[RELEASED] Easy Touch

Hi,

There are no right or wrong solutions.I would add a little script that controls the size in the LateUpdate.

Something like this :

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class SizeController : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public Vector3 minSize;
7.     public Vector3 maxSize;
8.  
9.     void LateUpdate () {
10.  
11.         Vector3 localSize = transform.localScale;
12.  
13.         localSize.x = localSize.x<minSize.x?minSize.x:localSize.x;
14.         localSize.y = localSize.y<minSize.y?minSize.y:localSize.y;
15.         localSize.z = localSize.z<minSize.z?minSize.z:localSize.z;
16.  
17.         localSize.x = localSize.x>maxSize.x?maxSize.x:localSize.x;
18.         localSize.y = localSize.y>maxSize.y?maxSize.y:localSize.y;
19.         localSize.z = localSize.z>maxSize.z?maxSize.z:localSize.z;
20.    
21.         transform.localScale = localSize;
22.     }
23. }
24.  

 

Thanks Nicolas,

I'm close. I'm now going for a tweening solution to scale up to the minSize if the local scale is less than my minimum scale. However, I can't seem to figure out how to trigger my method from the quick action. Right now I am calling it from the OnPinchAction event thing, but this prevents me from ever scaling past that minimum size.

How do I add an event for OnPinchEnd?

Thanks!

 

Hi

I can't seem to figure out how to trigger my method from the quick actionI
You have just to call it from event part

 

Hi

EasyTouch 5.0.6 is available on store (update from your account)

EasyTouch 5.0.6
===============
* Fixe multi-touch on some specific platform (some platform as Window 10 don't support multi-touch on Editor, but only in build)

 

Installed EasyTouch 5.0.6 on 5.2.3f1 with force asset text serialization and I get a ton of these log errors when installing: "Binary to YAML conversion: type unsigned int is unsupported"

And then the demo scenes are messed up and look like this:


How do you suggest I progress from here?

 

Hi,

Unfortunately this does not come directly from EasyTouch, but it seems a problem from unity when the prefabs and scene were not originally designed in the version where you want to change the serialization mode.

Here is a link that exposes your problem, some guy have seems to find a workarround
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/binary-to-yaml-conversion-type-unsigned-int-is-unsupported-etc.293330/

I hope it's help

 

@UnLogick,

The link that Hedgehog team posted doesn't work for me so in case it's not working for you I fixed it by going to Edit>Project Settings>Editor and changing Asset Serialization to mixed before importing EasyTouch.

doc

 

Thanks for the swift reply, good to know help is at hand.

Switching to mixed serialization for the import worked, however this is only an option because this isn't a release project, changing serialization back and forth can take real time on a project near release. You really should look at the root problem and make your components stick to int rather than unsigned int.

 

Yes, setting mixed worked for import, but no one in their right mind would use mixed asset serialization on a project with many developers.

 

Hi,

As I saided that doesn't come from EasyTouch, but a general Unity issue. I don't use unsigned int and scene from the screenshot comes from was made with Unity 5.2.0.

The few posts talking about the problem does not solve compared to the script, but to do this operation when the creation of the project.

 

Hi again,

If you want to use EasyTouch in a project with 'Force Text" serialization.
1- Create empty projet with classical "Mixed" mode
2- Import EasyTouch
3- Change mode to Froce Text
3- Export EasyTouch package
4- Import the new package in your Force Text projet

The only "Generic"solution for you that I publish in this mode ,but I don't know all impact on classical user that use Unity Default mode (Force Mixes)

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/222281/asset-serialization-mixed-vs-force-text.html
It is once again stated that it breaks the prefab

 

hi @Hedgehog Team,

Really liking Easytouch.

Not sure if a bug or me doing something wrong. I have a dpad in the scene and the keyboard is my default for testing.

Using,

input = new Vector3(ETCInput.GetAxis("Horizontal"), ETCInput.GetAxis("Vertical"));

And

if (input.x == -1 || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
{
playerDirection = MovementDirection.Left;
idle = false;
running = true;
Move();
}


The player was showing a vast acceleration so after a debug.log It shows that the input is called about 9 times on one keypress but in theory with it being a getkeydown it should only return true once per frame. When I change to the standard, input = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
it goes back to normal returning true once per frame.

Any ideas??

