How To Use The New Enhanced Input Action Mappings In Unreal Engine 5.1 (Tutorial)

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[@MattAspland]

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[@squarerootof2]

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[@Dr_Tripper]

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[@pvtpinecone762]

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[@MattAspland]

I really appreciate your support! :)

[@Athasin]

Best example of why Enhanced Input is just better than the older system is if you're making a game with different control types:i.e. Standard, Driving, Swimming. With this system you can just make Standard Input Mapping Context with Standard controls like walking, sprinting, jumping, interact, a Driving Input Mapping Context with controls for driving, and a Swimming Input Mapping Context with controls for Swimming. Then whenever you character do either activity you can just swap the Input Mapping Context so there is never a situation of conflicting controls.

[@DailyPaily]

If we can do it, this is fantastic.

[@Shulkerkiste]

This is great. How can you swap between Input Mapping Contexts?

[@timowiest4580]

@@Shulkerkiste Just remove the old and add the new --> Subsystem --> Remove Mapping / Subsystem --> Add Mapping

[@timowiest4580]

@@Shulkerkiste You can also override it without removing the old by using the Priority while adding the new Context. But then make sure, that the Input Action consume the Input. Otherwise it will be broadcast to all Input Actions.

[@Athasin]

@@Shulkerkiste It's pretty simple and a picture would explain better but I'll try with words. So imagine you have two mapping contexts: Standard and ... Swimming So at Event BeginPlay set up your Standard Mapping context like normal (like Matt did in the video): - Get PlayerController - Cast to Player Controller - Check if "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" Is Valid? - If "Is Valid," drag off from the "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" and "Add Mapping Context" with your Standard Mapping Context as the input. Then whenever you want to swap contexts, drag out from the "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" and search for the "Clear All Mappings" node. *This basically wipes the current Mapping Context* . Immediately after the "Clear All Mappings" node drag out from the "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" and search for the "Add Mapping Context" node, then pick your Swimming Mapping Context as the input. And just like that you've switched Mapping Context. Here's one drawback though: To my knowledge. You can't promote "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" as a variable. So if you want to do this in a function in the PlayerCharacter blueprint, then you need to cast to the playercontroller. However, if you just do all this code in your own PlayerController blueprint then you don't have to cast to it at all. You can get just the search for the "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" node and do the "Clear All Mappings" and "Add Mapping Context" functions anywhere in the Player Controller blueprint (THERE ARE TWO "Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem" nodes BTW, one with an input and output, and one with just the output, use the one with just the output). If you or anyone else have any other questions. I'll respond if I have the answer.

[@NightFoxZero]

This is super intersting because this is the same type of change Untiy did to their input actions system when they changed over to Unity 5, however it looks way more practical in unreal. Having the hold time to trigger certain actions sounds like a God-send considering I had to recently figure out a convoluted mess to do something similar. My project is still super early so I may switch over lol

[@Tiogar60]

I think it is always worth it to spend the time to port your project to new enhanced systems. The more you are friendly with your engine, the less problems you have later on :)

[@reeanimationgaming1034]

Dude! Your tutorials are absolutely the best. I understand everything much easier when explained by you ❤

[@Rat_Lord]

Hey Matt. Just want to give you my most sincere gratitude. Your videos have been so helpful. Whenever I'm searching how to do something in Unreal now, I'm thinking "Gosh I hope Matt has a video!" If I ever have success with my games I will definitely pay you back! Thanks so much!

[@vexan_twitch]

DAMN POWERFUL I was thinking of making some 1v1 closeup fights with enemies so any output of the action mappings would be amazingly helpful!! thanks for the video and can't wait to watch you go deeper into this!

[@PopFlipCatchStickRol]

Dude you are a saint! I was following a tutorial that was setting things up using the old system and I was so lost. I tried to figure out what to do through Unreal's user manual but I just couldn't figure it out. Thanks so much! Subscribed.

[@MattAspland]

Glad I could help!

[@arturosukovich3047]

BRO I Literally just started trying to use it yesterday, you are straight PSYCHIC with your tutorials. Keep it up!

[@corbin9079]

Same here! Matt is always on top of it!

