About block Controll

lonewolf_cat

I have two questions about block controll:

1) Even when I use the “Block Player Control” node in a schematic, the player can still move. However, if I enable “Block Player Control” in the initial Settings node of the schematic, the player does stop moving.
Aren’t these supposed to be the same “Block Player Control” function?

2) When I set the game state to “Menu” via a node, nearby spawned characters continue to move.
But when I open the menu during gameplay, those spawned characters stop.
Why does this difference occur?

gamingislove

1) Did you enable the Block/Unblock setting in the node?
Generally, both are using the same functionality - timing might be an issue, though. E.g. when enabled in the Settings node, the control is blocked for the entire run-time of the schematic, but if you manually block via node and unblock right after (without any wait time) it's blocked and unblocked in the same frame.

2) A game state is just a game state and doesn't do anything on it's own. Conditions using it (e.g. HUDs showing or not showing based on it) are where this is used.
However, it's most likely your menu screen pausing the game that's causing the movement to stop :)

lonewolf_cat

1)
Ah, I see. Indeed, there were a few nodes between the enable and disable nodes, but they were ones that finished processing instantly.
After inserting a 'wait for input' node in between, the player's movement stopped as expected.

2)
So how is movement being stopped when the menu is open?
It seems not only the maschine but also other scripts are being halted.
Can this be executed using Schemtaics nodes?

gamingislove

2) Check your menu screen's pause settings - you most likely have Pause Game and Freeze Pause enabled.
Just pausing the game will block certain things from being used (e.g. player/camera controls, battle updates), freeze pause will set the time scale to 0, i.e. anything based on time progressing will be stopped (e.g. movement, animations, etc.).

You can do this in a schematic using a Change Time Scale node.

lonewolf_cat

I tried using the Change Time Scale node.
It stops the movement just as expected.
Thanks!