(SOLVED) Making a simple "pause" + "play" button

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Just in case anyone like me was wondering how to pause and resume the game, here is a very easy solution. Duplicate the “stop” button in the lecture twice and make a pause and play button. Then remove the current script and make a play script for the play button and a pause script for the pause button:

Here is the simple code:

public class Pause : MonoBehaviour {

void OnMouseDown() {
	PauseGame ();
}
	
private void PauseGame()
{
	Time.timeScale = 0;
}

}

then…

public class Play : MonoBehaviour {

void OnMouseDown() {
	ContinueGame ();
}

private void ContinueGame()
{
	Time.timeScale = 1;
	//enable the scripts again
}

}

Enjoy!!!

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I had one small issue with this. When I paused my game then hit the stop button to return to the start menu, the panel with the fade in feature seems to stay paused resulting in a dark screen. Since I’m trying to finish up my game quickly, I simply prefabbed my panel then deleted it. Sacrificing the fade in for a pause game option was the fastest option and worth it for me. If anyone finds a different way to do this, please post for others.

I’ll update if I have any more issues as I get close to rendering my finale game. It’s going to be a cool undead invasion with lots of sprite phases (getting hit, dying and attacking) and audio just in time for Halloween!

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