Why don't the controller keycodes register?

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1

I’m trying to get a signal to fire whenever the E key or the X button on a gamepad is pressed but it only seems to function when the E key is pressed. I tested it on studio and on an xbox one, still the same issue.

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local keyE = Enum.KeyCode.E
local buttonX = Enum.KeyCode.ButtonX

local function WasItInteract()
	return UIS:IsKeyDown(keyE) or UIS:IsKeyDown(buttonX)
end

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if WasItInteract() then
		print("Interact pressed")
	end
end)
2

Try printing input.KeyCode before the if WasItInteract() then. Then tell us what appears on the output

3

It prints Enum.KeyCode.ButtonX, weird

4

What if you sent the input.KeyCode then you compare both of them

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local keyE = Enum.KeyCode.E
local buttonX = Enum.KeyCode.ButtonX

local function WasItInteract(key)
	return key == keyE or key == buttonX
end

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if WasItInteract(input.KeyCode) then
		print("Interact pressed")
	end
end)
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5

You may also want to include the processed parameter in order to ignore processed inputs (inputs related to Roblox’s core gui).