menu button does not work

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#21

There’s A few things I’ve noticed , the menu button works on the Samsung galaxy s3 but not on the s5 , and also the button will change to a different scene but not the scene it was previously on does that make a difference ?

#22

Please don’t dump your entire module in a post unless you’ve specifically been asked to.  Just post the code relevant to the problem at hand.  In this case, the code involving your back button.

Please use the <> button in the button bar in the same row as B I U S X2 X2 and so on.   Click that button and paste your code in the box that shows up.

Rob

#23

sorry some people said it was how i set out my groups so i thought you needed the whole code , because the button works , because if i change the scene to a scene i havnt entered yet for example a different game mode ive not yet played , it changes but because ive just come from the menu it wont let me go back to the menu ,

but here is the menu button 

 function loadScore( event ) if event.phase == "ended" then storyboard.gotoScene("menu", "fade"); end return true end

saveButton = widget.newButton({ width = 200, height = 64, x = display.contentCenterX, y = display.contentHeight - 64, label = "Load Score", labelColor = { default = { 1, 1, 1 }, over = { 0, 0, 0 } }, fontSize = 32, font = "Pacifico", onEvent = loadScore })

the load score function is before the other one but it pasted in here the wrong way round ,

                                                      

                                                                      ---->gameHard

my game goes like this-----    main---->menu---->gameNormal    ,  then if the menu button is pressed it goes back to the menu 

                                                                      ---->gameEasy

so when i press the menu button on one of the game modes , it wont back to the menu because it was the scene it just came from 

is there a fix for this  ? , would changing to composer fix this

also the game works perfect on a samsung galaxy s3 but not on the new s5

#24

Well your code looks about right.  But you might want to try:

function loadScore( event ) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if event.phase == "ended" then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; storyboard.removeScene("menu") &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; storyboard.gotoScene("menu", "fade"); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return true end
#25

Ok I will try it now , also would using a cut scene help ? For example go from menu---->cutscene----> game—>cutscene2---->menu. And so on ?, do you think that would sort the problem I’m having ?

#26

Bump

#27

Cut scenes are helpful, but perhaps in your menu.lua, just before you call composer.gotoScene(“game1”) call composer.removeScene(“game1”) if you always want a fresh restart.  It’s okay to call removeScene if the scene has never been gone to in the first place.

Rob

#28

I’ve done the changes you said and it hadn’t changed ?

#29

Is there any other reason it could happen ?

#30

Can you restate your problem?  Perhaps some screen shots or a video demoing the issue?

Rob

#31

The problem is that my game is set up like this main.lua----> menu.lua-----> (then you select a game mode) —>gameHard -->gameEasy---->the back to menu but it won’t change to menu cause I was just on the menu

#32

But it will change to another game mode from the game mode it’s currents on if you get me

#33

Let me try this again. In menu.lua just before you call composer.gotoScene() call composer.removeScene() with the same scene name. For example:

composer.removeScene(“somescene”)
composer.gotoScene(“somescene”)

So from menu if you’re going to gameEasy call those two lines. When you are going back to your menu, use “menu” in both lines.