How to track difficulties in the pause menu?

[MAZ12211]

I have a sprite that disappears or appears depending on the difficulty and it works in freeplay and story mode
But when you change the difficulty through the pause menu, it bugs out
Here's the code

// Skipping Import x, y, z code

class devInfoDetector extends Module {
        var game:PlayState;
	var testSprite:FunkinSprite;
	var jsonPath;

	public function new() {
		super("devInfoDetector", 1);
	}

	public override function onSongLoaded(e) {
        super.onSongLoaded(e);
		game = PlayState.instance;
		jsonPath = Paths.json("songs/" + game.currentSong.id + "/" + game.currentChart.difficulty + "-devCom");
		testSprite = new FunkinSprite(50, FlxG.height - 100);
		testSprite.loadTexture("devInfoIcon");
		testSprite.alpha = Assets.exists(jsonPath) ? 0.7 : 0; // This bugs out if you change the difficulty in the pause menu
		testSprite.zIndex = game.camHUD.zIndex + 1000;
		testSprite.scrollFactor.set(0, 0);
		testSprite.cameras = [game.camHUD];
		game.add(testSprite);

		if (Assets.exists(jsonPath)) ModuleHandler.activateModule('devInfoActivator');
		else ModuleHandler.deactivateModule('devInfoActivator');
    }
}

[lemz1]

I believe onSongRetry should work with the pause menu

[MAZ12211]

Oh good idea
Hold on

[MAZ12211]

Same exact result
It's weird because the polymod alert says the alpha value changed

class devInfoDetector extends Module {
    var game:PlayState;
	var testSprite:FunkinSprite;
	var jsonPath;

	public function new() {
		super("devInfoDetector", 1);
	}

	public override function onSongLoaded(e) {
        super.onSongLoaded(e);
		game = PlayState.instance;
		jsonPath = Paths.json("songs/" + game.currentSong.id + "/" + game.currentChart.difficulty + "-devCom");
		testSprite = new FunkinSprite(30, FlxG.height - 100);
		testSprite.loadTexture("devInfoIcon"); // Icon from FlatIcon (https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/comment_3193015?term=message+bubble&related_id=3193015)
		checkAlpha(); // This bugs out if you change the difficulty in the pause menu
		testSprite.zIndex = game.camHUD.zIndex + 1000;
		testSprite.scrollFactor.set(0, 0);
		testSprite.cameras = [game.camHUD];
		game.add(testSprite);

		if (Assets.exists(jsonPath)) ModuleHandler.activateModule('devInfoActivator');
		else ModuleHandler.deactivateModule('devInfoActivator');
    }

	public override function onSongRetry(e) {
		super.onSongRetry(e);
		checkAlpha();
	}

	function checkAlpha() {
		testSprite.alpha = Assets.exists(jsonPath) ? 0.7 : 0;
		PolymodErrorHandler.showAlert("testSprite Alpha", testSprite.alpha); // An alternative to calling trace() since that's not available in 0.5.1
	}
}

Here's a video
The expected result is the sprite at the bottom left of the screen be invisible by changing its alpha to 0 when you change the difficulty to either Easy or the Hard through the pause menu. (the json file exists in Normal only)

Funkin_TeBPbmX310.mp4

[NotHyper-474]

This is just a wild guess but maybe you're repeatedly replacing the sprite with a new one while the older sprite stays?

Edit: Turns out that was the case.

2024-10-07.15-33-14.online-video-cutter.com.mp4

[MAZ12211]

Hey thanks
Got it working with a null check

	public override function onSongLoaded(e) {
        super.onSongLoaded(e);
		game = PlayState.instance;
		jsonPath = Paths.json("songs/" + game.currentSong.id + "/dev-commentaries/" + game.currentChart.difficulty + (game.currentChart.variation != null ? "-" + game.currentChart.variation : "") + "-devCom");
		if (Assets.exists(jsonPath)) {
			testSprite = new FunkinSprite(30, FlxG.height - 100);
			testSprite.loadTexture("devInfoIcon"); // Icon from FlatIcon (https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/comment_3193015?term=message+bubble&related_id=3193015)
			testSprite.alpha = 0.7;
			testSprite.zIndex = game.camHUD.zIndex + 1000;
			testSprite.scrollFactor.set(0, 0);
			testSprite.cameras = [game.camHUD];
			game.add(testSprite);
			ModuleHandler.activateModule('devInfoActivator');
		} else {
			testSprite.destroy();
			ModuleHandler.deactivateModule('devInfoActivator');
		}
    }

	public override function onSongRetry(e) {
		super.onSongRetry(e);
		testSprite.destroy();
		ModuleHandler.deactivateModule('devInfoActivator');
	}