[@R11GARCHIVE]

i was stuck on some stuff with this until i watched this video, cleared up everything i was stuck with, thanks for the great tuts all the time, you make some of my fav UE5 tutorials. I am excited to mess around with the mapping contexts.

[@3DWithLairdWT]

Great rundown! Definitely a helpful video. It's worth noting that you don't *need* to do a Cast check if the BP is only ever going to be for your Player, you can just "Get Player Controller" -> Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem.

[@BrianFoster]

I assumed we'd have to replace the default mapping context - being able to add our context is SO PLEASANT!

[@DesiHorrorShow]

Loved the clarity in the explanation.

[@FlfyCats17]

Wow, I was just about to make some extremely janky controls for my current project, but these features actually solve a lot of my problems that I was going to have with the older system. Glad UE5 had the little warning label in the original input settings, or else I wouldn't have looked this up. This just saved me so much time you have no idea.

[@PatrickTheDM]

Very cool. The more I see of 5.1, the more I think I'd better not update my game I'm working on since I'd need to change quite a bit. Great improvements though! I'm glad we have you to help untangle all the changes.

[@musigool]

More than wonderful, you are a genius, every time you come up with something new, and so you are always, I learned a lot and I am still learning from the source of knowledge, and this is you. Thank you, and thanks are not enough in your right.

[@DankSoss]

Oh nice! This will make systems like "hold to open door" much easier

[@_ryo]

Thanks for covering the new input system. I'm stuck on being able to crouch and switch from walk to run using this new system. I had it working in the old system though

[@MattAspland]

I can look into making a video on that

[@_ryo]

@@MattAspland awesome, thanks!

[@tastysnak]

I'm liking the way the engine is evolving. I particularly like the Is Player Mappable option in the Project Settings. I have a feeling it will make the process a lot more simple than it previously has been.

[@xristosboom]

Matt We are so lucky that we have you Updating and Explaining so good !!! UE 5.1 Question ( This works Also with Doors Open Closed - Zoom In Out )Etc Plz do a video for simple Blueprints Doors Elevators Zoom In Out Mouse Sensitivity Player Camera Rotation Crouch Run

[@fish3010]

This system helps A LOT. I've spent quite a bit of time in previous versions to make a "while pressed" sprint system. This makes it so simple and adds so much more. This with VR/AR is simply insane.

[@GordonSeal]

I get that this is the more lazy approach, but how is making a "while pressed" option difficult? All you have to do is set a bool - which you can then use to check if something is pressed.

[@fish3010]

@@GordonSeal No one said it's difficult.

[@chrisgames4072]

Thanks for the tutorial... and Unreal why did you have to change this???

[@zapking4244]

Super helpful video! Off topic but something I'm struggling is lighting an interior like a basement that has no directional light coming through. I haven't found much online about lighting interiors and how to keep them optimized and looking good. If you could make a video about that, I think there would be a lot of people who would benefit from that!

[@MattAspland]

Great suggestion!

[@antoniobanderas1287]

this is what i needed!! Love y'all

[@schmutz06]

aha, so this makes sense to me but there was still something I needed to fix. I came here from your other video on camera zoom... I first created my project in 5.0, so my BP_ThirdPersonCharacter event graph was set up old school style, it's not like this. 5:25 and particularly the bit at 6:25 in this video helped me get there. I added the nodes and it worked like magic which was excellent and really intuitive. Hopefully this helps some others trying this on their updated 5.0 projects. Being a newbie, I would like to think that everything I create can be somewhat painlessly updated to the latest version... I imagine anyone with a hint of wisdom laughing at my optimism 😂

[@thhm]

Thank you Matt, super concise and helpful.

[@ReubenAStern]

Thanks for clearing this up. Personally I'm not finding this input system very useful yet! There are some features that SHOULD make my project a lot better but not quite yet. I'll keep learning it, hopefully it will start being useful.

[@garrytalaroc]

I like this one better because you can use Input Actions to another Actors. Which was more complicated before.

[@draicor]

Super useful Matt, your teachings are amazing!

[@MattAspland]

Glad you like them!

[@llLastll01]

very coool, looks like its abit more complicated but gives so much more flexibility and control so i rate this A+ feature update

[@borisarzua]

Your channel is amazing, I'm learning a lot. Thanks for your work ✌️

[@AresTechDirector]

Every single tutorial is using playercontroller to implement action mapping. What if I want to use it with a static actor or blueprint actor?

