Is there a way to pause SKActions?

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I'd like to create a pause menu but I don't know the simplest way to do this... I think a simple way would be to pause all my SKActions, but I couldn't find any method in the reference. Thanks for help.

DogCoffee · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-14 11:49:22Z

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Documentation says that parent SKView object has a paused property. Set it to YES to pause the scene.

Paused

A Boolean value that indicates whether the view’s scene animations are paused.

@property(getter=isPaused, nonatomic) BOOL paused

Discussion If the value is YES, then the scene’s content is fixed on screen. No actions are executed and no physics simulation is performed."

//the parent SKView
spriteView = (SKView *) self.view;

//pause button
-(IBAction)goPauseButton {
    if(!spriteView.paused){
        spriteView.paused = YES;
    }else{
        spriteView.paused = NO;
    }
}

edited Oct 14, 2013 at 11:49

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answered Oct 13, 2013 at 15:20

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user1940136 Over a year ago

Thanks for your help! :) Your are right. All the animations and actions stop. But if i set the paused property back to no, the sprite move on where they would be if the view would have never get paused. Any idea why? :)

AndyOS Over a year ago

The pausing works fine for me, can you post your code showing how and where you call it?

user1940136 Over a year ago

I know what the problem of my code is... I use the current time from the update: method and the current time does logically not stop. So I have to fix that.

user1940136 Over a year ago

Do you have any Idea how I can fix that?

user1940136 Over a year ago

Thanks for your help.. I fixed it ;) It was a problem of my code.

Lucas · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-20 22:11:08Z

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You can also pause all the SKActions by setting the speed of the scene to zero-- this means that all the actions will stop, and you do not need to worry about them moving to where they would not have been if you did not pause

self.speed = 0;

easy as that

answered Feb 20, 2014 at 22:11

Lucas

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