I’m using UserInputService, I know how to check if a key was pressed, but I’m not sure how to tell if it’s being held down, how would I do that? How would I check if It weren’t held anymore too?
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How to check if a key is being held down?
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You can use the :IsKeyDown() method of UserInputService. Just pass the key you want and :IsKeyDown() will return true if the key is being held down, false otherwise.
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gpe)
if gpe then return end
if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton2 then -- you can detect mouse input
if UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.E) then
-- Code
end
end
end)
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I love your style of answering, it just has a tad bit of "unique" to it.
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Thank you!
First, insert a LocalScript into the StarterPlayerScripts in the StarterPlayer. Remove the print function and replace it with this:
local UserInput = game:GetService("UserInputService") -- So we can fire the function below
local function inputR(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
end
UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(inputR)
Now insert a simple if statement inside the local function with a return.
local UserInput = game:GetService("UserInputService") -- So we can fire the function below
local function inputR(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
if gameProcessedEvent then return end -- I did it this way so it doesn't take up space.
end
UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(inputR)
Now make sure the user has a keyboard, so no weird errors occur.
local UserInput = game:GetService("UserInputService") -- So we can fire the function below
local function inputR(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
if gameProcessedEvent then return end
if inputObject.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
end
end
UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(inputR)
Now test the key you would like to be pressed. I Added more comments to make more clear.
local UserInput = game:GetService("UserInputService") -- So we can fire the function below
local function inputR(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
if gameProcessedEvent then return end
if inputObject.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then -- So we know that the player is holding down a key on their keyboard instead of a fake one
if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R then -- Replace "KeyCode.R" with any other key, for example, left shift is "Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift". --
--Do code for your key pressed here
end
end
end
UserInput.InputBegan:Connect(inputR) -- So we can fire the function when any key/mouse is pressed. Anything else will also fire the function, like gamepad.
I hope this was helpful!
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Uh, I am a master Lua scripter now man. This is easy, you also got it wrong, is just as easy as one line... :IsKeyDown(), a method of the UIS family. This post is also a year old..
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InputBegan for held down, InputEnded for released
I remember a more efficient way of doing it, are you sure that’s the only method?
I’m trying to create an event when the ‘E’ key is being held, whilst Left-Clicking, this is to drop an Item, I assumed it wans’t exactly possible to tie both events together, so I’m using a Boolean variable as a tie instead, just using it in am if statement using the Button2Down event, I don’t want to go through all this trouble to use up so much space for a simple Boolean switch