Pause the game option

[ohiorice]

I'm of the opinion having the ability to pause the game beyond the need for real life actions we won't mention here is a viable request.

So far the amount of text I would like to cogitate over is more than you might expect from an Early Access game. I expect that could continue, becoming a trend if you will.

I'd like an in-game pause so I could read all this stuff - otherwise what's the point? Or have I missed an option for doing such things?

[Lupa]

When you press esc it pauses, but other then that no it doesn't pause as far as Im aware.

[wildbill]

So you can pause this game?

Just saw that it is on sale and trying to decide whether to buy. Strangely, being able to pause a game is very important to me. My wife likes to get my attention and I don't like to end up doing something that kills me while I'm away from the game for a minute or two.

[roterfelsen]

Originally posted by ohiorice:

I'm of the opinion having the ability to pause the game beyond the need for real life actions we won't mention here is a viable request.

So far the amount of text I would like to cogitate over is more than you might expect from an Early Access game. I expect that could continue, becoming a trend if you will.

I'd like an in-game pause so I could read all this stuff - otherwise what's the point? Or have I missed an option for doing such things?

English (translated with google):
It is true that the game currently continues when you open a text field - so there is currently a risk that you will die as a result of the action continuing, that is true, but I don't think that is a problem.

On the one hand, there are extremely few moments in which there is any danger of dying unless one actually commits suicide.

On the other hand, there is almost never anything to read in the moments in the game when the game creates a deadly danger. The only time I notice this, if at all, is in the underdust when you are relying on the air reserve in your air tank. Yes, it could happen that you bite the dust when you read a text and your oxygen decreases.

But that's not really a problem. On the one hand, there are enough oxygen filling stations (assuming you have batteries with you - but there are enough of them lying around) and on the other hand, the texts are not that long. And last but not least, you can read everything again in the logbook.


German:
Es ist zwar richtig, dass derzeit das Spiel weiterläuft, wenn Du ein Textfeld aufmachst - die Gefahr, das Du durch die dann weiterlaufende Handlung stirbst, besteht also derzeit, das stimmt, aber das ist denke ich kein Problem.

Zum einen gibt es nur extrem wenige Momente, wo die Gefahr zu sterben überhaupt vorhanden ist, wenn man nicht gerade Selbstmord begeht.

Zum anderen gibt es in den Momenten im Spiel, in denen durch das Spiel eine tödliche Gefahr entsteht, nahezu nie was zu lesen. Der einzige Moment, in dem mir das, wenn überhaupt auffällt, ist im Underdust, wenn Du auf die Luftreserve in deiner Atemluftflasche angewiesen bist. Ja, da könnte es passieren, dass du ins Gras beißt, wenn Du einen Text liest und währenddessen dein Sauerstoff abnimmt.

Aber das ist auch nicht wirklich ein Problem. Zum einen gibt es genügend Sauerstofffüllstationen (vorausgesetzt man hat Batterien dabei - von denen aber genug herumliegen) zum anderen sind die Texte nicht so lang. Und zu guter letzt kannst Du alles noch mal im Logbuch nachlesen.

[Zueuk]

Yes! This is quite annoying. No idea why such basic thing is not implemented properly

[J[Y]anin]

The answer was given in the first reply. Not sure why the necro :p

[Vela Darney]

Originally posted by Zueuk:

Yes! This is quite annoying. No idea why such basic thing is not implemented properly

What is annoying? Tapping Esc to make the game pause?

[Zueuk]

Not pausing the game when you're reading any in-game text

[wildbill]

Originally posted by JYanin:

The answer was given in the first reply. Not sure why the necro :p

Ya, I did a search, and found this really old post, since this is early access and they game has changed a lot, I wanted to confirm that the pause on esc was still a feature.