Detection Method for various inputs

Ok gang, I've played around several methods trying to figure out a way to detect what a player is using when they start my game. I've already setup 3 control methods: Keyboard, Touch, & Gamepad. However, I want to make it so when it detects a player is using a Gamepad/Keyboard then my on screen touch controls will be invisible/inactive.

I've learned how deactivate those groups when a player is using one or the other, but I don't know how to make my on screen controls invisible/deactivate. My on screen arrows are separate objects, I don't know if this is the problem or not??

Currently doing this myself.

I set up a layer and an individual event sheet just for tracking what the player is using.

I used a basic text object to inform the user to "press any key"

In the event sheet if this is running through coccoonJS then the text changes to "Touch to start"

If a Controller is plugged in or active the text display will change to "press A to start"

Edit*

If you want I'll rip my startup page from my game and give you the capx to view.

Yeah, I did a bootleg method which works by deactivating groups depending on input. The only problem is I can't make my on-screen controls disappear once you use a keyboard or gamepad.

Yeah, if you don't mind linking me to the capx. I can study it and learn from it.

dl.dropbox.com/u/74175978/Menu_Controls.capx

Let me know when you've downloaded it so I can remove it from my public folder please :)

Ok won't be until later today I'm at work. I'm operating on Eastern Standard Time...time here is 1107AM wont' be home until 330PM

4 hours or so, no worries, thats 7.30pm here. I'll take the link down at 4pm your time :)

Any issues or help just let me know

I just downloaded it to take a look at it

On the title screen, if the user presses a keyboard key, clicks the mouse or presses a gamepad button, set a global variable 'hideTouchControls' to 1. If the global variable is 1, make the touch control objects invisible!

On the title screen, if the user presses a keyboard key, clicks the mouse or presses a gamepad button, set a global variable 'hideTouchControls' to 1. If the global variable is 1, make the touch control objects invisible!

This is what I've been trying to figure out haha I will see if I can get that to work

OK Ashley I've tried several things, but I'm almost burned out trying to figure out this input detection. I'm new to this so the variable thing sounds cool, I just don't know how to input that to make it flow.

jbrown2177

If you look at the capx I sent you there is a variable that is detecting which controller method is being used (Pad, Keys or Touch).

If that variable = Touch then set a layer to visible (This layer should contain all your touch buttons)

If that variable "Does not" = Touch then set a layer to invisable

Thanks, I figured it out last night, but I guess I was starting to get tunnel vision again. I created a variable and placed the variable to make the control layer appear when the touch action was triggered. But I will go back and look at your example again.