A better API to more easily and directly check actions within the unity input system
Drag and drop the ManagerGenerator.cs file into your project. Use unity's new input system to create an InputActionAsset and populate the maps and actions with whatever inputs you wish to use. Make sure to click Generate C# Class on the InputActionAsset
Create a ManagerGenerator asset (right-click>Create>ManagerGenerator) and drag and drop your InputActionAsset into the Controls Asset field and click the Generate Class button. An InputManager class will be created within the current directory (clicking off an on the window gets the project view to update faster).
Input manager is generated with several public static functions to get inputs from the action maps. Each function has an overload to specify which InputActionMap you want to recieve actions from. Functions where the action map isn't specified will grab the first input it finds with the matching action name, so make sure to uniquely name actions if you use it this way
public static Vector2 GetVector2(string actionName, string mapName)Returns a Vector2 input specified by its action name and map name
public static Vector2 GetVector2(string actionName)Returns a Vector2 input only specified by action name
public static bool GetButton(string actionName, bool held, string mapName)Returns a bool input specified by its action name and map name, returning true only on the first frame of pressing if !held and returning true on every frame of pressing if held
public static bool GetButton(string actionName, bool held)Returns a bool input only specified by action name, returning true only on the first frame of pressing if !held and returning true on every frame of pressing if held
At the moment, this system only supports vector2 (pass through or value) and button input types. This sort of functionality is fine for hobby and gamejam projects that primarily use keyboard and mouse, but support for all control types would need to be added if using in a bigger project.