Change Camera with KeyPress

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i already have myself a switch camera script, but it works only with a ui button so i would like to know how to do that with a keypress, i do not know how to do that

var SwitchCamera = pc.createScript('switchCamera');

SwitchCamera.attributes.add('firstPCamera', {
    type: 'entity',
    title: 'FirstPCamera'
});

SwitchCamera.attributes.add('thirdPCamera', {
    type: 'entity',
    title: 'ThirdPCamera'
});

SwitchCamera.attributes.add('switchButton', {
    type: 'entity',
    title: 'switchButton'
});

// initialize code called once per entity
SwitchCamera.prototype.initialize = function () {

    this.switchButton.button.on("click", this.onSwitchButtonClick, this);

};

SwitchCamera.prototype.onSwitchButtonClick = function () {

    this.firstPCamera.enabled = !this.firstPCamera.enabled;
    this.thirdPCamera.enabled = !this.thirdPCamera.enabled;

};

// update code called every frame
SwitchCamera.prototype.update = function (dt) {

};

// swap method called for script hot-reloading
// inherit your script state here
// SwitchCamera.prototype.swap = function(old) { };

// to learn more about script anatomy, please read:
// https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/scripting/
2

thats my already existing script, i just need it to work when pressing the key C

3

Hey @Deadshot1m24,

You could run the same function - onSwitchButtonClick - when you detect a keypress on C. Refer to the wasPressed documentation here - Basic Keyboard Input | Learn PlayCanvas

4

but what parts would i change? and what would i change it to :confused:

5

You would need to listen for a keypress event in your update method the way it has been shown in the documentation. If the C keypress is detected, you can simply run the function you have already written by calling it.

6

that is not documentation that is a random teacher profile :confused:

7

so…

8

My bad. My keyboard has been acting up, I’ve never even seen that profile before :joy:, don’t know how that happened. It’s fixed now. Really sorry for the issue @Deadshot1m24.

9

thank you