[@wanderinglord8164]

How To Use The New Enhanced Input Action Mappings In Unreal Engine 5.1 ? Keep on 5.0.3 ! Joking, thanks nice video really helpfull !

[@Brett3am]

Great tutorial... very clear and concise! Thank you!

[@mohammadalaaelghamry8010]

Great video. very precise and to the point, and the demonstration is nice as well. Thank you.

[@helldunkel7898]

Very helpful but left me with a few questions. a) why create an extra context mapping here? b) why add the context mapping dynamically via blueprints, why no simple in the settings of the PlayerController/Pawn?

[@rifat.ahammed]

great man great. Thank you soo much

[@MattAspland]

You're welcome!

[@davidoaken2786]

This feels more like an added layer of complexity to me, i dont understand how this is better than a couple of copy-pastabale nodes in BPs.

[@ThroughNightandDay]

Hey matt could you maybe do a tutorial on the movement with this please.

[@GordonSeal]

The new Enhanced Input System is a mess: 1. Allowing the players to remap them ingame requires you to build a dedicated save-game system just for the Enhanced Inputs, because the inputs are data-files now and thus reset every time the game starts. 2. The values in the enhanced inputs do NOT reset, meaning axis mapping (e.g. Move Forward & Move Backward) requires you to set the value of the input to zero again after "Cancelled" or "Completed". 3. You have to create all these data assets, generating more possibilities for bugs to appear - since Unreals file dependencies are prone to errors. 4. Creating inputs takes way longer than it did with the old system. Equally changing your inputs takes way longer, as you now have to go through all these files instead of having them all cleanly in one place. 5. I personally don't like all that logic in the new inputs ticking in the background, although the impact is rather negligible. I also don't like the necessity to cast for adding input contexts (as I don't use the controller for inputs), but that's just me. 6. Switching input methods requires more work now and is way more convoluted than it did before. Before all an input switch took was a branch after the input function, wheres now you not only have to handle all these extra input data files, (cast and) add the input context, but you also have to recreate all this extra logic for the inputs. 7. Prototyping with the Enhanced Input system takes way longer than it did before. Wanna just quickly set up a project to test out something? Well now you have to create all these input data assets for it to work. It's also way harder for a team to prototype, as now everyone has to learn and completely understand the new Enhanced Input system, whereas before everyone could understand & edit the inputs by just looking at the Project Settings page. There is nothing you couldn't do with the old system, Epic should have just expanded and overhauled the old system with new options, instead of deprecating a good, working system.

[@IamNeighborlee]

not working here. On changing these input files, right click > input, I see no new 'add inputmappings' inside blueprint for character.

[@FF-FAN9999]

Great video. If you can do player mapping at some point would be great as I'm curious about remapping keys

[@aston81]

Hi Matt thanx for making this tut. I have been trying to us this with chaos physics for setting up a car. I can only find tut with the old input mapping solution. Do you have any idea where I could find more up to date info? Thanx.

[@bublinakmod]

Damn, im working now on project in UE4 as well with few other people and we said UE5 is too powerful for us, but with more videos i watch, i might consider switching.

[@bublinakmod]

If you mean performance that's no problem, by "too powerful" we meant that we won't use its full potencial so that's why we chose UE4.

[@bublinakmod]

@Master Monkey Oh yeah that nanite system is very much why would i switch, because making LODs is just pain. But i guess we just finish this project and then we'll move onto UE5 with more skills and with more "professionality".

[@bublinakmod]

@Master Monkey Thank you, and best of luck to you as well.

[@ronsronshirt4177]

so.... you could do something like how tapping vs holding a spell button for half a second extra in witcher 3 does a different spell, but natively with no blueprint now?

[@duotwix]

Very helpful tutorial

[@cursedbishstudio]

Cheers Matt 👍

[@SlyBalto]

Great tutorial! On a current project I got stuff because I have a few inputs that happen to use the same button for different functionalities, but aren't supposed to be pressable at the same time, one needs a bool to be true and the other needs the same one to be false. No matter what I do with booleans and gates and do onces and stuff, the game still somehow executes both of the enhanced inputs at the same time which breaks the game. Any thoughts on what I could do?

