A pause menu using a button and click

Question

I'd like to know how I can pause and unpause menu from the same button using the mouse pointer when I click on it.

Lets say I have this. C#

void Update () {
    if (Button_Pause.OnPointerClick()) {
        if(!active){
            PauseGame();
        }
        else{
            ResumeGame();
        }
        active = !active;
    }
}

public void PauseGame()
{
    Button_Pause = Button_Pause.GetComponent<Button> ();
    Canvas_PauseMenu.enabled = true;
    Button_Exit.enabled = true;
    Button_Pause.enabled = true;
}

public void ResumeGame()
{
    Canvas_PauseMenu.enabled = false;
    Button_Exit.enabled = false;
    Button_Pause.enabled = false;
}

In the first line, where I call the OnPointerClick I'm just guessing because I don't know what to do. What I've searched around, using click to show something it's having a TimeScale or something like that.

¿Can anyone help moi? Please.

It is pretty simple. Check if the button is clicked then inside the check check to resume or pause with the ennabled bool you already have. If (Canvas_PauseMenu.enabled) { ResumeGame(); } else { PauseGame(); } — deathismyfriend, Jun 06 '15 at 04:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '15 at 08:01

Add a listener for your button and in your pause script set timescale to zero to pause the game

[SerializeField] private Button MyButton = null; // assign in the editor

void Start() { MyButton.onClick.AddListener(() => { pause();});
}

void pause(){
        if (Time.timeScale == 1)
         {
             Time.timeScale = 0;
         }
         else
         {
             Time.timeScale = 1;
         }

 }

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '15 at 17:20

I managed to solve the issue. It might not be efficient but it does what I need.

I created 2 buttons in the same place. Those buttons are represented with different sprites (Pause & Play). "Pause" is visible since the start. When I click on it, the menu pops up, the "Pause" stop being active and the "Play" sprite button activates and pops up too. When I click on it, I unpause and goes back to the "Pause" sprite visible in the screen.

void Start () {
    Canvas_PauseMenu = Canvas_PauseMenu.GetComponent<Canvas> ();
    Button_Pause = Button_Pause.GetComponent<Button> ();
    Button_Resume = Button_Resume.GetComponent<Button> ();
    Canvas_PauseMenu.enabled = false;
    Button_Resume.enabled = false;
    Button_Resume.gameObject.SetActive (false);
}

// Update is called once per frame
public void PauseTest () {

    if(!active){
        PauseGame();
    }
    else{
        ResumeGame();
    }

}

public void BackToMainMenu()
{
    Application.LoadLevel (0);
}

public void PauseGame()
{
    Canvas_PauseMenu.enabled = true;
    Button_Exit.enabled = true;
    Button_Pause.enabled = false;
    Button_Pause.gameObject.SetActive (false);
    Button_Resume.enabled = true;
    Button_Resume.gameObject.SetActive (true);
    active = true;
    Time.timeScale = 0;
}

public void ResumeGame()
{
    Canvas_PauseMenu.enabled = false;
    Button_Exit.enabled = false;
    Button_Pause.enabled = true;
    Button_Pause.gameObject.SetActive (true);
    Button_Resume.enabled = false;
    Button_Resume.gameObject.SetActive (false);
    active = false;
    Time.timeScale = 1;
}

A pause menu using a button and click

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