Pausing animations

#1 Yes, you can pause everything except for non-looping audio. There is a fix for the audio, but so far I haven't been able to make it work on the device (only in the editor). Anway, you can pause/unpause using the following commands:

Pause:
$thescenegraph.setScenePause(true);
$timescale = 0;

Unpause:
$thescenegraph.setScenePause(false);
$timescale = 1;

#2 Awesome! Thank you for guiding me to the correct place!

I don't really use scripts at all, but I used the equivalent C++ calls, and it appears to work (aside from some issues I will need to resolve on my end).

Example:

t2dSceneGraph* pSceneGraph = m_pOwner->getSceneGraph();
if( pSceneGraph )
{
	if( pSceneGraph->getScenePause() )
	{
		printf( "UNPAUSING SCENE!\n" );
		pSceneGraph->setScenePause( false );
	}
	else 
	{
		printf( "PAUSING SCENE!\n" );
		pSceneGraph->setScenePause( true );
	}
}

#3 Cool, I'm glad to see it was helpful. Don't forget about $timescale = 0/1. If you have any timers or scheduled events, those will continue to run if you don't set $timescale = 0. I'm not sure where that variable is defined though.

#4 Also, if you have any audio playing you can use alxStop() to stop an audio channel, and then alxPlay() to re-enable it. However, I found that this only works for looping audio. If you have any non-looping audio playing (sound effects etc) at the time you hit the pause button the non-looping audio will continue until it reaches the end of the file. Looping audio files, such as background music loops do pause correctly though, even without the fix.

Like I mentioned, there is a fix, but the original version was written for TGB (not iTGB). I modified it a bit and got it to work in the editor, but I haven't yet been able to get it working on the device. If you're interested, the original fix can be found here:

http://www.torquepowered.com/community/resources/view/9385

I'll post again if I manage to get mine to work on the actual iPhone.

#5 Thanks. For the C++ people, since gTimeScale is static in main.cc, you have to set it like this:

Con::setVariable( "$timeScale", "0" );

and

Con::setVariable( "$timeScale", "1" );

#6 Not at my main machine at the moment (so I can't confirm this), but I have a sneaking thought in the back of my head that schedules won't be paused by using $timescale.