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• ChrisIceBox

  September 2021

  Welcome to the community, @RPRezo.

  By button, are you referring to a menu button, or a Hotspot in the scene?

  It's possible to define Active Inputs, which run ActionLists when a given input is pressed (see the Manual's "Active Inputs" chapter for details), but this will override any clicks that occur over Hotspots.

  If you want to distinguish between clicks on regular Hotspots in your scene vs anywhere else, having a large Hotspot that spans the screen isn't a bad option. You shouldn't need to use any special Input: Check Action - just a Hotspot with a single space character (" ") for its label should be enough to make it appear hidden.

  To prevent the giant yellow rectangle from showing up in your Scene window, uncheck Draw yellow cube? in the Hotspot's Inspector.

  It's also possible to do this in script, by checking if the mouse is currently over a Hotspot or Menu, and running an ActionList if not:

  using UnityEngine;
  using AC;
  
  public class EmptySpaceClick : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public ActionList actionList;
  
      private void Update ()
      {
          if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown (0) && KickStarter.stateHandler.IsInGameplay () && KickStarter.runtimeInventory.SelectedItem == null)
          {
              // Clicked during gameplay, with no item selected
              if (KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot () == null && !KickStarter.playerMenus.IsMouseOverMenu ())
              {
                  // No active Hotspot or menu
                  actionList.Interact ();
              }
          }
      }
  
  }
  

  To go with this option, copy/paste this code into a C# file named EmptySpaceClick and add it to a GameObject in your scene. Assign the "Action List" field in its Inspector, which should be run whenever the Player clicks in empty space during gameplay.