Enable controller hardware buttons to send circuit signal
Joker
Right now there is no way for creators to allow players to interact with circuit programming by pressing buttons on their controller hardware (VR controller, mouse, gamepad, etc.)
This need is most clear with the trigger buttons or mouse clicks. Players can use that button to do almost any interaction in Rec Room, but creators don't have a way to create their own interactions.
Some kind of function in circuits V2 that read player controller input and outputted circuit signal would be extremely powerful.
This could be a specific gadget that outputs signal when held, or more directly a chip that reads a player's controller input regardless of what they're holding.
Please comment below with related suggestions!
Joker
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Trigger Grip
Asgeir
Simple Explanation: A grip that outputs a '1' when the player pulls their trigger / (grab button).
This will be a controller that is the size of a normal hand, and can be scaled down. It locks into the hand like a paintball gun and when you pull the trigger, it outputs a '1'.
This would be beneficial for custom weapons, props, tools, and much more.
As an example (seen in pic.2), you could place the grip on a flashlight so when you pull the trigger, the flashlight turns on
fundale
I don't see this being to hard to implement just make an object that can be held in left or right hand, with primary button, secondary button, trigger and analog stick outputs. looks like a controller and dropped by pressing pause
Ronan_KingCloud
oh wow, thats actually smart i like that
Sun
To add to this idea, I think it would be good to "emulate" controllers from different platforms or have the same function across all platforms
One more thing that I think would be required for this idea's success is items being forced as not grabbable in the case that an input for dropping the item has not been set. But that removed as soon as an input has been in place for all platforms
Joker
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"Interactible" toggle
Hekkn
Let's say you want to create a maker pen object that works with the circuit system. For example, each controller input could give different values, or you could just have multiple pins for different inputs. This would be very useful for making custom guns and lightsabers and such.
Lizard
Controllinator from LBP2 vibes
HarryPorpise
I definitely think this could be useful.
Joker
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