Adding 'pause' function

Hi Rassiel,

I am sure there maybe a neater way to do this, but the solution I have come up with does at least work.

What I have done is to create a variable called Pause, which is initially set to False. When the Space Bar is pressed, the Pause Layer is displayed and the Pause variable changes to True. At the same time, the timeline on the base layer is paused.

When the Space Bar is pressed again, the Pause Layer is hidden and the timeline on the base layer is resumed if the Pause variable is set to True.

You will see that there is a small blue box just off the bottom left of the slide. This has an animation that follows a very short straight line motion path every 0.25 seconds. The purpose of this is to enable the Pause variable to be reset to False whenever the animation completes. This will occur within 0.25 seconds once the timeline has been resumed. This then enables the whole process to be repeated.

The yellow bouncing ball is simply there to show that the timeline has been paused and then resumed. I have also left the Pause variable at the bottom of the slide so that you can see when it changes. This should be removed in your slide as it is only for testing purposes.

Hope this helps.

Just for variety, see attached a slight variation on Ned's example. I use Pause/Resume timeline triggers and no layer, but the end result is the same.

Hi Rassiel,

I agree with Michael. I left your Pause layer in because I thought you wanted to display additional information when the user paused the timeline. However, if you don't wish to do so, there is no need to have a Pause layer as it serves no purpose at all. The end result is much neater without it.

Ned and Michael - Thank you both a ton for providing examples! Yes, I initially was thinking about adding a message, but we have since decided against that. I really like the idea of using a variable. BIG thanks again!