Enhanced input system
Every game requires input from the player, whether it is the keys on a keyboard such as W, A, S, and D for moving the player character, or the thumb sticks on a controller; this is what makes video games an interactive experience. We will be using the Enhanced Input System to add an input binding for the sprint action of the player character. For a refresher on how to enable and set up the Enhanced Input System plugin, please review Chapter 4, Getting Started with Player Input; moving forward, the exercises in this chapter assume you have enabled the plugin.
UE5 allows us to map keyboard, mouse, gamepad, and other types of controls to labeled actions or axes that you can then reference in Blueprints or C++ to allow character or gameplay functionality to occur. It is important to point out that each unique action or axis mapping can have one or more key bindings, and that the same key binding can be used for multiple mappings. Input bindings are saved into an...
