PauseGame change animation Problem

[Behdadsoft]

Hi.

I wrote this script for pause game and change animation. but before change animation game paused can any one help me for fix this Problem?

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if (pause == 0)
{
ChangeAnimation("MenuBotton", "PlayBotton", NO_CHANGE);
pause = 1;
PauseGameOn();
}

else if (pause == 1)
{
    ChangeAnimation("MenuBotton", "PauseBotton", NO_CHANGE);
    pause = 0;
    PauseGameOff();
}


[skydereign]

This is because you need to have a frame delay so that the ChangeAnimation can actually happen. The common way to fix this is to use a timer and timer event. So where you currently have your PauseGameOn call you should put a CreateTimer function call. Set the time to be 13 ms and in the actual timer event put the PauseGameOn call.

[digiot]

That is a very interesting issue !
I always ask me, how the GE engine handles the different sizes of the animations,
from very tiny ones, up to fullscreen graphics.
Is there a scheme for it, depending on the size of the graphics, or are the
13 ms the general time, used for any graphical operation ?

Cheers !

[skydereign]

13 ms the general time, used for any graphical operation ?

It's the smallest time increment a timer is allowed to have. The animation size has nothing to do with it, all the timer event is used for is to make sure the PauseGameOn triggers on the next frame, so that the ChangeAnimation can be resolved. At the end of the the frame the animations update, meaning the ChangeAnimation is able to happen.

[digiot]

Ah, the 13 ms are the shortest timer you can have, ok.
But the timer is used to wait for the frame action, to be completed, in this case,
the ChangeAnimation.
And that is, what I'm curious about. Will more complex actions (e.g. MoveTo) or
actions with large graphics need a larger timer wait cycle ?

Cheers !

[skydereign]

Timers cannot resolve on the same frame as they are created. So no matter how long the frame the timer is created on is, it will not be resolved on the same frame. You can easily test this by using a large loop after creating a short timer. This means that it doesn't matter how complex the frame is (loading, looping, what have you) the timer event is guaranteed to wait at least a frame. And after checking it seems the smallest timer is actually 12ms, not 13.

[knucklecrunchgames]

13 ms the general time, used for any graphical operation ?

It's the smallest time increment a timer is allowed to have. The animation size has nothing to do with it, all the timer event is used for is to make sure the PauseGameOn triggers on the next frame, so that the ChangeAnimation can be resolved. At the end of the the frame the animations update, meaning the ChangeAnimation is able to happen.

I thought 12m was the smallest

[skydereign]

I thought 12m was the smallest Image

And after checking it seems the smallest timer is actually 12ms, not 13.

Indeed, I corrected myself.

[knucklecrunchgames]

I thought 12m was the smallest Image

And after checking it seems the smallest timer is actually 12ms, not 13.

Indeed, I corrected myself.

Oh so sorry sky. I didn't see that.

[Behdadsoft]

Thanks skydereign.

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