Resuming From Pause Issues

iPhoneDevForMe

So I have a simple pause system set up (because I dont know how long it will be before we ACTUALLY get pause, nor do I know how it wil be integrated).

I have actors that are falling down using the move behavior, and I have a isPaused boolean. Here is my set up:

Rule - If Attribute Game.isPaused is False
- Move Down (Speed and all that stuff unimportant)
-Rotate Clockwise

So I simply have a button that when pressed changes isPaused to true, and everything stops and pauses the way I want it to; however, when I resume, the actor moves in the direction of the rotation rather than moving down. Any idea on how to properly implement this?

Thanks a lot in advance!

SingleSparq

Although I can't help you with the method your using for pause, I'm using this method which seems to work pretty well :

I have a global pause on-off attribute as well as on each actor that I want to pause i have a pauseX and pauseY attribute. On those actors I set the rule- when game pause is 1 change attribute self.pauseX to self.position.X ( do same for Y)
And constrain attribute of self.position.X to self.pauseX ( do same for Y) this seems to work pretty good.

MagoNicolas

Does It work With Actor that Have Acceleration?

SingleSparq

Well I did add in for my character In the pause rule an acceleration of 0 just in case cause he would jitter a bit, so i think so

BarkBarkCo

Weren't they supposed to have pause in 0.9???

iPhoneDevForMe

The issue lies specifically in the rotation. The move down behavior is mapped to the actor, not the scene.

So if I have and actor with move down, and I rotate it so that the bottom points to the right, it will move to the right instead or down.

Using move down, it only happens when I pause and resume, when I use accelerate it constantly moves in the direction of the rotation.

I just want the actor to move straight down and rotate. Gravity is probably my best option, but how is the best way to implement gravity when only some of the actors need to be falling down?

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

iPhoneDevForMe

@BarkBarkCo

Yes, and it was moved back. Which release it will be in is unknown, and my game very well may be done before the next release.

Portyman

You should use a constrain on the rotation of the actor when pause it true.

Constrain self.rotation to self.rotation.

See if that works

Or you could force the rotation to be 0 if you want it to continue to fall down.