Pygame Pause Functionality

I've been trying to add a pause functionality to my pong game but it is not working. I can pause the game once and it stop, but then after that if I press the key which pauses the game, the game will move a few frames then stop. After that, I have to hold the pause button down to make the game move. I will link the class code below:

class Game:      def __init__(self, start):          self.start = start          self.score1 = 0          self.score2 = 0          self.pause = False          self.over = False        def play(self, ai):          player2.AI = ai          screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)          pygame.display.set_caption("Pong")          self.over = False          while self.start:              # quits if x is pressed              for event in pygame.event.get():                  if event.type == pygame.QUIT:                      pygame.quit()                      exit()              pressed_keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()              if pressed_keys[pygame.K_p]:                  self.pauseMenu()              if self.pause == False:                  # creates list of pressed keys and using that to determine movement                  pressed_keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()                  if pressed_keys[pygame.K_w]:                      player1.moveUp(5)                  if pressed_keys[pygame.K_s]:                      player1.moveDown(5)                  if player2.AI == True:                      player2.AI_move(ball)                  if pressed_keys[pygame.K_SPACE]:                      pygame.quit()                  else:                      if pressed_keys[pygame.K_UP]:                          player2.moveUp(5)                      if pressed_keys[pygame.K_DOWN]:                          player2.moveDown(5)                    if pressed_keys[pygame.K_p]:                      self.pauseMenu()                    # scoring system if ball touches variable, increments score and resets ball to middle                  if ball.rect.x >= 790:                      self.score1 += 1                      ball.rect.x = 400                      ball.rect.y = 240                      ball.x_velo = choice([-2, 2])                      ball.y_velo = choice([-1, -2, 1, 2])                  if ball.rect.x <= 0:                      self.score2 += 1                      ball.rect.x = 400                      ball.rect.y = 240                      ball.x_velo = choice([-2, 2])                      ball.y_velo = choice([-1, -2, 1, 2])                    # bounces ball of top or bottom wall                  if ball.rect.y > 470 or ball.rect.y < 0:                      ball.y_velo = -ball.y_velo                    # detects collision and reflects ball off board                  if pygame.sprite.collide_mask(ball, player1) or pygame.sprite.collide_mask(ball, player2):                      ball.bounce()                    # refresh method to move ball                  ball.refresh()                  # draws background and sprites onto screen each tick                  screen.fill(BLACK)                  pygame.draw.line(screen, WHITE, [400, 0], [400, 580], 1)                  all_sprites_list.update()                  all_sprites_list.draw(screen)                    # draws score at top                  font = pygame.font.Font('ARCADECLASSIC.TTF', 74)                  text = font.render(str(self.score1), 1, BLUE)                  screen.blit(text, (300, 10))                  text = font.render(str(self.score2), 1, BLUE)                  screen.blit(text, (470, 10))                  if self.score1 >= 5:                      self.victory("Player 1")                  elif self.score2 >= 5:                      self.victory("Player 2")                  # refreshes display each tick                  pygame.display.flip()                  # sets number of ticks per second                  clock.tick(60)        def victory(self, winner):          pass        def pauseMenu(self):          if self.pause == True:              self.pause = False          elif self.pause == False:              self.pause = True  

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67238520/pygame-pause-functionality April 24, 2021 at 09:21AM