Thanks

doc

Edit - using 5.3.3p2 and windows 10

Edit 2 - suspecting something else. If I hold down the key it is still moving. The getkeydown is acting more like autofire which according to unity scripting reference is not what it should do. According to scripting reference it is acting like getkey instead.

Edit 3 - Have just created a new scene with a cube at 0,0,0 and made a simple script and get the same problem sort of.

input = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
//input = new Vector3(ETCInput.GetAxis("Horizontal"), ETCInput.GetAxis("Vertical"));
if (input.x == -1 || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
{
transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x -1,transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
}

if (input.x == +1 || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
{
transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x + 1, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
}

etc.....


But if remove all the input.x, input.y etc and leave just Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S) it works as expected.

If comment out the unity standard input and use yours, input = new Vector3(ETCInput.GetAxis("Horizontal"), ETCInput.GetAxis("Vertical"));

it works for keyboard.

Don't know whats going on? So easytouch fixes it for the keyboard. The dpad is still acting like autofire.

Edit 5 - If the dpad is active in the scene the keyboard goes back to not working as expected. If dpad is inactive it starts to work again.

 

Hi,

Let's start with some information. All virtual control can be simulated by key or joystick without to add your own code. You juste have to select the unity axe (Input Manager) (This simulation is enable by default)


Edit 2 - suspecting something else. If I hold down the key it is still moving. The getkeydown is acting more like autofire which according to unity scripting reference is not what it should do. According to scripting reference it is acting like getkey instead.
But as you add your own key test with the key "A", and as by defautl horizontal axe from EasyTouch Control use horizontal axis from Unity (Edit => Project settings => Input), and Horizontal axis from Unity use key A :

so Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A) => false
but ETCInput.GetAxis("Horizontal") = TRUE (because it's using the simulation with horizontal axis from unity)

This is why when you holddonw the key it is still moving


As you can see Unity Horizontal axe use key "a" as alternative key for horizontal, so you averride this value with your own code


=> You don't have to add your own code tu simulate the control, juste setup the Unity axes that you want toi use

 

@Hedgehog Team,

Really appreciate the quick response. Thanks

Sort of understand of what you are saying. So as my player doesn't need to have a key held down to keep moving I assume the way to get the dpad to act as a getkeydown would be to have the dpad use events and call a move function?

 

Hi,

No, you have ETCinput.GetAxisDownUp/ Right etc... look at APIDocumenation page 5 & DPad-Event-Input example scene

 

Excellent. The product seems to have every option covered.

Thanks again

doc

 

Hi Hedgehog.
I'm wanting to use ES5 for tvOS - essentially, I want to see a pointer on screen that mimics a mouse - using the pad to move the pointer around screen then clicking on the pad to select an object.
How can this be done using ES5?

Thanks

 

Hi,

EasyTouch manages touch with Unity API class, so as Unity manages touch on touch pad of TV OS with this class, you have nothing to do, just create a touch managment with easytouch.

For you need, I think you have to create a script that move your sprite or ui element when you will receive the event On_TouchDown , and move the sprite.ui element relative to deltaposition member of gesture class sent as parameter for each event. An clik cann be manage with Onn_SimpleTape for example

 

Thank you

 

@Hedgehog Team, i have just brought EasyTouch and registered to Hedgehog Forum with account geod, email tructre80@yahoo.fr but got rejected. Could you have a reason for this rejection please?

 

Hi,

Have you properly registered your invoice number? (If so, I apologize for the inconvenience)

I invite you to create a new account, be sure to identify your invoice number.

 

@Hedgehog I did copy&paste my paypal invoice number but still got rejected. Could you recheck my case please? I'm out of email account for now.

 

Hi,

You need to create a new account, and the invoice number, it's the one send by Unity on PDF , it's starting by 3XXXXXX

 

Thank you, i can login the forum finally.

 

Hi Nicolas,
I would like to use Easy Touch Controls on a Standalone Windows 10 hardware with a multi touch(4 touches) monitor. (table kiosk) but i found some problem on multitouch detection. I'm using two virtual joysticks (moving and freelook ) but i cant use the two joystics together... do you have any suggestion?
Cheers
Max

 

Hi,

The touch is managed directly by Unity for EasyTouch Control (joystick, touchpad etc...).

Have you tri to add a Touch Input Module on your Event System GameObject ?
Which version of Unity do you use ?

