How To Pause Game On Collision?

Hello, I want to know how can I pause the game(or the Player) right when I grab a power up, and then un-pause it after 3 seconds or so. I can't even get it to pause at all, even when i use Time.timeScale, or am I using it wrong? Please let me know. I've paused the game before, but that was when i pressed a GUI button for a pause menu. So it's different. Here's the script I'm trying to work with(it's the power up script):

Code (CSharp):

1. public GameObject coinEffect;
2.  
3.  
4.    
5.     void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
6.     {
7.                 if (other.tag == "Player") {
8.                         Time.timeScale = 0f;
9.                         ControllerScript playerScript = other.gameObject.GetComponent<ControllerScript> (); // not sure about the syntax here...
10.                         if (playerScript) {
11.  
12.                              
13.                                 playerScript.SetInvincible ();
14.                                
15.                            
16.                                 playerScript.SpeedUp();
17.  
18.  
19.                         }
20.                        
21.             GameObject effect = Instantiate(coinEffect, transform.position, transform.rotation) as GameObject;
22.             Destroy(effect.gameObject, 3);
23.             Destroy (gameObject);
24.                 }
25.         }
26.    
27.     }
28.  

 

From what I see, you're destroying the gameobject to which the script is attached to? This will cause all the components of the gameobject to be destroyed including the scripts.

 

Ah I see thanks, so how can I pause the Player then? Do you have any suggestions?

 

I'm still looking for a suggestion, if anyone is interested.

 

I'm still looking for a suggestion, if anyone is interested in helping me.