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xlar54
Participant
January 22, 2017

SetControllerVibration - how to stop it?

So I have haptics working, but I need a way to stop it.  It seems to run for about a second or two then quits.  But essentially i only want it to vibrate when I touch something.  No longer touching, I want to be able to stop it.

5 replies

xlar54Author
Participant
January 22, 2017
Heres my code:

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider col)
    {
        if (col.name == "stickRight")
        {
            OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(.3f, 0.3f, OVRInput.Controller.RTouch);
        }

        if (col.name == "stickLeft")
        {
            OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(.3f, 0.3f, OVRInput.Controller.LTouch);
            
        }


        GetComponent<AudioSource>().Play();
    }
FocusVRGames
Inspiring
May 30, 2019
Don't mean to bring up an old thread but I found this thread while searching for an answer to stopping haptics and I found the solution so posting here for anyone else finding this post

To stop the haptics you just set the frequency and amplitude to to 0

OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(0, 0, OVRInput.Controller.RTouch);

To give me a little more control I wrote a coroutine to control the vibration length

IEnumerator Haptics(float frequency, float amplitude, float duration, bool rightHand, bool leftHand)
    {
        if(rightHand) OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(frequency, amplitude, OVRInput.Controller.RTouch);
        if(leftHand) OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(frequency, amplitude, OVRInput.Controller.LTouch);

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(duration);

        if (rightHand) OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(0, 0, OVRInput.Controller.RTouch);
        if (leftHand) OVRInput.SetControllerVibration(0, 0, OVRInput.Controller.LTouch);
    }
I put that into a new script called HapticsController and then created functions to suit, I.E this is my functions for when I shoot a gun
public void PlayShoot(bool rightHanded)
{
        if(rightHanded) StartCoroutine(Haptics(1, 1, 0.3f, true, false));
        else StartCoroutine(Haptics(1, 1, 0.3f, false, true));
}

Its worth noting that the vibrations will automatically stop after 3 seconds, so if you want to extend beyond 3 seconds you'd have to write something to handle that.
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    Anonymous
    June 11, 2019
    Just what I was looking for, thank you!

    I have had no luck getting audio clips to work as vibration, I don't suppose you have figured that out too?!!
    badnpro
    Participant
    October 14, 2021

    This worked for me

     

    public AudioClip testSound; // audo clip set
     
    // call method with sound clip vibrateOnSound(audioclip);
    void vibrateOnSound(AudioClip soundClip){
            #if UNITY_ANDROID && !UNITY_EDITOR
                OVRHapticsClip clip = new OVRHapticsClip(soundClip);
                OVRHaptics.LeftChannel.Clear();
                OVRHaptics.LeftChannel.Queue(clip);
            #endif
        }
     
    FocusVRGames
    Inspiring
    June 11, 2019
    I used audio clips for haptics in Salvo, my first game however that was part of OVRHaptics which according to the documentation is now depreciated, so don't know how long support for it will be maintained.

    Not sure why they depreciated that method because in my opinion control over haptics via audio files is a much more dynamic way of controlling them

    I quickly wrote the below to test haptics with audio files in the latest Oculus Utilities and it still works if you want to use that method.
    public class TestHaptics : MonoBehaviour
    {
        private OVRHapticsClip hapticsClip;
        public AudioClip testClip;
        
        void Start()
        {
            hapticsClip = new OVRHapticsClip(testClip);
        }

        private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
        {
            OVRHaptics.RightChannel.Mix(hapticsClip);
            OVRHaptics.LeftChannel.Mix(hapticsClip);
        }
    }

    Hope that helps.
    Mike
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