Why no pause button?

[dalgo]

I am surprised that there is no pause button in Stardew Valley. I would find it very useful to pause the game while I plan my farm layout to decide where to position the sprinklers etc. I would also like to pause the game after watering my crops to make sure I haven't missed anything or in the mines when attacked by multiple enemies to decide whether to fight or flee.

The mechanics of pausing the game can't be a problem. The game pauses now when you check your inventory or eat a snack or interact with other villagers or reel in a fish. However each of those actions obscure the screen in some way.

All I can think of is that this is a deliberate gameplay decision.

Would other players like to see a separate pause button?

[capivara]

I think the game is fine without it.

[captainwiseass]

I just alt-tab when I need to pause.

[Chocice75]

Type "/pause" in the chat.
(It works on singleplayer and multiplayer, but only the host can use it in multiplayer.)

[Clovis Sangrail]

Esc key pauses the game.

F key pauses the game.

M key pauses the game.

E key pauses the game

Eating something pauses the game.

I have never found a shortage of ways to bring things to a stop when I need to.

What the hell do you want?

[Dgo]

You can additionally spam inventory button to have a pseudo pause and planify better.

[I Kinda Fail]

type /pause in chat to freeze time

[dalgo]

Thank you Spitfire

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

Esc key pauses the game.

F key pauses the game.

M key pauses the game.

E key pauses the game

Eating something pauses the game.

I have never found a shortage of ways to bring things to a stop when I need to.

What the hell do you want?

What I want - as I said in my opening post - is to be able to see the full screen in order to plan my farm layout. Those other options do pause the game but they obscure the screen - as I said in my opening post.

[blox]

There are stardew valley planners online. Maybe try that. of course, it's not really what you want. but it is a work around.

https://stardew.info/

[Clovis Sangrail]

3.5 million people have bought this game.

3,499,998 have managed to get by without a pause button, the two exceptions being spitfire and dalgo.

Just saying.

[Nakos]

Uh .... open your inventory, that pauses the game.

I'm really not sure what the problem is here.

[dalgo]

Originally posted by blox:

There are stardew valley planners online. Maybe try that. of course, it's not really what you want. but it is a work around.

https://stardew.info/

Yes that is an excellent planner and I do use it to plan my farm layout in advance, for the position of the main buildings at least.

[Zalec]

You need use mod to stop time then. https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/169

[arthum.inglorion]

Some people seem not to know how to read with comprehension, the question is about a separate pause button that let's one to keep the game screen focused on the normally visible area around the character just to plan your next action.
I'm not going to say it's a bad idea but it's not really something I personally see the need for in the game but I wouldn't be against it being added, nobody after all would be forcing me to use it.

[jayest]

Going into inventory (In singleplayer) will let you pause.

[I Kinda Fail]

Originally posted by arthum.inglorion:

Some people seem not to know how to read with comprehension, the question is about a separate pause button that let's one to keep the game screen focused on the normally visible area around the character just to plan your next action.

literally 3 different people have told OP how to pause the game without blocking their screen