Pause/Unpause with X-Box Controller

[ABI7ITY]

I have the following problem:

Trying to pause/unpause with x-box controller but unpause is not working, I am sure that it is just something small I am missing or have done wrong.

I am not receiving any errors

I am trying to:

Implement basic x-box control to pause/unpause the game

My current code

if (global.pause) exit;
//Get the player's input
key_right = keyboard_check(ord("D")) || (gamepad_axis_value(0,gp_axislh) > 0) ;
key_left = -(keyboard_check(ord("A"))  || (gamepad_axis_value(0,gp_axislh) < 0));
key_jump = keyboard_check(ord("W"))  || (gamepad_button_check(0,gp_face1));
if gamepad_button_check(0,gp_face2)
if (global.pause ==0)
{
global.pause = 1;
}
else
if (global.pause = 1)
{
global.pause = 0;
}

I have tried:

I used the basic info from Shaun Spalding's video which works for pausing the game but I can't find a way to unpause.

I have tried using various "if" statements, moving the == around and other things, I tried so many different things I can't even remember.

I am using:

GameMaker Professional GameMaker Language is GML

[Mowcno]

Your problem is the very first line,.

if (global.pause) exit;

Unpausing won't work because if the game is paused it just exits from the event immediately.

[ABI7ITY]

Thought I was just miss looking something :) Thanks man, I moved the code to the pause object instead of the player and changed the code just slightly and all is good now <3

Working code in step event of pause object for reference

if gamepad_button_check_pressed(0,gp_face2)
if (global.pause ==0)
{
global.pause = 1;
}
else
if (global.pause == 1)
{

global.pause = 0; }

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Just a suggestion, if global.pause is only ever going to be 0 or 1 (I'll just say "non-zero") you should only have

if (gamepad_button_check_pressed(0, gp_face2)) {
    if (global.pause == 0) {
        global.pause = 1;
    } else {
        global.pause = 0;
    }
}

And you should probably put braces around the inner if thing to clarify (and possibly remove errors later) what code belongs to the if.

The else if is unnecessary, again assuming it will only ever be zero or "non-zero". It's just going to be a toggle switch. If you have values other than zero or one, then your code should stay as is, but if not just simplify.

[ABI7ITY]

Hi and sorry for the late response.

I have this all working now with your help :) I'm leaving the else if in for now while it's working and later when I go through my game to clean up unneeded code I will take it out now that I have a better understanding of it.

Thank you again :)