How do I make a pause function?

Sosasees

I want to pause/unpause my game per Input.is_action_just_pressed("pause"). I don't want a pause menu yet, since this would make the instructions too complicated to understand. For now, I only need the game to freeze or unfreeze, no additional menus added.

Megalomaniak

docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/misc/pausing_games.html

make sure to read the linked page through.

    var is_paused = false
    
    if Input.is_action_just_pressed("pause") and !is_paused:
        get_tree().paused = true
    elif Input.is_action_just_pressed("pause") and is_paused:
        get_tree().paused = false
    else:
        pass

Sosasees

Thanks very much for the answer. Now I can finally pause the game, and it was very simple. I only needed to read the Documentation Page and not your code example (probably because the code example is already on the Documentation Page). I managed to shorten the example code from the Documenation. Now it's only a simple if-statement:

extends Control

func _process(_delta):
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("pause"):
		get_tree().paused = !get_tree().paused
		if get_tree().paused == true : $Popup.show()
		if get_tree().paused == false: $Popup.hide()

This is my pause scene:

Control: "Pause" ? ?
  ⤷ Popup: "Popup"
	  ⤷ RichTextLabel: "Text" ?

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If you don't disagree, I'll write you in my game credits:

××× Special Thanks to the helpful Answers on the Godot Forums ×××

Godot Forums Moderator: Megalomaniak (Pause Screen)

Megalomaniak

I honestly feel it would be fairer to perhaps give credit to the contributors of the documentation rather than me. ;)

Sosasees

@Megalomaniak said: I honestly feel it would be fairer to perhaps give credit to the contributors of the documentation rather than me. ;)

Where can I see who contributed to the documentation?

In the meantime, ,,Special Thanks to the Godot Documentation Contributors" is much better than nothing.

TwistedTwigleg

If you go to the Godot GitHub, and then navigate to the file, you can click the History button to see everyone who has contributed, including the first commit, which would be the original author.

In the case of the pausing tutorial, it is hard to say because the history only goes far enough back to see that the file was moved...

Megalomaniak

@Sosasees said:

In the meantime, ,,Special Thanks to the Godot Documentation Contributors" is much better than nothing.

I would think that would suffice, if someone is interested in finding out more specific info they can look for it themselves.