how to stop player movement and look when paused

Questions & Answers
1

Hi, I’m pretty new to unity (6 months or so). I’m making a menu screen but I can still move and look when I’m paused. I want the player to stay still when paused. Please help

Here is my movement script -

using UnityEngine;
using Photon.Pun;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
{
    public CharacterController controller;
    public float speed;

    void Update()
    {
        if (photonView.IsMine)
        {
            Move();
        }
    } 

    void Move()
    {
        float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        float z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

        Vector3 move = transform.right * x + transform.forward * z;

        controller.Move(move * speed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

here is my look script -

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using Photon.Pun;

public class MouseLook : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
{
    public float mouseSensitivity;
    public Transform playerBody;
    float xRotation;

    public bool isPaused;

    private void Start()
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

        if (!photonView.IsMine)
        {
            GetComponent<Camera>().enabled = false;
            GetComponent<AudioListener>().enabled = false; 
        }
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (photonView.IsMine && !isPaused)
        {
            Look();
        }
    }

    void Look()
    {
        float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
        float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;

        xRotation -= mouseY;
        xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -80, 80);

        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0, 0);
        playerBody.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);
    }
}

and here is my pause script -

sing UnityEngine;
using Photon.Pun;

public class PauseMenu : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
{
    public int menuSceneIndex;
    public GameObject pauseMenu;
    private bool isPaused = false;

    private void Update()
    {
        Pause();
    }

    void Pause()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) && !isPaused)
        {
            isPaused = true;
        }
        else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) && isPaused)
        {
            isPaused = false;
        }

        if (isPaused)
        {
            pauseMenu.SetActive(true);
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
        }
        else
        {
            pauseMenu.SetActive(false);
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
        }
    }

    public void OnResumeButtonClicked()
    {
        pauseMenu.SetActive(false);
        isPaused = false;
    }

    public void OnSettingsButtonClicked()
    {

    }

    public void OnQuitButtonClicked()
    {
        PhotonNetwork.LeaveRoom();
        PhotonNetwork.LoadLevel(menuSceneIndex);
    }
}

I know my code isn’t best but I did the pause script myself and I’m just trying to get better.

2

You’ll need references to the scripts from your pause script. Then, you can enable/disable them on pause. For example:

public PlayerMovement movement;
public MouseLook cameralook;

public void Pause()
{
     movement.enabled = false;
     cameralook.enabled = false;
}

public void Resume()
{
     movement.enabled = true;
     cameralook.enabled = true;
}

@Freddie_Tuke

3

This might be more what you want

To Stop game clock

    Time.timeScale = 0f;

To Start again

    Time.timeScale = 1f;

This maybe more what you want.

public class PauseMenu : MonoBehaviour
{
    public static bool GameIsPaused = false;

    public GameObject pauseMenuUI;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
        {
            if (GameIsPaused)
            {
                Resume();
            }
            else
            {
                Pause();
            }
        }
    }

    public void Resume()
    {
        pauseMenuUI.SetActive(false);
        Time.timeScale = 1f;
        GameIsPaused = false;

    }

    void Pause()
    {
        pauseMenuUI.SetActive(true);
        Time.timeScale = 0f;
        GameIsPaused = true;
    }

    public void Options()
    {

    }

    public void Controls()
    {

    }

    public void Quit()
    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(0);
        ScoreScript.scoreValue = 0;
        ScoreScript.easterEggValue = 0;
    }
}
4

add “static” on one “isPaused” paramter, and make all other components check that “isPaused”

 public class PauseMenu : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
 {
     ...
     public static bool isPaused = false;
     ...

And then

 public class MouseLook : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
 {
 ...
     private void Update()
     {
         if (photonView.IsMine && !PauseMenu.isPaused)
         {
            ...

IMO, it’s weird to have pausing in a multiplayer game