UI Freezes Game for a Moment When First Toggled

(I don't know if this is belongs in the scripting category or the UI category, so I'm sorry if this is the wrong place.)

When "X" is pressed in my game, the game pauses (timescale is set to 0) and a menu is opened. Press "X" again and it closes and resets timescale to 1. This works fine in the Editor, but in a Build the game freezes for a moment when "X" is pressed before opening the menu. However, it works fine when closing it, as well as opening it after the first time. Any idea why this might be?

This is the script that toggles the menu:

Code (JavaScript):

1. #pragma strict
2.  
3. var player : GameObject;
4. var statMenu : GameObject;
5. var healthBar : GameObject;
6.  
7. function Start ()
8. {
9.     player = GameObject.Find("Player");
10. }
11.  
12. function Update ()
13. {
14.     if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.X))
15.     {
16.         if (statMenu.activeSelf == false)
17.         {
18.             statMenu.SetActive(true);
19.             healthBar.SetActive(false);
20.             Time.timeScale = 0;
21.         }
22.         else if (statMenu.activeSelf == true)
23.         {
24.             statMenu.SetActive(false);
25.             healthBar.SetActive(true);
26.             Time.timeScale = 1;
27.         }
28.     }
29. }
30.  

 

Do you have any scripts under statMenu object? Maybe they're only that point doing their first Start() after being enabled.

 

That was indeed the issue. Now I've made sure all the sub-scripts get a moment to load before the game starts and everything works like it should. Thanks!