how to pause and resume music after pausing game?

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Hi

How can I pause the music when pausing the game and let it resume when I go back to the game?

I tried this script but the music resumes when I release the button.

function Update(){

if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape)) {

audio.Pause();

}

if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Escape)) {

audio.Play();

}

Answer 1

Answer by Axtrainz · Nov 22, 2016 at 10:57 PM

pretty simple solutions:

1- Assuming you using Time.TimeScale to pause your game you do this.

 void Update()
 { 
   if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
    {
       if(Time.TimeScale > 0)
        {
             Time.TimeScale = 0;
              audio.Pause();
         }
        else
         {
                 Time.TimeScale = 1;
                  audio.Play();
          }
      }//input
 
 }//update

This will pause/unpause your game and the audio.

2- if you handle the pause game on some other script then just:

     void Update()
     { 
       if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
        {
           if(audio.isPlaying())
                  audio.Pause();
            else
                   audio.Play();           
        }//input
     }//update

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Answer 2

Answer by Berawdu · Mar 13, 2014 at 08:52 PM

function Update () {
if (gamePaused == true) { audio.mute = true; }

 else if (gamePaused == false)
 {
 audio.mute = false;
 }

This is the best way I found to handle this situation.

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Answer 3

Answer by samsut · Nov 22, 2016 at 08:48 PM

@korial1

In unity 5 to resume a music after pause game you can use the function UnPause();

If the audio is in camera for example:

 if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape)) {
 //audio.Pause();
 Camera.main.GetComponent<AudioSource>().Pause();
 }
 
 if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Escape)) {
 //audio.UnPause();
 Camera.main.GetComponent<AudioSource>().UnPause();
 }

I'm using unity v5.3.5f1 and this works to me.

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samsut · Nov 23, 2016 at 01:27 AM 0

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Can be the Play(), it works too. In my project the Play() was restarting the music, then I found the UnPause() function and it worked. Now I tried in another project, and the play is working just fine.

Answer 4

Answer by oliver-jones · Apr 07, 2011 at 08:27 PM

Just add a boolean system:

var gamePaused = false;

function Update(){

if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) && gamePaused == false){
gamePaused = true;
}
else if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) && gamePaused == true){
gamePaused = false;
}

if(gamePaused == true){
audio.Pause();
}

else if(gamePaused == false){
audio.Play();
}
}

Hope that works

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Michael 20 · Apr 07, 2011 at 09:22 PM 0

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I tried it but the audio keeps playing after I pause the game

oliver-jones · Apr 07, 2011 at 09:41 PM 0

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in that case, you want to mute your Audio Listener, attached to your camera: AudioListener.volume = 0;

Spitfire47 · Oct 13, 2013 at 04:43 PM 0

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I tried it, but my audio doesn't even play

christoph_r · Nov 23, 2016 at 01:34 AM 0

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$$anonymous$$ake sure to properly format your code.

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