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# Clock & Time Scales

**Juicy Actions** comes with a built-in time scale system that enables variable time scales and pausing and resuming. You can utilize it, ignore it, or easily allow your existing time system to control it.

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[Juicy Actions Clock](/magic-pig-games/juicy-actions/clock-and-time-scales/juicy-actions-clock.md)
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If you use[ **Magic Time**](broken://pages/hlYGqP9mEYDbmgzVLrzB), you can integrate that, and **Juicy Actions** will respect per-object timescales.

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[Magic Time Integration](/magic-pig-games/juicy-actions/clock-and-time-scales/magic-time-integration.md)
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If you have your own time class, you can easily create a bridge — or have your favorite AI create one for you!

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[Custom Time Bridge / Integrations](/magic-pig-games/juicy-actions/clock-and-time-scales/custom-time-bridge-integrations.md)
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## Clock Flow Chart

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The `ActionExecutor` is the core of the clock — each one can utilize different clock systems if needed. By default, they utilize the built-in `JuicyActionsClock`, which utilizes the `DefaultClock` copying the Unity time system, although with the ability to pause actions without pausing the Unity time system.

## Start TimeScale

[Juicy Actions Settings](/magic-pig-games/juicy-actions/juicy-actions-settings.md) has an option for a default `TimeScale`. This is great when your entire project should start at a non standard Time Scale. However, if you have a single scene that you want to start at a different Time Scale, you can use the `SceneTimeScaleOverride` class. Throw that on any object, and the `TimeScale` will be set to the value you'd like.

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Many of the demo scenes use this to start the `TimeScale` at `0`.
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