Unity Pause Tutorial: Best Practices to Pause Your Game the Right Way

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In this quick 6-minute tutorial, you'll learn how to pause your Unity game the right way. Pausing a game may seem like a simple task, but doing it in a scalable and efficient isn't as obvious as you'd think, and I haven't seen many other tutorial channels do it this way.

By the end of the tutorial, you'll have a solid understanding of how to implement a pause system in Unity that is both flexible and user-friendly. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Unity developer, this tutorial is perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to pause their game in the right way.

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Contents of This Video: ------------------------------------------

00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Deactivating scripts (for small projects)
01:00 - Showing how our Input works
02:00 - Showing how the pause and menu currently works
02:28 - Adding a UI Action Map
03:09 - How to switch action maps during runtime
03:57 - Fixing the menu not being able to close

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