Physics.Arcade.isPaused allows you to toggle Arcade Physics processing on and off. If true the Body.preUpdate method will be skipped, halting all motion for all bodies. Note that other methods such as collide will still work, so be careful not to call them on paused bodies.

Author: photonstorm

README.md

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Version 2.3.0 - "Tarabon" - in dev
 
 ### New Features
 
+* `Physics.Arcade.isPaused` allows you to toggle Arcade Physics processing on and off. If `true` the `Body.preUpdate` method will be skipped, halting all motion for all bodies. Note that other methods such as `collide` will still work, so be careful not to call them on paused bodies.
+
 ### Updates
 
 * TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @clark-stevenson @TimvdEijnden)

src/physics/arcade/Body.js

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Phaser.Physics.Arcade.Body.prototype = {
     */
     preUpdate: function () {
 
-        if (!this.enable)
+        if (!this.enable || this.game.physics.arcade.isPaused)
         {
             return;
         }

src/physics/arcade/World.js

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ Phaser.Physics.Arcade = function (game) {
     */
     this.skipQuadTree = true;
 
+    /**
+    * @property {boolean} isPaused - If `true` the `Body.preUpdate` method will be skipped, halting all motion for all bodies. Note that other methods such as `collide` will still work, so be careful not to call them on paused bodies.
+    */
+    this.isPaused = false;
+
     /**
     * @property {Phaser.QuadTree} quadTree - The world QuadTree.
     */
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ Phaser.Physics.Arcade.prototype = {
     },
 
     /**
-    * Called automatically by a Physics body, it updates all motion related values on the Body.
+    * Called automatically by a Physics body, it updates all motion related values on the Body unless `World.isPaused` is `true`.
     *
     * @method Phaser.Physics.Arcade#updateMotion
     * @param {Phaser.Physics.Arcade.Body} The Body object to be updated.