How to stop/cancel a running tween?

MikeHart

Hi folks,

I am using GTween to move a sprite along the screen. How do I remove/stop/cancel the tween inbetween before it is done?

Is using

mytween:setPaused(true)

enough so it will be collected once the target object was collected too?

Cheers
Michael

atilim

Yes it's true.

After the command

mytween:setPaused(true)

your tween is eligible to be collected (even if the target object is not collected).

MikeHart

Ok, then I alter my question to... how to pause adn resume a tween.

atilim

mytween:setPaused(true) and mytween:setPaused(false)

if your tween object is reachable by any of your variables, it won't be collected by Lua GC. Than you can resume your tween through your variable without any problem.

MikeHart

Ok, thanks. Somehow I understood at first that a tween will be collected anyway. So for an example, if the object is still a child of the stage, then I can resume a tween. That is good to know.

atilim

Yes. GTween holds a reference to Sprite. If your tween is not collected, your Sprite won't be collected also.