Pause Tracking in Unity

sam_fbkr 2019-07-05 09:16:07 UTC #1

Hi guys,

I need a method which I can call from Unity to pause/resume the Controller.
Right Clicking on the Leap Motion Controller Panel and manually selecting "pause tracking" works fine, but what would be nice is, if I could do that with a button click. In v3 there was a method called controller.setPaused() which was removed in v4.4. And I can't find something similar in v4.4. Would be nice if you guys could help.
Thanks!

jselstad 2019-07-05 18:39:48 UTC #2

Have you tried Stopping and Starting the Connection?

github.com

leapmotion/UnityModules/blob/master/Assets/LeapMotion/Core/Scripts/LeapServiceProvider.cs#L352-L361


protected virtual void OnApplicationPause(bool isPaused) {
  if (_leapController != null) {
    if (isPaused) {
      _leapController.StopConnection();
    }
    else {
      _leapController.StartConnection();
    }
  }
}

sam_fbkr 2019-07-05 18:55:22 UTC #3

Hey,

thanks for the quick reply.
I haven't used the methods above. But I will try them tomorrow or Monday and will update you if that solved my issue.

sam_fbkr 2019-07-09 11:29:44 UTC #4

So a quick Update.

I stopped the connection using the method you've linked me. But nothing really happens. The Leap motion Controller is still running and tracking.
What I did so far is calling the OnApplicationPause method. After that I check if there is connection (making sure the method actually did what it should) using the Controller.IsConnected() method which outputs false. So it says the Connection stopped, but looking at the game-view, everything still runs as always.

What I really want to do is, pausing the Controller (turning off the IR Sensors, as they interfere with the Vive-Tracker). I could Right-Click on the Leap Motion Control Panel and select Pause Tracking, but that really isn't a solution.

Hope you guys can help me.
Thanks!