Where do I modify joystick deadzone?

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Hello, where can I modify joystick deadzones?

I currently have a twin-stick shooter setup that uses the right stick for rotation of the player ship and for firing. It felt strange that the ship would snap along the axes, so I printed out some debug info and found that there is about 1-2 millimeter deadzone.

Thanks.

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The deadzones for axes can be found in the input section of the project settings under AxisConfig.

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Ah, thanks. Didn’t notice the little arrow for expanding and showing more properties.

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Good question and answer! Going to bullet point the following, for SEO purposes…

  • Prevent thumbsticks snapping.
  • Virtual Joysticks 90 degree threshold.
  • Mobile Joysticks not smooth
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where would you change this value at runtime?

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If anyone else is wondering about this, you can set an Axis’ deadzone at runtime by using PlayerInput->SetAxisProperties() in the PlayerController.

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If anyone stumble here after the enhanced action input that replace the old ways of mapping, you need to add a MODIFIER to the input (either on the input object itself, or in the input mapping context [IMC]; I usually prefer to do it in the IMC).

By pressing MODIFIERS on the list you can see DEADZONE and you simply add it.

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I have tried this but they’re not displaying as pins on the input action node.