Sorry, the method I actually tried calling was:recognizer.setTranslation(CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0), in: self.view)

Just hide the button by default then unhide it after the game ends. It will still work in touchesBeganEdit: use this to hide and unhide- yourButtonName.isHidden = true/false

I just figured it out. It wasn't working because I was pausing the view. It worked after I removed it.Thank you for your help!

Sorry for the confusion. I ran it again and it printed this after I pressed the pause button:Start of touchesBegan: Optional(true)End of touchesBegan: Optional(false)Everytime I touch the screen elsewhere than the pause button it prints:Start of touchesBegan: Optional(true)End of touchesBegan: Optional(true)

Nothing prints. I was saying that I tried both inside and outside.

Nothing, even when I press on arrow keys or press the pause button. Also never prints anything when I put it inside the for loop (after line 191)

Here's my full GameScene code if it helps:import SpriteKit import GameplayKit class GameScene: SKScene { private var up = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "arrow") private var down = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "arrow") private var left = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "arrow") private var right = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "arrow") private let swipeRightRec = UISwipeGestureRecognizer() private let swipeLeftRec = UISwipeGestureRecognizer() private let swipeUpRec = UISwipeGestureRecognizer() private let swipeDownRec = UISwipeGestureRecognizer() var useArrowControls = true private var gameOverScoreLabel : SKLabelNode? private var gameOverHighScoreLabel : SKLabelNode? private var gameOverBG : SKSpriteNode? private var runningScoreLabel : SKLabelNode? private var runningScorePanel : SKSpriteNode? private var smallBorder : SKSpriteNode? private var fullBorder : SKSpriteNode? private var gameBG : SKSpriteNode? private var arrowBG : SKSpriteNode? private var verticalPanel : SKSpriteNode? private var finalScoreLabel : SKLabelNode? private var highScoreLabel : SKLabelNode? private var mainMenuButton : SKSpriteNode? private var playAgainButton : SKSpriteNode? private var pauseButton : SKSpriteNode? private var pauseMenu : SKSpriteNode? private var pauseMenuResumeGameButton : SKSpriteNode? private var pauseMenuRestartGameButton : SKSpriteNode? private var pauseMenuExitGameButton : SKSpriteNode? private var snake = Snake() // let size = 40 var score = Score() private var direction = -1 // var timer: Timer? private let moveDistance = CGFloat(32) private var food = Food() var viewController: GameViewController? var minY = 400 override func didMove(to view: SKView) { MusicPlayer.shared.stopBackgroundMusic() MusicPlayer.shared.startBackgroundMusic(songInt: 1) pauseButton = self.childNode(withName: "pauseButton") as? SKSpriteNode pauseButton?.name = "pauseButton" pauseMenu = self.childNode(withName: "pauseMenu") as? SKSpriteNode pauseMenuResumeGameButton = self.childNode(withName: "pauseMenuResumeGameButton") as? SKSpriteNode pauseMenuResumeGameButton?.name = "pauseMenuResumeGameButton" pauseMenuRestartGameButton = self.childNode(withName: "pauseMenuRestartGameButton") as? SKSpriteNode pauseMenuRestartGameButton?.name = "pauseMenuRestartGameButton" pauseMenuExitGameButton = self.childNode(withName: "pauseMenuExitGameButton") as? SKSpriteNode pauseMenuExitGameButton?.name = "pauseMenuExitGameButton" verticalPanel = self.childNode(withName: "verticalPanel") as? SKSpriteNode finalScoreLabel = self.verticalPanel?.childNode(withName: "finalScoreLabel") as? SKLabelNode highScoreLabel = self.verticalPanel?.childNode(withName: "highScoreLabel") as? SKLabelNode playAgainButton = self.childNode(withName: "playAgainButton") as? SKSpriteNode playAgainButton?.name = "playAgainButton" mainMenuButton = self.childNode(withName: "mainMenuButton") as? SKSpriteNode mainMenuButton?.name = "mainMenuButton" smallBorder = self.childNode(withName: "smallBorder") as? SKSpriteNode fullBorder = self.childNode(withName: "fullBorder") as? SKSpriteNode gameBG = self.childNode(withName: "gameBG") as? SKSpriteNode arrowBG = self.childNode(withName: "arrowBG") as? SKSpriteNode runningScorePanel = self.childNode(withName: "runningScorePanel") as? SKSpriteNode runningScoreLabel = self.childNode(withName: "runningScoreLabel") as? SKLabelNode runningScoreLabel?.text = "Score: \(score.getScore())" //used to set initial score label to display a score of 0 if useArrowControls { minY = 400 fullBorder?.isHidden = true up.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.minY + 325) up.scale(to: CGSize(width: 175, height: 175)) up.zRotation = CGFloat.pi / 2.0 up.zPosition = 1 addChild(up) down.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.minY + 75) down.scale(to: CGSize(width: 175, height: 175)) down.zRotation = 3 * CGFloat.pi / 2.0 down.name = "down" addChild(down) left.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX - 150, y: frame.minY + 200) left.scale(to: CGSize(width: 175, height: 175)) left.zRotation = CGFloat.pi left.name = "left" addChild(left) right.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX + 150, y: frame.minY + 200) right.scale(to: CGSize(width: 175, height: 175)) right.name = "right" addChild(right) } else { arrowBG?.isHidden = true minY = 0 smallBorder?.isHidden = true swipeRightRec.addTarget(self, action: #selector(GameScene.swipedRight) ) swipeRightRec.direction = .right self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(swipeRightRec) swipeLeftRec.addTarget(self, action: #selector(GameScene.swipedLeft) ) swipeLeftRec.direction = .left self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(swipeLeftRec) swipeUpRec.addTarget(self, action: #selector(GameScene.swipedUp) ) swipeUpRec.direction = .up self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(swipeUpRec) swipeDownRec.addTarget(self, action: #selector(GameScene.swipedDown) ) swipeDownRec.direction = .down self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(swipeDownRec) } food.setFood(scene: self, useSmallBoard: useArrowControls) snake.setHead(scene: self) setFramerate(framerate: 3) } func toggleViews() { verticalPanel?.isHidden = !verticalPanel!.isHidden gameOverScoreLabel?.isHidden = !gameOverScoreLabel!.isHidden playAgainButton?.isHidden = !playAgainButton!.isHidden gameOverBG?.isHidden = !gameOverBG!.isHidden runningScorePanel?.isHidden = !runningScorePanel!.isHidden runningScoreLabel?.isHidden = !runningScoreLabel!.isHidden } override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) { for touch in touches { let touchPosition = touch.location(in: self) let touchNode = self.atPoint(touchPosition) if touchNode == up { changeDirection(direction: 0) } else if touchNode.name == "right" { changeDirection(direction: 1) } else if touchNode.name == "down" { changeDirection(direction: 2) } else if touchNode.name == "left" { changeDirection(direction: 3) } else if touchNode.name == "playAgainButton" { startNewGame() } else if touchNode.name == "mainMenuButton" { returnToMenu() } else if touchNode == pauseButton { pauseGame() } else if touchNode.name == "pauseMenuResumeGameButton" { resumeGameFromPause() } else if touchNode.name == "pauseMenuRestartGameButton" { resumeGameFromPause() gameOver() startNewGame() } else if touchNode.name == "pauseMenuExitGameButton" { resumeGameFromPause() gameOver() returnToMenu() } } } func returnToMenu() { MusicPlayer.shared.stopBackgroundMusic() MusicPlayer.shared.startBackgroundMusic(songInt: 0) viewController?.returnToMenu() } override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) { } override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) { } override func touchesCancelled(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) { } @objc func swipedUp() { changeDirection(direction: 0) } @objc func swipedRight() { changeDirection(direction: 1) } @objc func