Can't pause game after update.

[Mashpotaters]

I finally decided to let Dawn of War 2 update. I didn't have any issues with GFWL, but whatever, I was getting tired of playing offline just to play the game so figured I might as well updated. Started a new campaign after it updated, and now I can't pause the game. I used to be able to hit the "pause" key on my keyboard to pause the game and issue commands while the game was paused, but not anymore.

[CastaRune]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/15620/discussions/0/616187203947612034/

oops.. you might want to report that to the dev...

[Mashpotaters]

I just checked Retribution, and that also got the pause removed. Hitting the pause key there just brings up the esc menu. Did the patch for DoW2/Retribution remove game pausing in single player? That's some BS.

[kjaekley]

I have the same issue. Pretty much makes the games unusable from my POV. Its really too bad since these are some of my favorite games.

[Mashpotaters]

Originally posted by Shadow:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/15620/discussions/0/616187203947612034/

oops.. you might want to report that to the dev...

It says the pausing was removed from multiplayer, so I'm thinking it was only removed from single player by accident. Hopefully the switch to Steamworks wasn't the only support the game is getting because we need more patches to fix what the update broke.

[kjaekley]

Still hoping for an answer as to whether this will be fixed...

[The Evil]

Its beecause most of us play against computers and were used to pausing it you should really fucus on that because almost no one plays online because of connection issues.............

[Darkwombat]

At least opening the game menu still pauses the game. For a second there I thought they had removed the ability to pause the game entirely, which would be a showstopper for me. I'm already quite pissed about losing my save games, I'm sure as heck not gonna run through all the missions again without the liberty to get up, stretch my legs, take a leak, get a snack, etc. At least I can still do that, though at some point they really need to fix single-player pause to use the pause key like it used to.

[Mashpotaters]

Originally posted by Darkwombat:

At least opening the game menu still pauses the game.

That's actually what makes it so weird. You can still bring up the menu and queue up actions in single player, but there's a square block with menu options blocking your screen. The pause key would pause the game with only the word pause in the middle of your screen, so you'd still have full view of the battlefield. Basically, there was the menu screen and then there was the pause screen. Both screens effectively paused the game, but the pause screen didn't block your view with a menu box. The pause screen was nuked from the game, and it makes no sense since the patch notes state it was only supposed to be multiplayer.

[Jackie]

Has anyone found a workaround for this? I am extremely disappointed that the active pause feature was removed and am now thinking about getting the game refunded (thank god refunds are now a thing).

[Mashpotaters]

Originally posted by StrawberryClock:

Has anyone found a workaround for this? I am extremely disappointed that the active pause feature was removed and am now thinking about getting the game refunded (thank god refunds are now a thing).

The workaround is to just use the menu screen (F10 or Pause/Break) to pause the game and queue up your commands by either clicking where you want the units to go or pressing the keybind for their ability. It isn't pretty since you have the menu box in the middle of your screen, but it's as close as you can get to playing it how you could before they removed the pause screen.

I love the game, but if the pause gameplay is important to you I say go for the refund. I mean, it's a pretty important feature for the single player that was there until they migrated over from GFWL to Steam, and their attempt to fix the issue was to just bind the key that opens the menu (F10) to the key that used to open the pause screen.

[Jackie]

There has to be a hack somewhere to bring back the real active pause button.

Otherwise, this really sucks.

[Cyberdemon]

+1
I really hope they fix this with another patch. Otherwise this game becomes unplayable for me...

[Tytalus]

Does anyone know if there is a fix for this yet?