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getAnalogControlState

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This retrieves the analog control state of a control. This is useful for detecting sensitive controls, such as those used on a joypad.

Syntax 

float getAnalogControlState ( string control, bool rawValue )
Required Arguments
  • control: The control that you want to get the state of. See control names for a list of possible controls.
  • rawValue: A bool indicating if it should return the raw player input value.

Returns

  • float: value

Returns a float between 0 and 1 indicating the amount the control is pressed.

Code Examples

shared

This creates an/forwardscommand, which toggles yourforwardscontrol state between 0 and 1.

addCommandHandler( "forwards",
    function( )
        if ( getAnalogControlState( "forwards" ) == 0 ) then
            setAnalogControlState( "forwards", 1 )
        else
            setAnalogControlState( "forwards", 0 )
        end
    end
)

See Also

Input Functions
Input Events
Reference