I know about them and use them often, But I liked the Idea of a component that I can just add to any actor.
Getting back on track to my original question , I created a new empty level and deleted all lights and even the skysphere and set the floor to hidden, so now I have a totally black environment for my floating 3d menu.
How could I create this look ingame when I open the menu. instead of loading in the new empty level and having to somehow save the game state while its open and reload back to it when I close it. Just want it to feel seamless like I never left the game world.