[@Jackfromstatefarm]

is there a tutoral with your old weapon pickup system but with the new action mapping?

[@real2late]

Thanks mate!

[@MattAspland]

Happy to help! :)

[@Spacemarine658]

Darn this works amazing for everything except for input axis which needs to fire like tick to work correctly

[@VigilanceGames-g5v]

Thx really clear !

[@MattAspland]

Glad it helped!

[@justsharki]

Just a quick heads up. I can't say for when the video has been uploaded but now the Enhanced Input is a plugin and you should enable it in order to use the functionality.

[@nakobaev]

Killing it again man!

[@MattAspland]

Thanks so much Nako!

[@EBBKouper]

Matt, I hyave a doubt. I have started to use UE4, I manage the basics of the programm and the blueprints (mostly thanks to your tutorials ;D ) Should I change to UE5 or still learning in UE4???

[@Johngeneric]

Personally, I'd switch to UE5. At some point, you'll have to anyway, if you aren't in production right now. It's better to learn the UI, and all the new things that come with 5. Better to get familiar with the new layout and tech, in my opinion.

[@BigManBand22]

Where can I go to learn about all of the specific stuff happening with the controller context section?

[@mikaelpettersson5916]

Click details in the window menu if you have an empty input mapping page. (it took me a long time to realize that).

[@veecks]

as a begginer i am having some difficulties with this because people tend to use the pre made things as the third person scenario. How to actually setup this from the start? I mean the part of the player controller and all?

[@lmbits1047]

I am wondering if the right way to have the same key for hold and not hold would be using the canceled and 2 different BPI functions for different type of interactable actors. It works fine just thinking if there would be another way of doing this.

[@XaadAhmed]

Matt, how can make drone move fly in Z axis in Ehnace Iput Action

[@leons1412]

Ever since I upgraded to 5.1 with Native Enhanced Input I cannot get Local Multiplayer to work Properly, my second device remains on Player Controller 0 and if I add a 3rd one it isn't even used. Maybe you could take a look at these in the future, would really appreciate it :D

[@impshyco]

Hi, following your video, I have a small question. Concerning the inputs, is it possible to combine several keys as shortcuts?

[@LookItsCollin]

Currently working out how to do remapping with this new system. It seems like it has native support but I can't find it in documentation or through options in the editor. There's a tutorial about it already on youtube but after following along the result is VERY lacking and honestly just seems wrong or at the very least not the way epic intended. Do you know the correct way to remap with this system? Currently implementing my own roundabout method but I'd really rather just do what epic intended.

[@GordonSeal]

You have to create your own save-game system just for the Enhanced Input, because they are data files so they automatically get reset every time the game is started.

[@yayiyou2560]

thank you so much 👍

[@MattAspland]

You are welcome!

[@adamkareem]

Great tutorial

[@Visceral3D]

Quick question here. If i where to move the input logic from the player blueprint to the character controller, the setup would look mostly the same right?

[@cxvcnxbzfdhjlaks]

Are there any good tutorials for input mapping contexts and handling multiple UI tabs? I have 6 tabs I switch between and I'm stuck to creating up to 8 different IA s per tab. To control the different tab objects and their children that all fundamentally do the same thing - cycle through menus, select an object, use an item etc. Like Can I just create 8 IAs, and disable them on non active tabs by using contexts? Is that a thing yet?

[@ATomCzech]

I feel that it is a little bit over complicated when we must create every Input Action as separate asset. I would rather have have all Input Action related to one entity in one file.

[@GordonSeal]

I agree, this was clearly not made with a UX designer present. The old system was perfectly fine, it only needed a few more options. This new system is overly complicated for the sake of being more "feature rich". It takes way more work to set up control schemes with this new system than it did before.

[@speedmilesgood]

How to use it outside the player ? It doesn't work when I want to detect an input for a BP_Door for exemple

[@madridfan9946]

I followed the video step by step but I cannot locate the EnhancedAction IA_Move NODE. Can you kindly explain?

[@CRUMVIII]

I wonder if this system will still work with the PlayStation controllers or maybe be easier to work with them even since I had to use the raw input method in the past and it was a bit of a hassle.

