I'm making a pong game in windows forms and I can't figure out how to unpause after pausing in my gameplay form. After pausing a pause screen form is started and after clicking unpause it unpauses, however, I don't know how to make the timer start again. Please let me know.
Here's my code: Gameplay form:
if (isPaused)
Paused();
}
private void Paused()
{
gameTimer.Stop();
PausedScreen pausedWindow = new PausedScreen();
pausedWindow.Show();
isPaused = false;
}
Pause Screen form:
public PausedScreen()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void UnPause(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Hide();
//Resume timer
}
private void QuitGame(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
You can catch the event "Closed" when your pausedScreen is closed and then restart the timer in this function.
gameTimer.Stop();
PausedScreen pausedWindow = new PausedScreen();
pausedWindow.Show();
isPaused = false;
pausedWindow.Closed += new EventHandler(Closed);
private void Closed(object sender, EventArgs e){
gametimer.Start();
}
Hope this solves your problem.