 

Thanks Nicolas for pointing out the "Touch Input Module" ... it is precisely the opposite. On Standalone Windows 10 build you need to remove "Touch Input Module" and add "Standalone Input Module" .
Now all work very well.
Cheers
Max
P.s. Unity 5.3.4

 

Nicolas,

This will be my third game using EasyTouch so thanks for such a great Asset.

I'm working on a Top Down RPG style game and for the first time using Unity's NavMeshAgent. I'm having trouble figuring out how to get EasyTouch to return a vector3 that I can use with NavMeshAgent.SetDestination(Vector3) for my navigation target in 3d world space. My code works fine but that's because I'm ONLY using EasyTouch to register a touch event so I know when a user has touched the screen and then I use ScreenPointToRay(UnityEngine.Input.mousePosition) and Physics.Raycast to provide my RayCastHitInfo for my 3D world touch position. I feel like I'm duplicating things because I have read that EasyTouch also uses ScreenPointToRay so I assume gesture has the vector3 I need but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get that vector3. I've used gesture.position, gesture.StartPosiiton, gesture.pickedObject.transform.postion, gesture.GetTouchToWorldPoint()

This code works but I would really appreciate if you could look at this small section of code and tell me if there is a better way to do it.
Do I really need a RayCast in addition to EasyTouch?
Do I need to be using ScreenPointToRay and If so what do I put in place of UnityEngine.Input.mousePosition?
Thanks

Code (CSharp):

1. void On_TouchStart( Gesture gesture)
2.     {
3.         if (gesture.pickedObject != null)
4.         {  
5.             Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(UnityEngine.Input.mousePosition);
6.             int pickedObjLayer = gesture.pickedObject.layer;
7.             Vector3 pickedObjPos = gesture.pickedObject.transform.position;
8.  
9.             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out touchHit, 100))
10.             {                                                                      
11.                 if (pickedObjLayer == 11) //11 = Ground Layer
12.                     playerNavMeshAgent.enabled = true;
13.  
14.                 if (!playerIsClimbing)
15.                     playerNavMeshAgent.SetDestination(touchHit.point);
16.             }
17.         }
18.     }

Allan

 

Hi,

Your script is generally correct, you need to do ScreenPointToRay for the exact location.

You have to replace Input.mouse by gesture.position, that all....

 

Thanks.

I guess what confused me is gesture.position is a vector2 but Input.mouse is a vector3. All I had to do was manually set gesture.position z to 0 in a new Vector3.

Code (CSharp):

1. Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(new Vector3(gesture.position.x, gesture.position.y, 0f));

It's too bad EasyTouch does not have Physics Raycast built in so gesture could output the RayCastHitinfo and be used to get the exact 3D world position thus setting a navigation destination. I think that would expand the usability of the product.

Allan

 

Hi,

You don't have to create your own vector3 from geture.position, you can write this without error
Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(gesture.position);

EasyTouch already done a raycast but only to find pickable object relative to specific layermask that you have setup, but for you want to do may be it requieres a new layermask , we must not forget that EasyTouch must also be very fast, add raycasts who used only a few times is not necessarily a good thing (not to mention whatever it multiply the raycasts for each finger).

There is a difference between 3D world position & the result from a ScreenPointToRay, the both are 3D world, but the first depends on Z (gesture class has some methods), and the second of a RayCast but not really need each time.

May be I can expand gesture to support what you want, but you will need to pass all the necessary parameters, distance, layermask out structure, so in the end is what really gain?

 

Hi @Hedgehog Team,

I got a little issue about EasyTouch Control, I want to use it for multiplayer game, but when 2 or more players entering the game, all of them share the same ETC, it's possible to have multiple ETC's for each player ?

Thanks in advance!

 

Hi,

So it's a multiplayer game, but I you share control & ETCInput between all your player. This part must must be on client side only ...

You must tell me more about your game, real multi plyer, multi player on the same device ...

 

It's a real multiplayer for Android, I'm using from your examples the FirstPersonController+Jump-Simple for player control, attached on my player prefab.