swipedDown() { changeDirection(direction: 2) } @objc func swipedLeft() { changeDirection(direction: 3) } func pauseGame() { self.view?.isPaused = true print("Before isHidden is set to false: \(pauseMenu?.isHidden)") pauseMenu?.isHidden = false pauseMenu?.isHidden = false print("Before isHidden is set to false: \(pauseMenu?.isHidden)") } func resumeGameFromPause() { self.view?.isPaused = false togglePauseViews() } func togglePauseViews() { pauseMenu?.isHidden = !pauseMenu!.isHidden pauseButton?.isHidden = !pauseButton!.isHidden } func changeDirection(direction: Int) { if !self.view!.isPaused { //this if statement doesn't let the user change direction when the game is paused. if direction == 0 { if (snake.getSnake()[0].getDirection() != 2) { snake.turnSnake(direction: 0) // body[0].setDirection(newDirection: 0) } } else if direction == 1 { if (snake.getSnake()[0].getDirection() != 3) { snake.turnSnake(direction: 1) // body[0].setDirection(newDirection: 1) } } else if direction == 2 { if (snake.getSnake()[0].getDirection() != 0) { snake.turnSnake(direction: 2) //body[0].setDirection(newDirection: 2) } } else if direction == 3 { if (snake.getSnake()[0].getDirection() != 1) { snake.turnSnake(direction: 3) //body[0].setDirection(newDirection: 3) } } } } override func update(_ currentTime: TimeInterval) { // Called before each frame is rendered if !checkCollisions() { snake.update(scene: self) } else { gameOver() } } func gameOver() { self.view?.isPaused = true finalScoreLabel?.text = "Score: \(score.getScore())" score.calculateHighScore() highScoreLabel?.text = "Highscore: \(score.getHighScore())" toggleViews() } /* Checks to see if the head of the snake has collided with the snake itself, with the wall, or with food returns true if there is a collision with the wall or itself, and false if there are no collisions or if it collided with food. If it collided with food, it calls the dropFood() method of the Food class to move the food to a randomly generated spot on the map. */ func startNewGame() { score.resetScore() snake.clearSnake() runningScoreLabel?.text = "Score: \(score.getScore())" snake.setHead(scene: self) food.dropFood(scene: self) setFramerate(framerate: 3) toggleViews() self.view?.isPaused = false MusicPlayer.shared.playSoundEffect(soundType: 1) } func checkCollisions() -> Bool{ let body = snake.getSnake() let head = body[0] //Checks if head hits food if isCollided(o1: head.getSegment(), o2: food.getFood()) { food.dropFood(scene: self) snake.addSegment(scene: self) score.addPoint() runningScoreLabel?.text = "Score: \(score.getScore())" MusicPlayer.shared.playSoundEffect(soundType: 2) if score.getScore() == 5 { setFramerate(framerate: 4) } else if score.getScore() == 10 { setFramerate(framerate: 5) } else if score.getScore() == 15 { setFramerate(framerate: 6) } } //Checks if head hits wall var minYToCheck = 0 if useArrowControls { minYToCheck = 400 } else { minYToCheck = 18 } // print("minY: \(minYToCheck)") if head.getSegment().position.x + (head.getSegment().size.width / 2) >= frame.maxX - 32 || head.getSegment().position.x - (head.getSegment().size.width / 2) <= frame.minX + 32 || head.getSegment().position.y + (head.getSegment().size.width / 2) >= frame.maxY - 32 || head.getSegment().position.y - (head.getSegment().size.width / 2) <= CGFloat(minYToCheck) { print(head.getSegment().position.y) MusicPlayer.shared.playSoundEffect(soundType: 3) return true } //Checks if head hits body piece var i = 1 while i < body.count { if isCollided(o1: head.getSegment(), o2: body[i].getSegment()) { MusicPlayer.shared.playSoundEffect(soundType: 3) return true } i += 1 } return false } //UPDATE NAMES func isCollided(o1: SKSpriteNode, o2: SKSpriteNode) -> Bool{ let width = o1.size.width var collision = false if abs(o1.position.x - o2.position.x) < width && abs(o1.position.y - o2.position.y) < width { collision = true } return collision } func setFramerate(framerate: Int) { self.view?.preferredFramesPerSecond = framerate }