PadCrafterJsonImporter

UPM package which imports a json string exported from PadCrafter.com into a Unity InputSystem InputActionAsset

Installing

You can:

• download this repo and put the code in Assets/com.darbotron.padcrafterjsonimporter into your project
• download and put the content of the /com.darbotron.padcrafterjsonimporter folder into your project's "Packages" folder
• add this via Unity Package Manager with a git URL:
  • to get the latest version: https://github.com/darbotron/PadCrafterJsonImporter.git?path=/com.darbotron.padcrafterjsonimporter
  • to get a version with a specific tag append the tag name prefixed with '#' to the end of the URL e.g.: https://github.com/darbotron/PadCrafterJsonImporter.git?path=/com.darbotron.padcrafterjsonimporter#0.0.2-preview

Using the importer

Once you've installed the package into your project.

• go to https://www.padcrafter.com/ and either make a control scheme or choose one of the examples from the dropdown
• using the 'Options' dropdown choose 'Export as JSON'
• in the 'Export as JSON' window click the 'Copy to clipboard' button
• in Unity open the importer from the Unity menu Darbotron -> PadCrafter Json Importer
• the Padcrafter Json Importer window should now appear
• click the 'Import Padcrafter Json from Clipboard' button...
• the json you exported should appear in the text area of the importer window (or an error if something went wrong)
• assuming there was no error you can click the 'Generate Input Action Asset' button...
• this will cause a system standard save panel to appear allowing you to choose where to save your asset and what to call it
• (NOTE: if you try to save outside your project's root folder this will currently cause undefined behaviour)
• once you've saved the InputActionAsset you should be able to open it & edit it with the normal Unity InputSystem editor

Notes

• this importer does nothing magic!
• there is no perfect 1:1 correspondence from PadCrafter to an InputActionAsset
• you will almost certainly have to manually edit the InputActionAsset it creates
• what the importer does
• each Controller Scheme tab from PadCrafter maps to an InputSystem ActionMap
• each control with a name / description will create an InputSystem Action in that ActionMap
• the binding paths for each Action will match the button on the Control Scheme
• other points of note
• only creates InputActions for named/described PadCrafter controls
• uses the PadCrafter name/description strings verbatim
• assigns default InputActionType of InputActionType.Value to Sticks, everything else is InputActionType.Button

Support

This importer was made out of the goodness of my heart for free so I will not be supporting it! The package is licensed under the MIT license see https://opensource.org/license/mit/

Good luck & have fun!