Question about game time

[Ei]

For a run for proffesional, I need to get below 5 hours and 30 minutes for the cat ears to unlock.
Does this go by the game time when I pause it then stay still? As long as that is below 3 hours and 30 minutes do I have it or does it go by some other time because I tend to pause a lot.
Do cutscenes count? So far it does not seem as though they do from what I have tested.

[umeng2002]

New game with only 15 max saves under 5 hours 30 minutes. I think cutscenes, map, and merchant counts.

If you die, your time doesn't reset unless you quit to the main menu when you die and manually load your last save. Pressing continue when you die will not reset your time. Again, quit to the main menu, then manually reload your last save.

[Platapoop]

The menu screen pauses. Looking at map, inventory counts as time. Radios calls (like with hunnigan) counts as time. Some cutscenes count as time, such as in the elevator with Luis, when first island pig cutscene occurs. Most do not. Best to skip all cutscenes to be safe.

[Necrilem]

When you press ESC to open the menu, you can see your current runs time at the bottom. That is the time that needs to be below 5h 30min. It doesnt run while you have that menu open.

[Ei]

Originally posted by Necrilem:

When you press ESC to open the menu, you can see your current runs time at the bottom. That is the time that needs to be below 5h 30min. It doesnt run while you have that menu open.

Gotcha, thank you. I did 2 hardcore runs, one blind as my first, and a second for achievment hunting so I wanna try to get whatever I can done in another 2-3 runs.

[Rabini]

Explaining in detail:

You can check the run time by pressing ESC which pauses the timer.
The time passes as long the game is unpaused. Except in some special cases.
If you are using a typewriter, the time PAUSES. You can use this to sort your items without wasting time.
At the chapter end screen, the time PAUSES.
During any cinematic, the time PAUSES. But note that during COMMS the time CONTINUES, skip them as fast as possible.
If you die in any moment and click Continue or Load save, the time keeps going on. If you wish to return to the time that was when you saved, you have to press Quit and load from main menu.
Accessing inventory, docs, treasures and map, the time keeps ticking.
During merchant interactions the time passes as normal.
During the shooting range the time counts too.

These are the main observations that i can share with you from my experience.
Good luck.

[ModernSamurai]

All you need to know is that cutscenes will not count, and only the escape key actually pauses the timer. (Merchant menu, looking at map etc. will count.)

[B]

Pausing using the map or inventory will keep the timer ticking, so it's important to pause using the correct method.

[Ei]

Originally posted by Rabini:

Explaining in detail:

You can check the run time by pressing ESC which pauses the timer.
The time passes as long the game is unpaused. Except in some special cases.
If you are using a typewriter, the time PAUSES. You can use this to sort your items without wasting time.
At the chapter end screen, the time PAUSES.
During any cinematic, the time PAUSES. But note that during COMMS the time CONTINUES, skip them as fast as possible.
If you die in any moment and click Continue or Load save, the time keeps going on. If you wish to return to the time that was when you saved, you have to press Quit and load from main menu.
Accessing inventory, docs, treasures and map, the time keeps ticking.
During merchant interactions the time passes as normal.
During the shooting range the time counts too.

These are the main observations that i can share with you from my experience.
Good luck.

Thank you very much, I plan on doing my best to get 5 30 or less, I got some skips down so far but not a lot.