/godot-input-handling

Multi-Modal Input & UI Glyphs

Modern games must handle simultaneous Controller and Keyboard/Mouse input smoothly.

1. Handling Input Modes

• Mouse Aiming: Process InputEventMouseMotion in _unhandled_input() for relative movement.
• Stick Movement: Poll Input.get_vector() in _physics_process() for clamped state.

2. Dynamic Glyph Swapping

To update UI prompts (e.g., "Press E" vs "Press X") in real-time:

• Autoload Strategy: Create a singleton that monitors _input(event).
• Detection: Check event is InputEventJoypadButton or InputEventJoypadMotion to detect gamepad use.
• Broadcasting: Emit a signal (e.g., signal device_changed(is_gamepad: bool)) when the hardware type shifts. All UI elements should listen to this signal to swap their prompt textures.