How to check if touch is not on text?

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Hi,

 

I'm trying to make a pause function for my Open Source game, Flappy Box.

 

I got the pause to work, but when you click "pause" text, the Box jumps. So I want to trigger the jump function only when pause is not touched.

Here's what I use to trigger the jump function:

game.input.onDown.add(this.jump, this);

Simple, right? Thanks in advance.

[lewster32]

At the very top of your jump function, add something like this:

if (game.paused === true) {  return;}

This will stop execution of the rest of function if the game is paused.

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@lewster32 I guess I haven't thought of that .. It makes sense but it seems that the box jumps then game's paused. I guess there's another solution?

[lewster32]

Oh I see, so clicking 'pause' sets off the jump too? I guess you should have something to check if it's over the pause text:

if (game.paused === true || game.input.hitTest(pauseText, game.input.activePointer)) {  return;}

I think that should work. Not entirely sure about the third parameter in hitTest.

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@lewster32 You're right, that third parameter is suspicious ... Gave me an error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'worldVisible' of undefined

Wish that docs had code examples in them.

[lewster32]

In that case try this:

if (game.paused === true || Phaser.Rectangle.containsPoint(pauseText.getBounds(), game.input.activePointer.position)) {  return;}

You may want to store the result of getBounds() somewhere rather than calculating it each frame if your pauseText doesn't move or change size.

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@lewster32 Thanks, Works like a charm. Now I've to get the box to stop jumping when un-pausing the game and v1.0 is halfway done.

Is this the correct getBounds result?  (ie What I have to save in a variable..)

Phaser.Rectangle {x: 220, y: 20, width: 68, height: 28, offset: function…}

[lewster32]

Yes, getBounds creates a Rectangle object containing the bounds of the object. If the object doesn't move or change shape, you can just save that result and check against it much faster.

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Okay, thanks @lewster32