pause the game using Phaser's timer class

[Yehuda Katz]

Hello,

I know Phaser has built in timer. I assume it's designed to support game pause. Could anyone share idea, how game pause should be implemented? Lets assume I used only Phaser's timer class. Is there any way to stop them all and later resume them all? Of course I can do it manually for each timer, but what if later I will add some more or I miss some? It's better to have some kind of global pause for all timers =)

Thanks in advance

[samme]

Phaser's timers pause and resume automatically when the game pauses or resumes.

You can also do it yourself by calling game.time.gamePaused() and game.time.gameResumed().

[Yehuda Katz]

That's awesome @samme, I knew that there should be something like that. BTW what about audio playback, will it stop too?

BTW where did you get those methods? I search official API but cannot find it https://phaser.io/docs/2.6.2/Phaser.Time.html Did I search in wrong place?

[samme]

Those methods are marked private, so they don't appear in the docs.

Audio will also pause during game pause.

[Yehuda Katz]

Thanks @samme but as far as I know, the correct syntax for marking property/method as private is prefixing it with "_".

What is the best way to stop game.time.totalElapsedSeconds() without calling gamePaused()? I need that to stop counting time while game prepares new challenge for user.

p.s. I also found your another answer regarding game.time.events.add VERY helpful as I needed to have native setTimeout equivalent method =)

[samme]

You can check game.time.events.seconds instead and use game.time.events.pause() and game.time.events.resume().

[Yehuda Katz]

Awesome, @samme that's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks again!

[Yehuda Katz]

@samme I had to go back to original timer because game.time.events has no option to reset counter.

this.game_timer = this.game.time.create(false);
this.game_timer.loop(60000, function() {});
this.game_timer.start();
this.game_timer.pause();

I had to add that dummy loop event to be able to calculate time passed (this.game_timer.seconds). I thinks this is not right way to do it

BTW have you any idea why the same code will not work if I replace first line with

this.game_timer = new Phaser.Timer(this.game, false);

Thanks in advance for your time

[samme]

It's fine to create your own timer if you want to do your own counting.

But I don't think you need the empty loop event. As long as you do timer.start() it should start counting seconds.

[samid737]

There is a timer.stop(), but im not sure if it will reset the timer...

[samme]

stop followed by start will reset the timer.

Try phaser-debug-timer if you do a lot of this.

 

[samid737]

Nice @samme didn't know about that one, why are you not bundling all the debug modules , arcade, timer, advancedtiming , tweens, etc..? 

[Yehuda Katz]

@samme thanks, I tried without empty loop and it still works fine. I do not use native game.time.events because it stops all other timers (game.time.events.add). However, if I create timer like that it does not count anything:

this.game_timer = new Phaser.Timer(this.game, false);

As for reset @samid737 - it does not work on my end... after first call stop(), start() the timer start counting in reverse and giving negative values for seconds property (also seconds never get reset).

With custom timer I simply destroy old and create new one to reset it OR I have to add my own loop and count time by my own

[samme]

7 hours ago, Yehuda Katz said:

this.game_timer = new Phaser.Timer(this.game, false);

It won't work this way because the timer never gets updated. You need to use

this.game_timer = this.time.create(false);

 

Edited October 4, 2017 by samme
Use `time.create` not `time.add`

[samme]

 

[Yehuda Katz]

thanks @samme, did you intentionally miss game property and use this.time instead of this.game.time?

[samme]

They should be identical, so you can use either.

[Yehuda Katz]

Thanks, no more questions =) I just need time to get used with Phaser's standards