How to Create a Main Menu, Graphics Settings & Pause Screen in Unreal Engine 5

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Check out my Horror Basement Environment (assets used in the video) here: https://www.fab.com/listings/3199c959-1e56-41d5-b3a9-faf78e12522e Support me here: https://www.patreon.com/halbotstudios Get my assets here: https://www.fab.com/sellers/HALbot%20Studios Join the Discord and showoff your work here: https://discord.gg/Syccf4gTwE In this Unreal Engine 5 tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a fully functional main menu, add graphics settings, and build a working pause screen, all using Blueprints This is a great starting point if you're polishing your project and want players to have control over their settings and a smooth pause experience. What You’ll Learn: ✅ How to build a main menu using UMG widgets ✅ Adding resolution, fullscreen, and quality options ✅ Creating a pause screen that works during gameplay ✅ Blueprint scripting for menu navigation ✅ Saving settings and applying them in-game Perfect for indie devs, game jam projects, and anyone wanting to add professional polish to their Unreal Engine 5 game! 0:04 -- Scope, goals, and what’s skipped 1:25 -- Shout-outs, Patreon tier, included assets 2:14 -- Project setup and making a dedicated menu level 3:31 -- Importing SFX and looping menu music 4:04 -- Building a cinematic backdrop from an environment slice 7:12 -- Level Blueprint: set camera, cursor, UI-only input, spawn widget 10:11 -- Main menu widget: layout, buttons, simple styling 23:37 -- Hooking Start, Quit, Back and fixing game-only input in level 27:10 -- Options widget container and basic layout 40:04 -- Resolution row: ComboBox, populate from supported modes, show current 1:04:20 -- Screen mode buttons: fullscreen, windowed, borderless with bindings 1:16:12 -- Graphics quality buttons: set scalability and reflect selection 1:23:40 -- Pause menu: open on key, resume flow, quit to main menu 1:33:04 -- Visual polish: dark overlay and blur on pause 1:35:19 -- Wrap and where to get the project files #UnrealEngine5 #GameDevelopment #UEMainMenu Unreal Engine 5, UE5, Unreal Engine 5 tutorial, main menu UE5, graphics settings UE5, pause screen UE5, Unreal Engine main menu tutorial, UE5 pause menu, create settings menu UE5, how to make a main menu in Unreal Engine, UMG UE5 tutorial, UI tutorial Unreal Engine, game menu UE5, blueprint UI tutorial, video game main menu, settings widget UE5, game dev UE5, indie game tutorial, Unreal Engine pause screen, how to create menus in UE5