Can I pause my game using Time.timeScale = 0 and still run animated UI Elements? YES!

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Yes! Set the "Update Mode" to "Unscaled Time"

Spoiler: Sample Pause Script in C# and UnityScript

Sample Pause Script [C#]

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using UnityEngine.UI;
4. #if UNITY_EDITOR
5. using UnityEditor;
6. #endif
7.  
8. public class PauseManager : MonoBehaviour {
9.  
10.     Canvas canvas;
11.  
12.     void Start()
13.     {
14.         canvas = GetComponent<Canvas>();
15.         canvas.enabled = false;
16.     }
17.  
18.     void Update()
19.     {
20.         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
21.         {
22.             Pause();
23.         }
24.     }
25.  
26.     public void Pause()
27.     {
28.         canvas.enabled = !canvas.enabled;
29.         Time.timeScale = Time.timeScale == 0 ? 1 : 0;
30.     }
31.  
32.     public void Quit()
33.     {
34.         #if UNITY_EDITOR
35.         EditorApplication.isPlaying = false;
36.         #else
37.         Application.Quit();
38.         #endif
39.     }
40. }

Sample Pause Script [US/JS]

Code (JavaScript):

1. #pragma strict
2. import UnityEngine.UI;
3.  
4. private var canvas : Canvas;
5.  
6. function Start()
7. {
8.     canvas = GetComponent.<Canvas>();
9.     canvas.enabled = false;
10. }
11.  
12. function Update()
13. {
14.     if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
15.     {
16.         Pause();
17.     }
18. }
19.  
20. public function Pause()
21. {
22.     canvas.enabled = !canvas.enabled;
23.     Time.timeScale = Time.timeScale == 0 ? 1 : 0;
24. }
25.  
26. public function Quit()
27. {
28.     #if UNITY_EDITOR
29.     EditorApplication.isPlaying = false;
30.     #else
31.     Application.Quit();
32.     #endif
33. }

 

Nice to see this is built in. I remember needing to write HOTween animation code to handle this use case in other GUI systems.

 

DoTween you can use
tweener.SetUpdate(true);

this is will Ignore TimeScale