Camera Input state observables

[Tetnacious]

Hi,

I have an animated ArcRotateCamera who's animation should pause quietly on user input (through PointersInput).
At the moment the input components do not announce state changes.
I think at the very least, input types should have a `get state` & an `on state change`.
IMO the input system could use a rewrite.

[GameMonetize]

Hello,

this is unclear to me what you are looking for. can you elaborate a bit more? 

[Kemal UÇAR]

Hello Tetnacious ;

I think this PG ll help you

http://playground.babylonjs.com/#1QH2P6#5

Animated camera and pausing

Hv nice works

[Tetnacious]

Custom controls with objects are fine.
The problem is that the built-in camera input objects don't use the actionManager pattern and don't raise events, They just hook themselves to the DOM.
I want to be able to do something like:

var cameraAnimation = scene.beginAnimation(camera, .....);
camera.inputs.attached.pointers.addEventListener('onusercontrol', function() { cameraAnimation.pause(); });

Without having to rewire the entire input component.

[Tetnacious]

This is what I ended up doing, I copied the ArcRotateCameraPointersInput and added 2 events and used them like this:

var cameraAnimation = .....

camera.inputs.attached.pointers.onUserInteraction = function() {
  cameraAnimation && cameraAnimation.animationStarted && cameraAnimation.pause();
};

var idleTimeout = null;
camera.inputs.attached.pointers.onIdle = function() {
  if (idleTimeout) clearTimeout(idleTimeout), idleTimeout = null;
  if (cameraAnimation && !cameraAnimation.animationStarted) idleTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
    cameraAnimation.restart();
  }, 500);
};