Problems with screen actions On Hide [Solved]

[trooper6]

Hello All!

I'm doing some testing with screen actions...and I've run into a problem.

So in my test project I have two test variables, "checker1" and "checker2"; they are initialized to be None at the start of my project.
So far so good.
I have added the following code to the preferences screen:

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    on "show" action SetVariable("checker1", 1)
    on "hide" action SetVariable("checker2", 2)

So I run my project. Then I pull up the preferences and then either escape back or return back to the game. Then I check my variables.
What do I get?
checker1 == 1
checker2 == None

So the on show is working, but the on hide isn't.

So rather than on "hide", I tried on "replaced" and also on "replace"--no luck. There are no other On events.

I don't get any errors. And the variable is changed on show...but nothing happens on hide.
So...what is going on?

[nyaatrap]

As far as I know, The game menu is called in a new context. When returning to the game from a new context, it terminates the new context. So on hide statement doesn't work in the game menu.
You have to use functions before return statement.

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key "game_menu" action [SetVariable(), Return()]

[trooper6]

That works, I'll try to keep that in mind for future leaving game menu excitement! Though it turns out that since game menu is a new context, if I stop playing music while in the game menu and return to the game...the music starts back up again on its own. So that it pretty awesome.

[octacon100]

I've had some luck using SetScreenVariable() with variables that need to change immediately, but I'm not sure if that will work with hiding a screen. Would be interesting to know. Hope that helps!