An easy way to pause?

[Corlen]

Is there an easy way to make everything in the game pause except menus when they come up besides going to every single line of code and doing it?

[James]

The most sensible way to do it would be to put everything in a group and then deactivate it?

[nivram]

Put your events in a group and the deactivate the group when you are ready to pause. Or use a modal sub-application.

Marv

[Corlen]

The problem with making groups deactivate is it messes up "such and such collides with" but I'm going to try "such and such is overlapping such and such" instead and see where that gets me.

[JoKa]

Probably the easiest way to pause (though it looks terrible): create a Question&Answer Object. The app is paused until it's clicked.

I wish Clickteam would enhance this object a little bit. Would be really useful if we could get rid of the Windows button look. So much trouble to create other pause routines only to have a more stylish look...

[Viewtiful]

the best way is to use a sub app and change the window style to popup and modal

[LB]

the best way is to use a sub app and change the window style to popup and modal

+1 vote from me, if you can work it into your app.

[JoKa]

Yes, sub app is the way to go. But while the sub app is active, the main window can't be closed and there are some other issues which may require additional coding. Especially beginners who want to pause should have a really simple solution. Sub app should be just an alternative if you want a pause menu with additional options or so.

[nivram]

I have a sub-application example on my website. It pauses the application. Space Bar to open. Space Bar to close.

Marv