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Inventory menu with keyboard/controller input
I'm setting up a game with direct input only, and no cursor. I see the hotspot and pause menus are already compatible with this, they can be navigated by keyboard with settings changes only, and no scripting or custom UIs.
But I've been looking for a way to navigate the player and container inventory menus by keyboard, and no luck. Is there any functionality for this built-in? (I don't see any settings for it...) Otherwise, is there an easy/efficient way to do it without writing a new UI, e.g. access to focus-able elements or "shift inventory" functions directly by script?
Or, do I need to create a custom inventory UI and write my own focus/navigation scripts?
[As an aside, it would be really useful to have a version of the demo game with direct input navigation set up, or a more thorough tutorial on the subject! It was tricky getting player vicinity hotspot detection, hotspot selection & menu cycling, etc. all working properly.]
But I've been looking for a way to navigate the player and container inventory menus by keyboard, and no luck. Is there any functionality for this built-in? (I don't see any settings for it...) Otherwise, is there an easy/efficient way to do it without writing a new UI, e.g. access to focus-able elements or "shift inventory" functions directly by script?
Or, do I need to create a custom inventory UI and write my own focus/navigation scripts?
[As an aside, it would be really useful to have a version of the demo game with direct input navigation set up, or a more thorough tutorial on the subject! It was tricky getting player vicinity hotspot detection, hotspot selection & menu cycling, etc. all working properly.]
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1 - "Clicking" on an item in player inventory with keyboard does nothing. I need some way to select use/look/etc for player inventory items via keyboard...so far none of the settings I've tried have worked.
2 - When using "Display type: Icon Only", there's no visible indicator that the icon is highlighted, which is needed for keyboard navigation... am I stuck using the "Text Only" option? (Can there be text *and* icons?)
The menu should respond to button presses from Inputs named "InteractionA" and "InteractionB" - have these been defined in your Input manager?
On the inventory interactions... InteractionA and InteractionB are set up, and when the character is in proximity to a hotspot, pressing InteractionA makes the Interaction menu show up above the hotspot, and this menu can be navigated by keyboard... works great.
When I press InteractionA on an inventory item, I THOUGHT nothing was happening... but looking closer, the Interaction menu actually shows up for a fraction of a second near the middle of the screen, then disappears, and the focus is returned to the inventory's left shift button like the menu is being reset.
I've reproduced all of this in the 2D demo game, settings below. Is there anything wrong with these settings?
The missing "active texture" slot is also likely a bug - thanks for reporting it.
Also, I'd recommend you change your Select Interactions by setting to Clicking Menu rather than Cycling Menus And Clicking Hotspot - since you won't be able to click on Hotspots if the game is paused (the bug bypasses this for now, but you'll need to change this once fixed).