[@KillerHekuT]

How not to hold down the button to make the flashlight work? I try set "Hold" in "Triggers" but then flashlight does not turn off

[@KillerHekuT]

I solved the problem. Just need add "Flip Flop" and connect with "Completed" and "Started" remove.

[@erwanlochet]

Hey, why is my EventGraph empty ? I specificaly launched the ThirdPerson template tho

[@IamNeighborlee]

So far so good I think, but on changing the two files, input>input action and the other one, blueprint is saved, but upon opening game blueprint, nothingnew there. ?

[@SweatyCubes]

I added one for crouching and sprinting. How can I make it so that I can jump while crouched?

[@javierignite1895]

Hi! how can I do the old system shift or ctrl pressing + key for inputs? that feature isn't visible in the mapping :(

[@murnoth]

Any advice on using this in a Widget? I'm just trying to do Pressed and Released, but nothing is activating. Thanks

[@gepards8]

what i need to do if i want flaslight turn on after press e and turn of after press it again? tnx

[@aeryes2806]

I have used 5.0.1 for my current video game project. I am trying to figure out if it is a good idea to upgrade to this version or should I make my game on the version that I am already using. Do you have any input on this? I already have my actions done on the old system so I would have to redo it all.

[@blackoutgaming6394]

Is there a way to switch between mapping contexts, like how the other input system has 'set game only input' and 'set ui only input'? I'm trying to change my inputs when I open a menu and go back to the game but I don't know how to do so.

[@FloridiaPietro]

Hi, I'm using versione 5.2, and I can't map actions... maybe something changed again?

[@ericktorres4436]

brother please can you make a video of a login and record the points for each user.

[@untakenname234]

Got a question about the new action mappings. Been working on a project for a few months using Lyra and 5.03 but the new mapping system looks the exact same as how Lyra works with its controls minus the specific event nodes. Is the 5.1 enhanced input mapping system the same as 5.03 but cleaner or would the 5.1 system change how Lyra would work?

[@eliahmimon222]

This might be dumb question but does this allow for local 2 player games using 1 keyboard? If not do you think you could help out with that?

[@RiverFox_YT]

my character doesnt have those new nodes in there

[@MattAspland]

How To Create Character Movement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGrddniPbMl6l68

[@WalterRDK]

Work with ps5 controller dualsense??

[@terrablader]

good thank you

[@ViralUnrealEngine]

Pliss can you make Video tutorial on new master pose component (for metahuman) pliss after upldate i am so disoriented

[@youzhili7855]

I did what you said. But when i hit play and hold e nothing happened(and there is nothing printed on the screen).Would it because this can only used on a proj that create in 5.1 originaly?THX

[@graphiclife5416]

In 5.3 I copy/paste input maping from character controller and now its working

[@subrootsound]

You are the best

[@starcachehq]

[Edited] If your controls don't work, make sure you attach TARGET of "Add Mapping Context" to the input context, NOT the player controller.

[@ComfortZoneComic]

hi im new, is this what im after for pawns too ? tnx

[@cecisharp]

I couldnt get it to work. :( I followed the tutorial, every last word of it, but I cant even get it to print a string. The only difference is Im in a top down file instead, but it just wont let me add input.

[@realNoobDog]

Im using this for a Car game but i have a Problem and no solution to it: Im holding the D key to steer right When i start holding A same time as D and then release D it still goes right like i am holding D but im holding A i dont know why and if anybody has a solution pls help im using the chaos vehicle plugin for the car btw any help helps thx

[@McConnell2111]

im going to scream i have just learnt most of that system in the past few weeks in ue4

[@nvermr]

its not that complicated really

[@McConnell2111]

@@nvermr yeah but it was that along with controller stuff (which ive never done before) in UI and well that was all a pain

[@anthonysimmonsacousticmusi1098]

What about movement

[@samuraijack1k997]

So the Started is when you hold down the button and the Completed is when you stop holding down the button?

[@MattAspland]

That is correct yeah

[@CSpade]

Does this wwork the same if made for a 2d game ? asking because I've been searching for a solution for this since the update.

[@Johngeneric]

I imagine that this goes for any game or application made within UE5, since input is just input, no matter what type of game or platform, in my logical thinking.