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1. 

   dobdev
   Member

   Hi,

   I am having a little problem with an app I am developing.

   The subject is next. The game is one "falling blocks" game and I am using box2D for the blocks to fall down.

   So, in the init method of my CCLayer I create the blocks and set the velocity. What I want now is to start the game paused, not with the blocks falling and when the user taps I resume game.

   My problem is that I can't find where to put the CCDirector pause instruction, because if I put on init method it never shows the game scene, freezes at menu. This is obviously because cocos pauses before return the layer of the scene, but I don't know where to put the instruction. I guess should be in any listener of "finnish painting" or something, but I am not sure this exists.

   Somebody can help?

   Thanks in advance

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   ddeaco
   Member

   -(void)onEnter{
   //pause game
   }

   Should do the trick

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   dobdev
   Member

   :( Good idea @ddeaco, didn't think on that. But I just tried now and doesn't work. Makes the same as putting on init method.

   I had to put [super onEnter]; just as first line in my onEnter method, because if not doesnt work anything. as second line I put [[CCDirector sharedDirector] pause]; and, with it...pauses on menu.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   kvader
   Member

   Hi, i solved that problem a little bit different. Not sure if it's the best way, but worked for me (i had some problems with pause on onEnter method). I put something like this at the end of the tick method:

   - (void)tick:(ccTime) dt {
   ...

   if(newScene){
   //method where i pause the game, and show a menu with the resume button
   [self pauseLevel];
   newScene=NO;
   }
   }

   I initialize newScene=YES at the init method.

   Would be nice to know if there's a better way to do this.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   goki
   Member

   are you entering scene with some kind of transition effect?

   try pausing in -(void)onEnterTransitionDidFinish
   also you have to call [super onEnterTransitionDidFinish] in it

   if that doesn't work, maybe add method that will be called when user taps screen, and in this method you will set velocity of those objects (tho I must say I haven't worked with box2d so dunno how it'll work out)

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   dobdev
   Member

   @kvader : This was the first thing I tried for solve this problem, but didn't work for me.

   @goki : just perfect, problem solved, thanks so much :)

   Posted 1 year ago #

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