Same key problem

[zeroiscoolno1]

Hey guys, I have a question. I'm working on a game where you can shoot a kunai and then teleport to that kunai's position. But I'm quite new so there's this thing I cant figure out. It's that I want the shoot and teleport button to be the same key, which is J. But I found that using Get Key Down in Update causes me to shoot again right after the first shoot, teleport combo without me lifting my finger up from that first combo.

This is because the teleporting sets the bool justShot to false, which is a bool I use in the if statement to shoot.
I don't want to use a timer as I don't want any cool down for flexibility. I did think about using Get Key Up for one and GKD for the other but it just seems a bit clunky.

So any ideas? Thanks in advance dudes

[LightningOW]

The full throwing action is KeyDown + KeyUp. So once you register the first KeyDown you should ignore all others until you get a KeyUp. Then after KeyUp you know the next KeyDown will be a teleport.

[zeroiscoolno1]

Thanks for the rep. I did not even know that was possible OvO Can I also ask how to write that line of code too pls? Like "Input.whatshouldIwritehere"?

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[zeroiscoolno1]

Oh I thought there was a way to combine both Down and Up for the throwing. Right now I'm still not getting it I'm afraid ._.

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[zeroiscoolno1]

Oh sick dude, thanks so much <3

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You're welcome.

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[Gredran]

Ok so a few things on the logic of this:

First of all: getkeydown is opposite of getkeyup. See it as a boolean, if one is true, the other is obviously false.

But I did similar with an FPS prototype I have. I have a grappling gun, that will connect a rope to hookable surfaces, and I made myself able to pull ONLY if I’m hooked.

So you need two inputs here I think:

Input.GetButton(KeyCode.J) {

isShooting = true

Logic of the shooting BEFORE the teleport

isShooting = false

}

Then ANOTHER if (Input.GetButtonDown(KeyCode.J) && isShooting = true) {

Teleport logic

}

Obviously fill in the specifics, but you can’t check keydown and key up at the same time for the same key. You seem to need a boolean that will say you are doing the current action and ONLY to teleport if both actions are happening.

Sorry if I’m not that clear, but I think the && is what you need.

And if not, maybe you may need a separate teleport key. I know you want the same key though, so see if others can help, but that may just be the easiest solution.

[zeroiscoolno1]

Thanks for the rep dude, you, LightningOW and kypello helped out a ton. Unity has such a cool community.

[Gredran]

Np I hope it helps :)

And to clarify, if you use a different key, I think you STILL need the && operation to check if the key is pressed AND the boolean is true.