Upon quitting a scene and returning, first person controller stops working.

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So, here’s what happens… I start at my main menu, click play and load into the first level. From the pause menu if I click Save which uses this block of code:

playerMenu.js 
if(GUILayout.Button("Save Game")){
    PlayerPrefs.SetString("lastLevel",
    Application.loadedLevelName); 	
}

and then quit and load, which uses this block of code

//mainMenu.js

if(GUILayout.Button ("Load Last Level")){
		levelLoad = PlayerPrefs.GetString("lastLevel");
		Application.LoadLevel(levelLoad);
	}

When the level is reloaded, the first person controller becomes unresponsive to keyboard input while the mouse is still controllable…

The same thing happens if I quit the game and go back to the main menu and then click either play (My play button is a simple line of “Application.LoadLevel”) or click "Load Last Level.

I’m using the default character controller and I have tried using my own and even those found on unify and no solution has shown itself…

If I save the game and quit entirely, then reload the game and click “load last level” it works fine so part of me is thinking that I cannot go back in the build order, if that is the case, what is the solution?

Here is my player.js

//Shane O'Brien, 2012

var mainmenuSkin : GUISkin; //Skin
var areaWidth : float;
var areaHeigth : float;
var currentGUIMethod : Function;
var levelLoad : String;

function Start (){
	//Start with the main menu GUI
	this.currentGUIMethod = MainMenu;
	
}

function MainMenu(){
	var ScreenX = ((Screen.width * 0.5)-(areaWidth * 0.5));
	var ScreenY = ((Screen.height * 0.98)-(areaHeigth * 0.5));

	GUI.skin = mainmenuSkin;
	GUILayout.BeginArea(Rect(ScreenX, ScreenY, areaWidth, areaHeigth));
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Play")){
		Application.LoadLevel("1modern");
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Load Last Level")){
		levelLoad = PlayerPrefs.GetString("lastLevel");
		Application.LoadLevel(levelLoad);
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Options")){
		//Options button clicked, swith to new menu
		this.currentGUIMethod = OptionsMenu;
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Quit Game")){
		Application.Quit();
	}
	GUILayout.EndArea();
}

function OptionsMenu(){
GUI.skin = mainmenuSkin;
	var ScreenX = ((Screen.width * 0.5)-(areaWidth * 0.5));
	var ScreenY = ((Screen.height * 0.9)-(areaHeigth * 0.5));
	
	GUILayout.BeginArea(Rect(ScreenX, ScreenY, areaWidth, areaHeigth));
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Toggle Fullscreen")){
		Screen.fullScreen=!Screen.fullScreen;
		Screen.SetResolution (Screen.currentResolution.width, Screen.currentResolution.height, true);
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Back to Main Menu")){
		this.currentGUIMethod = MainMenu;
	}
	GUILayout.EndArea();
}

function None(){

}

function OnGUI(){
	this.currentGUIMethod();
}

And here is my mainMenu.js

#pragma strict

//Shane O'Brien, 2012

var mainmenuSkin : GUISkin; //Skin
var areaWidth : float;
var areaHeigth : float;
var currentGUIMethod : Function;
var levelLoad : String;

function Start (){
	//Start with the main menu GUI
	this.currentGUIMethod = MainMenu;
	
}

function MainMenu(){
	var ScreenX = ((Screen.width * 0.5)-(areaWidth * 0.5));
	var ScreenY = ((Screen.height * 0.98)-(areaHeigth * 0.5));

	GUI.skin = mainmenuSkin;
	GUILayout.BeginArea(Rect(ScreenX, ScreenY, areaWidth, areaHeigth));
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Play")){
		Application.LoadLevel("1modern");
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Load Last Level")){
		levelLoad = PlayerPrefs.GetString("lastLevel");
		Application.LoadLevel(levelLoad);
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Options")){
		//Options button clicked, swith to new menu
		this.currentGUIMethod = OptionsMenu;
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Quit Game")){
		Application.Quit();
	}
	GUILayout.EndArea();
}

function OptionsMenu(){
GUI.skin = mainmenuSkin;
	var ScreenX = ((Screen.width * 0.5)-(areaWidth * 0.5));
	var ScreenY = ((Screen.height * 0.9)-(areaHeigth * 0.5));
	
	GUILayout.BeginArea(Rect(ScreenX, ScreenY, areaWidth, areaHeigth));
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Toggle Fullscreen")){
		Screen.fullScreen=!Screen.fullScreen;
		Screen.SetResolution (Screen.currentResolution.width, Screen.currentResolution.height, true);
	}
	if(GUILayout.Button ("Back to Main Menu")){
		this.currentGUIMethod = MainMenu;
	}
	GUILayout.EndArea();
}

function None(){

}

function OnGUI(){
	this.currentGUIMethod();
}

When I load a level I already have a player prefab in the scene, is it better practice to instantiate it on the level load?

Only learned Javascript in the past two months so if you spot anything I shouldn’t be doing please let me know =D

2

I just got the same problem and discovered the answer to it here: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/312152/loading-level.html

The problem is not too obvious, but when you pause the game you probably set the timescale to 0, then when you quit you leave it set as 0! Hence none of the menus will work or anything :slight_smile: