--- a/scenes/mission_menu_screen.tscn
+++ b/scenes/mission_menu_screen.tscn
@@ -33,10 +33,3 @@
 text = " * High Scores"
 order_number = 1
 
-[node name="ExitItem" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_n0jtc")]
-offset_left = 8.0
-offset_top = 56.0
-offset_right = 136.0
-offset_bottom = 64.0
-text = " * Exit"
-order_number = 2
--- a/scenes/pause_menu.tscn
+++ b/scenes/pause_menu.tscn
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@
 text = "Main Menu"
 order_number = 2
 
-[node name="ExitMenuItem" parent="." instance=ExtResource("3_vagpt")]
-layout_mode = 0
-offset_left = 16.0
-offset_top = 80.0
-offset_right = 104.0
-offset_bottom = 90.0
-text = "Exit"
-order_number = 3
 
 [node name="SwitchStreamPlayer" type="AudioStreamPlayer" parent="."]
 stream = ExtResource("5_mvrue")
@@ -71,5 +63,3 @@
 [connection signal="selection" from="RestartMenuItem" to="." method="select"]
 [connection signal="clicked" from="MainMenuMenuItem" to="." method="choose"]
 [connection signal="selection" from="MainMenuMenuItem" to="." method="select"]
-[connection signal="clicked" from="ExitMenuItem" to="." method="choose"]
-[connection signal="selection" from="ExitMenuItem" to="." method="select"]
--- a/scripts/pause_menu.gd
+++ b/scripts/pause_menu.gd
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 var menu_item_list: Array[Node]
 var current_selection: int = 0
+# fredygames: quadro de fisica em que a pausa abriu (ver _physics_process).
+var opened_frame: int = -1
 
 
 func resume():
@@ -54,17 +56,21 @@
 
 
 func _ready():
-	menu_item_list = [$ResumeMenuItem, $RestartMenuItem, $MainMenuMenuItem, $ExitMenuItem]
+	# fredygames: sem "Exit" no navegador (get_tree().quit() so congela a pagina).
+	menu_item_list = [$ResumeMenuItem, $RestartMenuItem, $MainMenuMenuItem]
 	($ResumeMenuItem as MenuItem).set_selected(true)
+	visibility_changed.connect(func(): opened_frame = Engine.get_physics_frames())
 
 
 func _physics_process(_delta):
 	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("menu_up"):
 		select(max(0, current_selection-1))
 	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("menu_down"):
-		select(min(3, current_selection+1))
+		select(min(2, current_selection+1))
 	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("menu_select"):
 		choose(current_selection)
-	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("menu_cancel"):
+	# fredygames: Esc abre a pausa e tambem e "menu_cancel"; no Godot 4.5 o action_release() do game_scene nao
+	# limpa o "just pressed" do mesmo quadro e a pausa fechava na hora. So vale a partir do quadro seguinte.
+	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("menu_cancel") and Engine.get_physics_frames() > opened_frame:
 		resume()