Pause/Unpause worked like a charm, thanks for your help.

Oh thank you I'll try that

I've seen runs that skip the cutscene right when Max falls into the pool and can continue the game no problem. Everytime I try to skip it, it softlocks me inside the elevator. Does anyone have a solution for it?

Oh that fixed it thank you!

I started running any% glitchless + cutscene skip and it skips twice whenever I complete a level, does anyone else have this problem?