Game Paused and Options Menu

[Crls]

What would be the best way of doing this?

So when you are playing the game, with lots of enemies and objects, you click on an object to make a pause.
Then you access to a menu where you can click on a few options.
After restore the pause you get back to the game the same at the same point when you paused.

I don't think you can do this with "pause of application"
and I find out very difficult going around all objects, stop them right in that moment and actually be able to "freeze" the game and interact with the menu.

Thanks

[Danny]

Group all your events that control the game into one group called 'Game'.

Toggle a flag for pause:

Flag=On:
Deactivate Game Group
Activate Pause Group

Inside your pause group just show a layer (top layer) like Layer 4 (with an unpause button that unpauses )

Flag=Off:
Deactivate Pause Group
Activate Game Group

[Crls]

Thanks Danny. I got that, but some objects, launched object, path movements, they do not stop simply by deactivating the group.

Although I think I am nearly there. Would be nice something like "pause application", but with a few options to set it up

[Danny]

Hey Crls,

We all have the same issue with this routine, you simply just do on the flagon and flagoff:
Stop Movement
Start Movement as per event.

[Crls]

Thanks.

It works but only if the movement is a path. If it is launched or activated an animation before deactivate the group it wont stop until finish.