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How to detect Input.GetAxis double tap?
I'm working on a beat em up and would like the player to run when Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") is double tapped, however there doesn't seem to be a built in way to detect that. There also doesn't seem to be a way to detect if a dpad was pressed, only held.
Is it possible, or is there another way to simulate this?
Maybe there is a better way than what I'm about to suggest (I'm not an expert programmer) but you can simulate it yourself.
Let's say we wanna double tap A for a special hit, Try using a Float Timer to start counting after the player hits A once We'll set a small time limit like 0.2 seconds (experiment with the number to avoid too much input lag)
So Player hits A, the counter starts if the timer reaches the Limit and A has not been pressed a second time, do the default A button attack. But if A is pressed again in the window limit, then do the Double-Tap attack instead
You could maybe use this as a Method to save yourself from writing it over and over for each button Hope this helps
Unfortunately there seems to be no way to read GetAxis as a button (bool), only a float. I ended up creating a separate run button as a workaround.
You mentioned that it's a button. A button can be used both in Input.GetAxis and Input.GetButton. You can use the Input.GetButtonDown for this.
I'm also not an expert, but building off of Chimz's answer, you mentioned that you are reading the axis as a float, so what you could do is check if the GetAxis is greater than some threshold (1 isn't probably the best, so something like +- .7 may be good for some leniency) check if it is less than the threshold and within the timer and again if it is over the threshold, basically have 3 states that simulate each part. There is probably a different better way but that is one way off the top of my head
