Pausing a sprite kit scene

Question

@property (SK_NONATOMIC_IOSONLY, getter = isPaused) BOOL paused;

I found this line of code that I could add into my project, how would I pause my whole game?

For example:

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{
for (UITouch *touch in touches)
{
    SKSpriteNode *pause = (SKSpriteNode*)[self childNodeWithName:@"pause"];
    CGPoint location = [touch locationInNode:self];
    // NSLog(@"** TOUCH LOCATION ** \nx: %f / y: %f", location.x, location.y);

    if([pause containsPoint:location])
    {
        NSLog(@"PAUSE GAME HERE SOMEHOW");
    }
}

}

As you can see, I have the button set up. When i select it, how would I pause the whole scene? And then resume it when someone hits a resume button.

OK SO I got some advice to call

  self.scene.view.paused = YES;

except here is the problem, in my app delegate

- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application{


SKView *view = (SKView *)self.window.rootViewController.view;
view.paused = YES;}

and

- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application{

    SKView *view = (SKView *)self.window.rootViewController.view;
    view.paused = NO;

I make it a type SKView, when it is actually an SKScene. Anyway to fix this? Do you suggest that I make all my scenes into views by retyping all the code?

You seem to be confused about Scenes and Views. You play your skscene ON an skview. Pausing either the SKScene or the SKView pauses the game, but as Andrey suggests below is the best method. — ZeMoon, May 31 '14 at 05:32

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 10 '20 at 04:39

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Use SKView's isPaused property:

Swift:

scene.view?.isPaused = true

Objective C:

self.scene.view.isPaused = YES;

This will stop all actions and physics simulation.

edited Apr 10 '20 at 04:39

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answered Feb 06 '14 at 04:13

Andrey Gordeev

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 21 '17 at 21:16

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Use Scene to Paused Functionality

self.scene?.view?.paused = true

edited Mar 21 '17 at 21:16

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answered Aug 08 '15 at 05:34

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '20 at 19:13

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Property 'paused' has been renamed to 'isPaused'

scene?.view?.isPaused = true

answered Apr 08 '20 at 19:13

Björn Hjorth

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Pausing a sprite kit scene

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