Stopping the update function of a script

[quaint osprey]

What I would recommend doing (although there is probably a simpler way) is adding a bool that stops the update function when the bool is false

So maybe do something like this:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject gameOverCanvas;
public bool timeStopped;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        Time.timeScale = 1;
        timeStopped = false;
    }

    public void GameOver()
    {
        gameOverCanvas.SetActive(true);
        Time.timeScale = 0;
         timeStopped = true;
    }

    public void Replay()
    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(0);
    }
}

And then in your token script, do something like

void Update()
{
   if (GameManager.timeStopped = false)
{
   transform.position += Vector3.down * speed;
}
}```

@gloomy gull

[gloomy gull]

thanks just saw this im trying rn

so i changed the token script code to this

if (gameManager.timeStopped == false)
{
transform.position += Vector3.down * speed;
}

and at the top -- public GameManager gameManager;

but i get a compiler error on unity saying:

@quaint osprey

[quaint osprey]

Can you show me the token prefab

[gloomy gull]

which token

theres gold one which is meant to be a token

and theres a bomb but i just used a silver token

[quaint osprey]

Wait a minute

It wants you to put something in the “Item Behavior” script

It’s looking for a game manager component

[gloomy gull]

i cant add anything there

it just wont let me

[quaint osprey]

Did you add that part of the script

Oh wait

[quaint osprey]

Did you add “public GameManager gameManager”to the script?

[gloomy gull]

yeah otherwise the(gameManager.timeStopped == false) wouldnt work?

[quaint osprey]

Change it to “public script gameManager” real quick

[gloomy gull]

doesnt work

[quaint osprey]

Yeah I thought so

Wait I know the issue

Oh shit hey sam

[minor spruce]

Oh hey

If u wanna stop the update function u could just make a bool and check if bool is true in the update function. Then you can just change the bool to stop all of the code in update from running

Ion even know if the question has been answered yet but yh

[quaint osprey]

That’s what we’re doing bruh

[minor spruce]

Oh wait thats exatly what u said

Mb

[quaint osprey]

The issue is that “GameManager” is the name of the script that we want to pause, but “GameManager” is also a component, so we need to make it look for the script instead of the component

[minor spruce]

Rename the script then

[gloomy gull]

how would that change it

ohh

[quaint osprey]

I’m just trying to think about the things that that could effect

We don’t want to break anything

[gloomy gull]

but isnt the whole point of naming it GameManager is because it is a gamemanaer

[minor spruce]

Im not sure that it matters

[quaint osprey]

But yeah rename the script to like “game-manager” or something

[quaint osprey]

It do

[minor spruce]

Or just like

ManageGame

Or smth

[quaint osprey]

Exactly

Literally anything but what it is

And then in your item behavior function, write “public ManageGame gameManager”

Hopefully that makes sense

[gloomy gull]

okay one sec

now i changed it to Manager

i cant add the script to any of the prefabs