In the game session I get this error:

Code (CSharp):

1. ETCInput control : Joystick already exists
2. UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning(Object)
3. ETCInput:RegisterControl(ETCBase) (at Assets/_ASSETURI_STORE/EasyTouchBundle/EasyTouchControls/Plugins/ETCInput.cs:48)
4. ETCBase:Awake() (at Assets/_ASSETURI_STORE/EasyTouchBundle/EasyTouchControls/Plugins/ETCBase.cs:165)
5. ETCJoystick:Awake() (at Assets/_ASSETURI_STORE/EasyTouchBundle/EasyTouchControls/Plugins/ETCJoystick.cs:165)
6. UnityEngine.Networking.NetworkIdentity:UNetStaticUpdate()

 

Ok, it is the normal.
But I do not understand your problem, if you are in multi-player, player management with the controls is a client part. You do not need to exchange it with other players, but just the position...

Player A (ETCInput + joystick ) <= position + shoot + live etc .... => Player B (ETCInput + joystick)

The controller is in some way the user interface, you should not exchange this information with other players.

 

The debug tell you that you have many controls with the name Joystick.

Do you instantiate the same prefab when a new player joins the session ?

 

Yes I do

 

I don't know how you synchronize other players, but you need to create another prefab without control (joystick etc...) for player who join the session.

 

i want to know the methods solving speed. i want to show any chart
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Dear Hedgehog Team, wonderful plugin! However, I was wondering if it's possible to detect a Swipe and Hold gesture? I need so to make my character move continuously on the swipe direction while the player hasn't lifted the finger.
I think I may have done so by subscribing to swipe_start. Inside my swipe start method, I called a coroutine that moves the player until the player lifts his finger. However, SwipeStart(gesture) doesn't seem to detect any directions. Here's an excerpt of what I did:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. void On_SwipeStart (Gesture gesture)
3.     {
4.         print(gesture.swipe.ToString());
5.        
6.         touching = true;
7.         if (curGameState == GameStates.GAME)
8.         {
9.             switch (gesture.swipe)
10.             {
11.             case EasyTouch.SwipeDirection.DownLeft:
12.             case EasyTouch.SwipeDirection.UpLeft:
13.             case EasyTouch.SwipeDirection.Left:
14.                 dir = FacingDirection.WEST;
15.             //    QueueMove (FacingDirection.WEST);
16.                 break;

 

Hello, i want to ask something about the ETCInput, because the joystick and the touchpad runs ok, but i just load to another scene and the vector Horizontal doesn't exist, and with setcontrolactived and setcontrol neither, like i said it's everything ok until the load of the scene. I hope you can help me and answer the soon as you can.

 

Test reply

 

Hi Hedgehog Team,

Did EasyTouch have feature or support of flipping the controls, e.g: Right to Left or vice versa?

Thanks,

 

Hi,

Sorry for the delay, but there is a bug in this topic, that Unity team try to fixe.

EasyTouch Controlsd uses Unity UI, so there are quick anchor setting with offset in each virtual controls inspector :


So you can change this setting by script. Some users use another way, by creating 2 virtuals control canvas (for right && left)

 

Hi. I'm using your package and need to detect swipes for panning a camera. I used EasyTouch on a previous project and didn't have any problems registering swipes. On my current project I added a method to On_Swipe. The method is never called. Am I missing something?

 

Hi,

I will need more informations :
- Can you post your script
- Do you have UI element on your scene ?

 

How would I use EasyTouch to detect when the user has sliced an object by swiping over it? Right now all my objects are detecting a slice whenever I swipe anywhere on the screen.

 

Hi, I just began my first multi platform project, I got interested in easy touch, and I was wondering... if I get easy touch can I use some of the gestures in PC too? or will I need to have separate blocks of code for mobile and PC?... Do the events only work on mobile? I want to keep the same functionality on both versions if possible (also I'm probably not going to use pinching).

Anyway, any advice will be greatly appreciated. (by the way, strangely I'm having trouble posting... just letting you know in case there's duplicate posts.)

 

Hi

keenanwoodall
You have to use the method GetCurrentPickedObject from gesture class, this method return the current object under the touch. So you have to test this result relative to your current gameobject.

Or you can use the member pickedObject of gesture class with Auto update picked gameobject set to true in EasyTouch inspector.

Alverik
By default Easytouch uses simulation on window and Mac platform, so you have nothing to do, if you to use event them on PC & Mac

 

Hey thanks for the answer! but weird... why is it only this thread? The site doesn't seem to accept the click when I hit like, no matter how many times I try...

Edit: ...Never mind, now I see. Somehow, posting and hitting like doesn't work when you come from a link which contains the post number (i.e: page-31#post-2774266)... Still, that's the weirdest thing I've seen in the forums (after all, that link was from my alerts...)