Pause game automatically on scene start and then resume on key press

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So, I don't want my game to start immediately when the scene loads, I want my game to be paused from the start and then resumed on Space key pressed.

So, scene loads, game is paused, panel (on w$$anonymous$$ch there is text like "press Space button to start") is active and then when the player presses Space the game should resume, panel (on w$$anonymous$$ch there is text like "press Space button to start") should become inactive and audio of the game should start playing. How can I do t$$anonymous$$s?

T$$anonymous$$s is what I did:

Created t$$anonymous$$s script and put it on that panel that is active in the beginning:

 public class SceneStartPause : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public GameObject SceneStart;
     private void Start()
     {
         Time.timeScale = 0;
         SceneStart.SetActive(true);
     }
     public void OnSceneStart()
     {
         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
         {
             Time.timeScale = 1;
             SceneStart.SetActive(false);
         }
     }
 }

The panel is active and game is paused on scene start but not$$anonymous$$ng happens when I press the Space button, why is that? Also how could I add audio to start playing when the Space button is pressed?

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Answer by qsp18 · Dec 07, 2020 at 02:50 PM

Put in the start method: void Start() { time.timescale = 0; }

and then in update function void Update() { if (Input.anyKey) { time.timescale = 1; } }

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Brijac · Dec 07, 2020 at 02:54 PM 0

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It worked, I made stupid mistake by not simply using Update..

Do you maybe know how can I also make audio play when the key is pressed?

qsp18 Brijac · Dec 07, 2020 at 04:02 PM 0

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Add an AudioSource-Component to your Object. Check the "Loop" Box, if you want audio to be constantly played. When you put your timescale to 1, just GetComponent().Play()

qsp18 · Dec 07, 2020 at 04:04 PM 0

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To have better Performance, you can even start a coroutine to check, if any key is pressed and then yield break the IEnumerator if it is pressed.

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