How would this work using ContextActionService?
I'm new to CAService and keyboardInput in general, so how exactly would I go about executing part of a function once a certain key is pressed, (and holding) then when the key is released running the other half? So far I've tried running a portion of it when the UserInputState.Begin (the main animation), then the other portion when UserInputState.End (the idle animation). And for some reason it seems that only the first half runs.
local CAService = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
local deb = false
local function first(actionName, inputState, inputObj)
if not deb then
if inputState == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
deb = true
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local Animation = Instance.new("Animation")
Animation.Name = 'Swimming';
Animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://2130790796"
local track = character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
track.Looped = true
track:Play()
if track.IsPlaying == true and Animation.Name == 'Swimming' then
character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
elseif inputState == Enum.UserInputState.End then
local Animation = Instance.new("Animation")
Animation.Name = 'Treading';
Animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://2130697426"
local track = character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
track.Looped = true
track:Play()
if track.IsPlaying == true and Animation.Name == 'Treading' then
character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
deb = false
end
end
end
end
end
CAService:BindAction("keyPress", first, false, Enum.KeyCode.Up)
1 answer
If you are listening for events such as the beginning of an input and the end of the input separately, I would recommend using UserInputService. This allows you to listen for when when a user presses a key, and comes with useful functions such as IsKeyDown to be able to detect if a user is holding down a key.
Personally, I would use ContextActionService when I want to simply bind an action to a button press, such as binding a punch action on the F key. This way, I will be able to easily allow that mechanism to be available on multiple platforms.
Regarding your script, use the InputBegan event and check if the keycode is Enum.KeyCode.Up, then you can check when the user lets go by constantly checking IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.Up), or using the InputEnded event.
Hope this helps :)
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