Pausing a game and resuming it

(Aesir Games) #1

So, i searched about it and i’m pausing a game with FP.world.active = false, saving the world on a variable of world type, but i cant resume it…

Any ideas?

(Zachary Lewis) #2

A simple way to pause the game is to skip the world’s update while the game is paused.

public class PauseWorld extends World
{
  private var _paused:Boolean = false;

  override public function update():void
  {
    if (_paused)
    {
      // When paused, only check to see if the player unpaused the game.
      if (Input.pressed(Key.P))
      {
        _paused = false;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      // Check to see if the user paused the game.
      if (Input.pressed(Key.P))
      {
        _paused = true;
      }
      else
      {
        // If unpaused, perform game updates.
      }

      super.update();
    }
  }
}
(Aesir Games) #3

Ok, i’ll give it a try… So the thing is, bind i var to decide if it is paused or not…but it’s with buttons, i’ll figure it out…

Only another question, there’s any way to store a world on a var and restore it?

(Aesir Games) #4

Ok, i tried what you said, it kinda works, but some entities that’s not created on this class, like a bullet that is created by another class continues to update. There’s no other way?

(Zachary Lewis) #5

You’ve gotta’ make sure to not call super.update() when paused, or else your world will still call update on your entities.

(Aesir Games) #6

Ok, i got my error, i had to make the variable paused global and verify if it was true in every entity on the game, like the hero, the enemies… but it worked, thanks!

(Zachary Lewis) #7

I’ve tried that, but the world would always be kinda weird once I brought it back.