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Bob Sir Viver
Bob Sir Viver

Reputation: 46

Determine which controller is sending me Actions in SteamVR

I'm starting to use the SteamVR action-driven Input system Version: 2.3.2 (sdk 1.4.18). I attached a laser pointer script similar to the Steam version to each controller. Now, when I squeeze the trigger, BOTH scripts receive the squeeze action. Well, of course they do. So how can I determine if the squeeze is from MY controller to ensure that I only respond to that?

I already looked at the SteamVR_Input_Sources parameter. It always reads 'any', so that doesn't help.

Maybe there is an option somewhere to filter which controller messages you wish to receive or a way to determine who invoked the action...?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 511

Answers (2)

Anders
Anders

Reputation: 17554

You can either subscribe to the action like

public void SubscribeToPlayerAction(SteamVR_Action_Boolean action, SteamVR_Action_Boolean.ChangeHandler onAction)
{
    action.AddOnChangeListener(onAction, SteamInputSource); //SteamInputSource can be Left Right or Any
}

Or you can poll

public bool CheckForPlayerAction(SteamVR_Action_Boolean action, ButtonAction buttonState = ButtonAction.PressDown)
{
    if (buttonState == ButtonAction.PressDown) return action.GetStateDown(SteamInputSource);
    if(buttonState == ButtonAction.IsPressed) return action.GetState(SteamInputSource);

    return action.GetStateUp(SteamInputSource);
}

Upvotes: 1

chillinOutMaxin
chillinOutMaxin

Reputation: 182

If you go to windows and open the SteamVR input live view, you can get this menu

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This menu will show you which controller is receiving an action

Upvotes: 0

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