No worries! Just use an “OR” node and another Greater-than check
But I have to hit the hay, I’ll check back on this thread tomorrow. Next is player lock/unlock! You might be able to figure it out yourself, though. You need to “set input to UI and Game” then “Disable Player Input” on PlayerController when the main Menu is created. On the “GoGoGo FALSE LINE”, “Enable Player Input” on the player controller. Hopefully I come back tomorrow and everything’s peachy!
In my MainMenu EventConstruct, I already have it set to UI only. Should I change it to Game and UI??? Sadly, I can’t test anything anymore because of the infinite loop
However, here are the rest of the issues now…
Because I added the Set Input Game and UI In the EventConstruct of MainMenu it seems to completely ignore Set Show Mouse Cursor (true). A bit of an issue for pc, but I guess ok for consoles, mobile, etc…???
Another issue, Enable Input seems to enable muse clicking for the user in game but the rotation of the pawn is still locked
The biggest issues is… When I hit Play in the MainMenu, the 3,2,1 counter is already finished, set at 0 and never hides (stays there forever) and the MyLevelTimer is already ticking at 00:54 seconds
Ok, I know you’re not gonna like it, but I found a hacky solution to all this
I reverted back to Pausing the game.
Instead of having 2 timers, I only kept the LevelTimer.
For the 3,2,1,Go… I created an animation in the widget, that lasts exactly 4sec. → after the animation is complete, I call an event "Animation Finished(Widget Animation) and Unpause the game.
I know it’s hacky af… but it works. This way if the user pauses the game at any time (for a pauseMenu, Settings, etc etc…) the LevelTimer gets instantly paused as well.
I know it’s probably not the best approach, but it works great for what I had in mind initially. Not to mention… no more custom timers, dispatches, delegates and all the complicated stuff.
Let me know what you think, or if you see any issues with this or a better/simpler way
Half of programming is getting it to work AT ALL. Worry about fixing things and making it neater once you get a good understanding of things. I’m proud of you for your “Hacky Solution”! One day you might look back and say “I can’t believe I did that” (I still say that and will say that next year about this year). But the thing is you won’t reach that point if you don’t power through! Good job, and keep going!
Your help is greatly appreciated good sir. I know it’s hacky, and I’m sure eventually I’ll figure out a better solution for my future developments. For now… in all honesty, I feel bad for wasting your time with my silly project already. Nonetheless, I learned a lot from your points and I commend your patience in guiding me step by step.
You sir, are a rock star
