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Hi Y'all,
maybe you can help me figuring out how to pause/freeze the entire run of the game for 10 seconds.
I tried using await get_tree().create_timer(10).timeout but it just doesn't work.
thank you,

    Create a node somewhere that has process_mode set to Always. In a script on this node add get_tree().paused = true (triggered by whatever triggers the pause) and start a 10 second timer that sets paused to false again on timeout.

    matanits1 was your timer set to one-shot?

    The other option is to check the system time with a singleton outside of the main scene tree that keeps processing (pause_mode = always) and then check the time elapsed vs the time the game started the pause.

    var _elapsed = 0 ### holder for value you will check
var _startTime : int = 0 ## holder for "start time" which checks system's "atomic" clock
const _endTime = 10000 ## 10 * 1000 milliseconds = 10 seconds

## tie this to your "pause" function, as this will log your "start" on the timer
func _timeLog():
    if _startTime == 0:
            _startTime = get_ticks_msec()


## then if pausing happens, we watch the atomic clock, and "empty" the value when done
func _process(delta):
    if get_tree().paused == true:
         _elapsed = get_ticks_msec() ## elapsed time updates each frame
    else:
         _elapsed = 0

    ## check start time vs how much has passed then when it hits the target time, unpause
    var _difference = _elapsed-_startTime
    if _difference >= _endTime:
        _startTime = 0
        get_tree().paused == false

      Thank you so much!
      I will be sure trying this soon and let you know how it goes!