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yes. the simplest way to do it is to check whether the game has been paused outside of a lua script (Misc.isPaused(), Misc.isPausedByLua()) and then unpause it before pausing it yourself and then handling the menu logic in a lua script.AlanLive2020 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:44 pmHi. I'm just experimenting a few things for entertainment and I wanted to know if it's possible to replace the pause screen or disable it to add a custom menu.
yes, but the complexity depends on what exactly you mean by that. you can just instantly reload the entire level as soon as the player dies which isn't very hard to do. however, if you don't want the little loading screen to happen every single time, you need something more complex like rooms. however, this script has an absolute myriad of tiny issues and bugs that sneak in as a consequence of using it, so i don't recommend it unless you know how to account for those edge cases and fix them in your own code.AlanLive2020 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:44 pmThis is less important, but it is also possible to restart the stage without waiting for the death animation to end?
Thank you. I'll take note of that.deice wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:31 amyes. the simplest way to do it is to check whether the game has been paused outside of a lua script (Misc.isPaused(), Misc.isPausedByLua()) and then unpause it before pausing it yourself and then handling the menu logic in a lua script.AlanLive2020 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:44 pmHi. I'm just experimenting a few things for entertainment and I wanted to know if it's possible to replace the pause screen or disable it to add a custom menu.
if you want a simple example, there's this script.
yes, but the complexity depends on what exactly you mean by that. you can just instantly reload the entire level as soon as the player dies which isn't very hard to do. however, if you don't want the little loading screen to happen every single time, you need something more complex like rooms. however, this script has an absolute myriad of tiny issues and bugs that sneak in as a consequence of using it, so i don't recommend it unless you know how to account for those edge cases and fix them in your own code.AlanLive2020 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:44 pmThis is less important, but it is also possible to restart the stage without waiting for the death animation to end?
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if player.rawKeys.pause and pause == true then
pause = false
end
if menuOpen == true then
Misc.pause(false)
if menuOpen == true and player.rawKeys.pause and pause == true then
menuOpen = false
end
end
if menuOpen == false then
Misc.unpause()
end
end
function onDraw()
if menuOpen == true then
Graphics.drawScreen{color = Color.black.. 0.75,priority = 0}
end
end
function onPause(evt)
menuOpen = true
Misc.pause(false)
pause = true
evt.cancelled = true;
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local isPaused = false
function onPause(e)
e.cancelled = true -- cancel default measures of pausing
end
function onInputUpdate()
if player.keys.paused == KEYS_PRESSED then
if isPaused then
Misc.unpause()
else
Misc.pause()
end
end
if isPaused then
-- handle input
end
end
function onDraw()
if isPaused then
-- draw pause menu
end
end
Thanks. I tried using onDraw and it also didn't work (maybe i did something wrong). I'm guessing game ticks only run when the game is unpaused. I'm just trying to see if i can make a menu that displays star coins in levels.Enjl wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:29 pmWhat function is this in? Functions like onTick and onTickEnd don't run while paused by design.
Here is what I usually do:
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local isPaused = false function onPause(e) e.cancelled = true -- cancel default measures of pausing end function onInputUpdate() if player.keys.paused == KEYS_PRESSED then if isPaused then Misc.unpause() else Misc.pause() end end if isPaused then -- handle input end end function onDraw() if isPaused then -- draw pause menu end end
onDraw will work while paused. If it didn't, background objects and sizables would disappear when pausing :pAlanLive2020 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:17 pmThanks. I tried using onDraw and it also didn't work. I'm guessing game ticks only run when the game is unpaused.
Still softlocksEnjl wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:45 pmonDraw will work while paused. If it didn't, background objects and sizables would disappear when pausing :pAlanLive2020 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:17 pmThanks. I tried using onDraw and it also didn't work. I'm guessing game ticks only run when the game is unpaused.
onTick and onTickEnd specifically don't run while paused, as described in the docs.
https://docs.codehaus.moe/#/reference/l ... ick-events
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local cooldown = 60 -- goes down by 1 each tick
function onInputUpdate()
if player.keys.pause == KEYS_PRESSED then
if isPaused == true and cooldown <= 0 then
Misc.unpause()
end
if isPaused == false and cooldown <= 0 then
Misc.pause(false)
end
end
if isPaused == true then
end
end
function onDraw()
if isPaused == true then
Text.print("Menu", 300, 250)
Graphics.drawScreen{color = Color.black.. 0.75,priority = 0}
end
end
function onPause(e)
e.cancelled = true
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local cooldown = 60
local isPaused = false
function onInputUpdate()
if cooldown > 0 then
cooldown = cooldown -1
end
end
function onPause(e)
e.cancelled = true
if cooldown <= 0 then
if isPaused then
Misc.unpause()
else
Misc.pause()
end
cooldown = 60
end
end
function onDraw()
if isPaused then
Graphics.drawScreen{color = Color.black.. 0.75,priority = 0}
Text.printWP("Menu", 300, 250, 0)
end
end