How do I disable an actor when he is invisible?

keweworkshopkeweworkshop Member Posts: 377
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
How do I disable an actor when he is invisible?

I can't find the answer through my searches. I have a menu that pops up when a button is pushed. The menu is always there though, so if a user were to touch the screen even when the menu is invisible, it still works. How do I disable it? I think I am on the right track, I created a attribute called disable menu but i must not be plugging it in right. Please point to me a resource if you know where one is!

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  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
    Is there a reason you're not just creating an additional screen?

    Well there's two things you could do.
    1) change the screen size width to 960 other than 480 & position your menu on the left, & other scene on the right, and just switch the camera origin when you hit play etc.

    2) create a game global boolean called Menu

    Put in all your menu actors:
    Rule: If game.Menu is true, change self.color.alpha to 1 and all your rules/behaviors
    OTHERWISE: change self.color.alpha to 0

    When play button is pressed change attribute Menu to false. When menu button is pressed, change to true.

    Matt :D
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    in your touch is pressed rule have it like this

    when touch is pressed AND when self color alpha =1 ( all conditions valid)

    that way when you change the alpha to 0 to make it invisible it disables the touch
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    in your touch is pressed rule have it like this

    when touch is pressed AND when self color alpha =1 ( all conditions valid)

    that way when you change the alpha to 0 to make it invisible it disables the touch
  • keweworkshopkeweworkshop Member Posts: 377
    @NextGen, I would like to have the menu pop up on whatever scene the user is on. But if I can't get it to work than I could just make an additional scene, thanks for the idea!

    @JohnPapiomitis Brilliant! I had not thought about it that way, going to try it now. Thanks!
  • keweworkshopkeweworkshop Member Posts: 377
    Yes! It works, great idea JohnPapiomitis. Thank you!
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    Anytime glad i could help
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    JohnPapiomitis said:
    in your touch is pressed rule have it like this

    when touch is pressed AND when self color alpha =1 ( all conditions valid)

    that way when you change the alpha to 0 to make it invisible it disables the touch
    just want to say maybe change self alpha =1 to >0

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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    the reason i say=1 is because if you interpolate the alpha to 0, the touch rules will still be in effect during the interpolate. By having it =1 it disables it when the interpolate starts
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    JohnPapiomitis said:
    the reason i say=1 is because if you interpolate the alpha to 0, the touch rules will still be in effect during the interpolate. By having it =1 it disables it when the interpolate starts

    maybe he wants so if it is interpolate then it can still be press

    anyway choose it your self kewe
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