyed with how much boilerplate code goes into handling player inputs with UserInputService, so I created a ModuleScript that allows me to create bindable events linked to player inputs that I can then listen for in order to clean up my code.

You can read all about how to use it and copy the code on my github repo.

Current limitations:

  • Keyboard only
  • Uses InputBegan only
  • Cannot link multiple inputs to one event (I’ll be adding support for these features as I need them. Feel free to submit a PR though!)

Hope someone finds it useful! :wave:

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#2

I’m a bit confused about this. You say your module uses less boilerplate, but it actually doesn’t.

(Yours - 6 lines)

local module = require(path.to.module)
module.init()
local remote = module.CreateBind(Enum.KeyCode.E)
remote.Event:Connect(function(...)
    print(...)
end)

(Roblox - 4 lines)

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
    print(input)
end)

You also don’t fire the event with the gameProcessed parameter, limiting functionality.

(Also - name the GitHub file with a .lua at the end to make it highlight)

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#3

Why would I use BindableEvents, if I can just do this

game:GetService("UserInputService").InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessedEvent)

end)

Is there any reason why I should use this module?

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#4

I often find myself having a function connected to UserInputService.InputBegan that makes sense of the input and invokes the correct function. This gets messy when I have over 12 binds, or have to do it in multiple scripts. Using BindableEvents in this way allows me to clean up some of that mess.

#5

To be fair this module isn’t really helpful.

InputBegan does the job just right and also bindable events have a delay so you probably should think of something else to fire events