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   bsharp42
   Member

   How do I implement a pause scene/layer ??

   I looked through the forums and somebody said that I should stop all actions of my sprites and show the pause scene, after which I resume all actions. Is this the only way to do this ??

   Should I be pushing a new "pause scene" or should I add a layer on top of the game layer ?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   jd
   Member

   I added a layer on top of my game layer. One issue I ran into was buttons underneath that layer were still clickable, so I ended up moving them offscreen and then putting them back when I came back from the pause layer. You do have to stop your scheduler and actions. I put another "hack" in there to only show the pause button between enemy spawns (a couple seconds). I had to do this because my enemies move via moveTo with durations. Let's say an enemy was part way there and I tried to add the action back. Then what duration do I use? Maybe I'm missing something. These are things you need to think about so you can design it properly.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   arian487
   Member

   What I did was I added paused the game and then literally created a pauselayer class and added it on to my game layer. To then remove it you can call the parent of your pauselayer class removeChildByTag:pauseLayerTag.

   For multi-layers I give tags to everything and to make it easier, my a type-def enum, you will get MUCH cleaner and more readable code.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Nicke
   Member

   OR you can just push a pause scene onto your current scene and "pop" it when the user touches a button.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   arian487
   Member

   ^^I guess that works for a restrictive example such as simple pauseLayer but I think making full functionality now is better as it gives you a lot more freedom and organization if you have many layers.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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