New Input system holding down a button

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I want to have my players movement speed change if the run button is held down. The action is held in a private InputAction runAction; I am unsure on how to have an if statement in update check if the button is being held down and then call a function to change the movement speed.

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Answer by icxrusluv · Jul 22, 2021 at 06:56 PM

Can anyone help?

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Answer by tyruji · Jul 22, 2021 at 08:41 PM

You could subscribe methods to this action, which would be setting a value of a bool field in your class. Would look something like this:

 // ...
 private InputAction _runAction;
 private bool _isRunning = false;
 
 private void Awake()
 {
         _runAction.performed += ( c ) => { _isRunning = true; };
         _runAction.canceled += ( c ) => { _isRunning = false; };
 }
 // do stuff ...

The "performed" event is called when you press a button, while "canceled" is called when you release it. Well not in all cases, but most.

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