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- mr inkoqnito
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Hello everyone, i am wondering how to achieve a state machine with Construct 3?

For example when i press pause i want the background to stop scrolling and some elements disappear do i have to do this manually or is it a way to create a state machine where i just change the states?

Tried an global variable with isPlaying= true or false but that didnt work. Maybe call an group or something like that?

Hoping you understand what i am after=)?

/Isak
- Maverick1912
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With Global Variable, the value is not limit in 2 values true & false.

I usually have the Global Variable gameState.

gameState = 0 > Playing game

gameState = 1 > Win

gameState = -1 > Lose
- mr inkoqnito
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With Global Variable, the value is not limit in 2 values true & false.

I usually have the Global Variable gameState.

gameState = 0 > Playing game

gameState = 1 > Win

gameState = -1 > Lose

Thanks for the answer!

Does the condition:

System - Check variable execute every frame? So i can just use that condition and when execute some actions? and then just change that variable to make it instant change?

/Isak
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- Maverick1912
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Yes, you can use System > Trigger Once While True
- mr inkoqnito
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Okey but does that condition really work? Trigger once while true only trigger once dosent it? i want it to be able to trigger several times if the user pause and unpauses. Or is it just in that frame it triggers once?
- Maverick1912
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yes, it'll work.

You group all play game events in 1 gamestate 0.

All events pause in gameState 9999

So when you set gameState to 9999, all events inside gameState 0 will stop.