Differentiate real player's inputs VS inputs created from code

doobdargent

Hi, so I did a replay system that stores player inputs and replay them but I'm running in an issue quite inconvenient. If the player press a key while I am on replay, the key is taken into account and my replay is now incoherent.

Can I differentiate player's inputs VS inputs created from the code? (so I can disable actual input while in replay)

cybereality

It would depend on how you coded the replay system. But you can capture inputs and stop them from doing anything. See this tutorial.

get_tree().set_input_as_handled()

https://gdscript.com/solutions/godot-event-handling/

TwistedTwigleg

You could use the set_meta and get_meta functions, setting something like “is_replay” on the replay events and then you could check to see if the meta string “is_replay” exists and based on whether it exists or not, use/ignore the input event.

doobdargent

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you! I had the idea of creating a new InputEvent class that extends the existing one and add a new property but I wasn't sure I was going in the right direction.

I guess I have to recode my game inputs to not use the Input object because I can't access the event with it (Input.is_action_pressed/2 and similar)

Cheers!