Question by Knut-Steffenrem · Sep 18, 2020 at 05:00 AM · input vr steam

No input from vr controllers, but they still track. Both for Vive and Index controllers

I have a project in Unity 2020.1 which I tried to port to VR. Since I was already somewhat familiar with the SteamVR system from a few years ago, I chose that. I also had the brilliant idea that I would also update to the new Unity Input System.

In the scene I put down the [CameraRig]-prefab that was included with SteamVR, I can see the controllers tracking and when I push the trigger it animates on the controller visual. I struggled a bit to find out how to do input with the new unity input system, but I eventually got it working with keyboard and mouse. But none of the binds I did for the VR controller worked, I tried at least 10 different trigger options from the list of VR inputs. Checking the input debugger reveals that the Unity Input System detects only the controllers position and no other inputs (Hard to see here but only the deviceposition/velocity etc changes when I do stuff)

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Checking the SteamVR Input Live View also gives me the same answer, only the position of the controllers change as I move it and press all the buttons. alt text

Edit: I should probably add that I'd prefer to make it work with the Unity Input System instead of the SteamVR system.

I have tried this with both the Vive wands and the Index knuckles, same problem for both of them. I have also tried building the project and launching it in standalone to no effect.

Why is this happening? Is the Unity Input System and the SteamVR plugin incompatible? Am I on an unsupported version? Am I supposed to use a different method of input to either of these?

Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!

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thgc · Jul 01, 2021 at 12:55 PM 0

Been banging my head against this issue as well. Everything is set up correctly, even the Steam Input Binding stuff is set up for each controller individually, but no input is arriving except for the Pose. It had worked once before, but now it's not any more. No idea how to proceed except for trying a setup from zero.