input action elapsed seconds in c++

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Ah, now I see the issue. You can’t get the elapsed time directly from the input action. It comes from a struct holding instance data that you have to find through the enhanced input subsystem.

Try this:

float ADebugActorBase::GetElapsedSeconds(UInputAction* action)
{
	auto enhancedInput = ULocalPlayer::GetSubsystem<UEnhancedInputLocalPlayerSubsystem>(this->GetLocalPlayer());
	if (enhancedInput)
	{
		auto playerInput = enhancedInput->GetPlayerInput();
		if (playerInput)
		{
			auto actionData = playerInput->FindActionInstanceData(action);
			if (actionData)
			{
				return actionData->GetElapsedTime();
			}
		}
	}
	return 0.f;
}

Add the action you want to check as a parameter. There are a lot of pointers to check, so if any of them fails, the function will just return 0.

I haven’t tested it in a game, so let me know if it works.

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