[SOLVED] Menu hides screens

[nananame]

I have a game menu which opens in the middle of the screen, leaving the rest of the game visible. I just noticed that when the game menu appears it hides the screens currently shown. I'm guessing this is because the game menu when called through ShowMenu is called in a new context?

Is there a way around this? I don't think the solution would be to call the game menu with the Show action instead of ShowMenu action because if we are in the same context gameplay continues and a save screenshot will also make a screenshot of the gamemenu itself. So I do want the game menu to be in new context (pause current gameplay) just not hide the screens already shown. Doable?

[RicharDann]

You can use Show action instead of ShowMenu, if you want other screens to stop receiving input add modal True clause to your screen:

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screen my_game_menu():
    modal True

Just make sure your screen also has some way for the player to quit it once they want to continue the game, like adding a button or setting a key (like the right mouse button) with a Hide('my_game_menu') action.

[Remix]

If you are okay with those screens being visible on any game menu you could remove the screens layer from config.context_clear_layers

define config.context_clear_layers = [ 'screens' ]

A list of layers that are cleared when entering a new context.

[nananame]

If you are okay with those screens being visible on any game menu you could remove the screens layer from config.context_clear_layers

define config.context_clear_layers = [ 'screens' ]

A list of layers that are cleared when entering a new context.

That's what I was looking for! Thanks!