Make a Pause Menu in Godot in 5 Minutes!

Easy and step by step tutorial on how to make a pause menu in Godot (I used version 4.3 here). I will explain some key points so you know how to take this knowledge into your own games too!

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[Serpgamer]

I think the YouTube algorithm is doing a better job at recommending small channels. Good luck!

[rhinoWork]

finally i search for something and youtube gives me gold like this..appreciate the vid mn :)

[Flamebamboo]

Thanks Man! Amazing tutorial helped alot

[Trendsthismonth]

The issue with this setup is that it is still there... Even though you can't see it and you can still click on the buttons. How do we fix that?

[Not-YourCheese]

The best way I can explain this tutorial is easy to digest. Very good tutorial, keep it up! ❤

[noise_dev]

even though I didn't need pausing menu it was very helpful with making my inventory UI. man how hard it is?! Good tutorial man!

[DragoonSlayer]

Thanks for the video man it was really good. i had a problem when i hit my pause button the game would freeze the game. i figured it out though for people having this problem make sure on the pause menu node set the process mode to always. i found that if you don't have it set to always it would cause the menu it self would pause and lock the game up.

[GGAMER]

I mean. it pauses, but the buttons dont show up and the button dont even move because their container defines their position

[mrblamboy]

Hell yea brother, this helped me squash a bug I was experiencing for like 2 days. Tysm!

[An.nymus]

I thought i was tripping when I heard the stardew valley music

[goncalobernardes]

hello! Loved the tutorial but I’m having some issues, the menu works completely fine except for how it shows up on screen. When i play, the text shows up without activating the pause menu, and it’s tiny. When i open the pause menu the animation plays but the text remains small. Is there a way to fix this? Thank you either way, really liked the tutorial :)


Edit: I fixed the size issue, but the menu still shows up before it’s clicked

[AlwaysEast]

If you'd rather instantiate the control UI you can move the contents of `pause` to `_ready()` and `unpause` becomes

await
get_tree().paused = false
self.queue_free() ```

[Just_AnotherGameDev]

I have an issue. when I pause my game I cant unpause it. I can press esc and it pauses fine but when I press it again nothing happens.

[timothy]

Thanks man! Helped me create my death screen UI!! Great tutorial!

[HighImHorizon]

lmao ive been struggling on making a restart screen for my game for so long because no matter what i did the button just wouldnt activate . thank you for saying to enable "always" in the process section early on in the video because that was why mine wasn't working lol

[AnamuraUniverse]

I got it working but I'm running into an issue. I try to explain as best as I can. I only set 1 button to return to main menu. I skipped the blur animations.

I press ESC, all fine, I can use pause button, then press ESC to go back to game but I can't control the player, it keeps moving by itself (I'm using a 3rd person player prefab). I press ESC again and this time I can't interact with pause menu button. I press ESC again and now I can control the player. Then this repeats... I press ESC, all fine, etc...

Also, I press ESC, all fine, but then I press the button to go back to main menu, then the buttons of the main menu don't work.

I think there must be something that is not reseting properly?

[WunderChilld]

Thanks for the videos brother, could you bring a video explaining how to enter/use some type of vehicle? whether horse, car, etc.

[devmishra]

It works for me! for that thanks a lot brother!! but i don't know why i am getting something different i don't know why every time i jump for a very split second the pause menu shows it self and disappear can you fix it?

[jameslionbreath]

on 0:52, process should be always but the container should be when paused

because if not they overlay permanently in the middle of the screen even if invisible, so a player could click the quit button even if not there visibly

minor edit:
If your making a button that goes to start/controls (Basically any scene) be sure to add this
func _ready():
get_tree().paused = false
pass
That way the buttons work

And i think you could just change the user interface node with a canvas layer, that way you have 1 less node in the other scenes

[rogerfalkevicz]

How do i change the button to the why did you cut that