Question

  this.update = function() {
    if (state == "game") {
      if (jaws.pressed("p") && !jaws.paused) {
        jaws.paused = true;
        setTimeout(function() {
          var unpause_interval_id = setInterval(function() {
            if (jaws.pressed("p") && jaws.paused) {
              jaws.paused = false;
              clearInterval(unpause_interval_id);
            }
          });
        }, 5000);
      }

That is my attempt at pausing a game I’m working on. Basically, when the player pauses, I set a timeout of 5 seconds to a function that checks if the player wants to unpause.

However, I am not being successful at clearing the interval, the clearInterval function isn’t work, I’m sure of it from what I’ve debugged. Any idea of what I’m doing wrong?

Thank you!

Answer 1

How about:

function p_unp()
{
   jaws.paused = !jaws.paused;
}

jaws.on_keypress("p", p_unp);