In PiE "Is Gamepad Key" works and I can detect if Gamepad or Mouse used, but in the packaged game it doesn't. Why?

[AlfredBaudisch]

Turns out there’s nothing wrong with my Input detection code. The problem was the way I was trying to load the input textures on the fly with Get Asset by Object Path, trying to use unreferenced assets that are not cooked with the package.

Works in PiE, not in shipped game.

Solution 1

Add the Prompts image folder to “Additional Asset Directories to Cook”

Source:

Cooking unreferenced assets

My project generates levels dynamically, so I need to spawn assets from code that are not referenced by any map. By default such assets are not cooked and cannot be found at runtime. When I execute RunUAT.bat manually, I can use the option -CookDir=“Somewhere” to cook all assets beneath a specific directory even when they are not referenced, the project then runs correctly. The editor actually has an option “Directories to Always Cook” under “Project Settings → Game → Packaging”, but adding d…

Solution 2

Another way to fix it, I created a Data Table mapping keys to all the available prompt images, this way there is a guaranteed indexed source of truth for prompt images referenced when the project is cooked: