Menu is Not Popping Up When It Should

I have a problem. A menu is supposed to pop up when I hit the spacebar (and should close when it's open when I hit the spacebar again), but it isn't. Any clue as to why?

Additionally, I would like to make the menu be fixed on the screen when it is open. If anyone knows how to do that, that would be great.

Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1dG28J0vEEvQmdlVCUXyglCLZXp2iQf3s/view

Events run from top to bottom. So you press space + menu isn't visible so it gets enabled. Then the next event + menu is now visible, it instantly gets disabled again. Use sub-events with an "else"

I tried to do that. It is still not working. This is what I have at the moment (I tried adding an else statement but it wasn't very helpful). What steps am I missing? I'm rather new to Construct 3 so adding images may be helpful

I'm also only using the free version of Construct 3, which may play a role in some events not working.

Oh I did attach an image, maybe it didn't load for you?

Either way, your event is not quite right. On space pressed should be the only top condition, with no actions. Then as sub-conditions you do the "is visible" and "else"

There should be an image in this post for how it's supposed to look like.

CreateaGame18

Even if you use the correct conditions as WackyToaster mentioned, you still need to set the opacity of PlantMenu back to 100% (or remove the action that sets it to 0), because the object is already invisible from the start.

WackyToaster

This is the problem I'm having. I keep on getting a red else statement every time I add one. Is there a step I'm missing? All I'm doing is add a sub condition.

The "Is visible" also needs to be a sub-event. The reason Else is red is because it needs a condition at the same level above it as I posted in my screenshot.

On space pressed

----- condition is visible -> do this

----- else -> do that

WackyToaster

I just figured it out. However, the menu is still not popping up for some reason.

That's because of what Kashin Ginn mentioned. You set the opacity of the menu to 0 at the start of layout, which is not needed.

Just delete those two "set opacity to 0" actions. You don't need it because the menu is already set to not be visible.

Thank you so much WackyToaster !

And sorry for ignoring you — Ginn . I'm such a newbie to Construct 3