Need Help Creating a Pause Menu for a Text-Based Visual Novel in Unreal Engine 5

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Hello! I just started working on a visual novel using Unreal Engine 5, and I need some guidance on creating a pause menu.

First, I want to say that I started with Unreal Engine 5 and game programming in general only three days ago, so I’m sorry if I talk some nonsense. My visual novel has the main protagonists, but the player only interacts with the story by clicking on choices - there is no direct control of the characters using WASD or other inputs.

I have searched for tutorials on how to create a pause menu for a text-based visual novel in Unreal Engine 5, but most of them involve controlling a character, which is not applicable to my project. Can you please provide some guidance on how to create a pause menu for a text-based visual novel in Unreal Engine 5?

Thank you so much in advance for your help.

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Perhaps you could explain what that means. How is this menu different from all the other menus you’ve seen in tutorials?

  • bring up a widget with options on keypress and pause the game

What else is needed?

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I apologize for bringing up this topic. I acknowledge that I still have significant knowledge gaps in programming, and therefore, I plan to focus on learning the basics first before attempting to tackle more complex tasks such as creating a pause menu (for me). Thank you for your response. May I request the admins or moderators to remove the topic?