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XRController3D

Inherits: XRNode3D < Node3D < Node < Object

A spatial node representing a spatially-tracked controller.

Description

This is a helper spatial node that is linked to the tracking of controllers. It also offers several handy passthroughs to the state of buttons and such on the controllers.

Controllers are linked by their ID. You can create controller nodes before the controllers are available. If your game always uses two controllers (one for each hand), you can predefine the controllers with ID 1 and 2; they will become active as soon as the controllers are identified. If you expect additional controllers to be used, you should react to the signals and add XRController3D nodes to your scene.

The position of the controller node is automatically updated by the XRServer. This makes this node ideal to add child nodes to visualize the controller.

As many XR runtimes now use a configurable action map all inputs are named.

Tutorials

• XR documentation index

Methods

float	get_float(name: StringName) const
Variant	get_input(name: StringName) const
TrackerHand	get_tracker_hand() const
Vector2	get_vector2(name: StringName) const
bool	is_button_pressed(name: StringName) const

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Signals

button_pressed(name: String) 🔗

Emitted when a button on this controller is pressed.

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button_released(name: String) 🔗

Emitted when a button on this controller is released.

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input_float_changed(name: String, value: float) 🔗

Emitted when a trigger or similar input on this controller changes value.

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input_vector2_changed(name: String, value: Vector2) 🔗

Emitted when a thumbstick or thumbpad on this controller is moved.

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profile_changed(role: String) 🔗

Emitted when the interaction profile on this controller is changed.

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Method Descriptions

float get_float(name: StringName) const 🔗

Returns a numeric value for the input with the given name. This is used for triggers and grip sensors.

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Variant get_input(name: StringName) const 🔗

Returns a Variant for the input with the given name. This works for any input type, the variant will be typed according to the actions configuration.

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TrackerHand get_tracker_hand() const 🔗

Returns the hand holding this controller, if known. See TrackerHand.

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Vector2 get_vector2(name: StringName) const 🔗

Returns a Vector2 for the input with the given name. This is used for thumbsticks and thumbpads found on many controllers.

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bool is_button_pressed(name: StringName) const 🔗

Returns true if the button with the given name is pressed.