Connecting GameScene.swift to GameViewController.swift

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Hi! I'm trying to connect GameScene.swift to GameViewController.swift.

In GameScene I have this function:

func pause() {
}

That works correctly and the game gets paused.

Then, in my View Controller, I added a button of pause. What I want is to call pause() when the button is pressed. I tried adding this to the GameViewController.swift:

@IBOutlet var PauseButton: UIButton!
@IBAction func PauseButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
        let gameScene = GameScene()
        gameScene.pause()
}

But it doesn't do anything when I press the button. The Outlet and the Action are connected well and everything else in the game works good.

Could anyone help me?

Thank you!

Ivet

Swift

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Answer 1

Newly instatiated GemeScene cannot be the same instance as the GameViewController is currently showing.

You may need to write something like this:

    @IBAction func pauseButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
        if
            let view = self.view as! SKView?,
            let gameScene = view.scene as? GameScene
        {
            gameScene.pause()
            //...
        }
    }

(You should better follow the simple convention of Swift, property names or method names do not start with Capital letter.)

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Answer 2

Newly instatiated GemeScene cannot be the same instance as the GameViewController is currently showing.

You may need to write something like this:

    @IBAction func pauseButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
        if
            let view = self.view as! SKView?,
            let gameScene = view.scene as? GameScene
        {
            gameScene.pause()
            //...
        }
    }

(You should better follow the simple convention of Swift, property names or method names do not start with Capital letter.)

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Connecting GameScene.swift to GameViewController.swift

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