Newb Question - How to turn on Manual Pause

[Wolfsun]

Hunted all over options - I don't see a manual pause on/off option.

I'm not playing a twitch fest arcade game for kids - I'm playing a strategy game that occasionally requires thought and some time to develop it.

The tips and help says can't manual pause unless it is enabled and then]/b] - there's no way to enable it (that I can find).

I'm playing the campaign trying to learn this game - hoping it really is a decent successor to RR Tycoon (and it kind'a looks like it is) but I need to be able to pause to do it enjoyably.

[Didz]

It's one of the options that you can select when you first choose a campaign or scenario (see screenshot)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1438543090

Just set it to 'Manual' and you can use the spacebar to pause the game.

[matteus]

Just before gamestart you see a dialoguebox in which you can choose the amount of money, number of opponents etc..You just need to change the second from the bottom to "Manual".

Edit: Someone was faster.....

[Wolfsun]

Thanks guys. Got it.

That said:

The controls for this game are most confusing. Considering I've been playing computer games since 1979 I figured I'd seen it all. Well - this is something new. Hell - I can't even figure out how to add additional trains to an existing line. It ought'a be something like open line, press add train, add train and pay for it, close line. Nope! Frustrating.

I can see a ton of potential here which for me may go unrealized as I'm too damned old to deal with a poorly designe UI - especially in this day and age.

Beautiful graphics though - downright eye candy - real, real purty!

[TVMAN]

Werewolf13 eredeti hozzászólása:

I can't even figure out how to add additional trains to an existing line. It ought'a be something like open line, press add train, add train and pay for it, close line. Nope! Frustrating.

Well, you don't. Trains are arranged by route, not by line. If you want to have two trains working the same route, click on the little rubberstamp icon in the top right when you have the route selected.

Also I agree with you about the manual pause choice. Really strange game design decision to punish a player for pausing. It's not like this is a roguelike.

[Setwar]

I just started the game...but doesn't the game pause when you click the build menu? Even when not on manual?

[Skybreaker]

Setwar eredeti hozzászólása:

I just started the game...but doesn't the game pause when you click the build menu? Even when not on manual?

Depends on what you have set.
There are three different iterations to be chosen from, before starting a game:
- Trainiac -> No Pauses at all.
- Manual -> Game will Pause, when the player hits the spacebar
- Normal -> The game will pause, when entering menus, you are building e.g. tracks, in bulldozer-mode and so on.
Seems like you are playing Normal.

-cheers

[Simpson3k]

Well with pause only on build menu´s the game continues in between each finished build step. With pause on space you can pretty much invest all cash to finish your startup empire without letting a single day pass by. So its kind of an advantage but i agree that its mean to become punished scorelike for a feature that became kind of default for railroadbuild simulations since Railroad Tycoon 1. *shrugs* Considering that economy simulations usualy arent played by action and fast decision loving players, its a weird decision by the dev´s to punish those who prefer to deeply and long think about the best way to build up the railroad empire and promote those who act fast and inconsiderately.

How about add a minigame for assigned rogues to give Counter-strike pro´s an advantage in train raids and the defense against those, optional but of course with another minus on score to those who dont? Another kick-in-the-balls to mindfull and slowly players. I mean you said A, so you should say B now aswell, no?

[Bored Peon]

I have to agree with the OP. The game lacks pauses for important things because time passes too quickly.

Unless you are playing multiplayer there is no reason to not allow the pause time to examine things.

The player base of the game IS older people and we do not want twitch type gaming for a game like this. We like to sit around take our time and examine things and relax. Not play a franticlly face paced game.

[rff1]

I am definitely one of the "older people" (I'm 84 !). One simple change would help me a lot, and that is to have the game pause when creating a new train, a job which takes me 5 game-days at least and much more when I want to use manual loading or choose how many cars to use. And it wouldn't be a bad idea to pause when the trains list is open: searching for a particular train among 50 or more takes me a long time, especially when I can't remember if it's New Tork to Pittsburgh or the reverse and the darn thing is hiding in a station.

[Bored Peon]

Trying to set up Chapter 4 under normal is a complete pain in the ass. You have lost a crapload of time in game just setting up all the trains, auctions, and warehouses.

[Didz]

It has never occurred to me to play this game without the 'Manual Pause' option. I'm a strategy gaming not a click monkey and the only real pleasure to be gained from a strategy game is the cerebral one of thinking about the best choices to make. Therefore, removing the thinking time destroys the only interest I have in the game.

A classic example of a strategy game that does this is the Wargame Franchise, and the only way i ever play that game is with the help of a third party programme (Cheat Engine) that allows me to slow the game speed down to almost zero, and gives me the time I need to think about strategy.

[Bored Peon]

That is the thing, there is a lot of info screens and such to look at. Yet none of them are worth looking at if it does not pause the game. Simply because you have no time to spend looking at them.

So if you aint going to give the player time to look at the animations and graphs and such then what was the point of having them?

[chaney]

The initial game had no pause at all. Community opinion got the devs to add it.

I suspect the original intent of the game was to be more of a pure "real time" game, but the fans of that style found the game too easy, leaving players more interested in squeezing out the most from the efficiency puzzle and those struggling to read and click fast enough.

The good thing is the game lets you play with full pause, none at all, or pause during building as options. The penalty for using stronger pause is a feature some don't like. My response is to try and set my own goals - how fast on the calendar can I finish a game, regardles of rating? I admit I still try for a top rating, but in some games I forget about the rating and focus on max effiiciency of one kind or another.

[Limmin]

I found this thread, thankfully, as it answers some of my newbie questions. I already restarted the initial scenario a couple of times because it was easier than trying to correct my newbie mistakes.

The ability to pause, when new and learning, does remove a lot of the stress for me. But I wonder if I can even turn it on for the initial, tutorial scenario? If I restart, will I be able to select "manual pausing" from the options, or are these disabled for the tutorial scenario? I'd prefer not to have to restart again if I can't turn on manual pausing.

Much as I don't like not being able to pause, as it forces me to play against my playstyle, I am willing to live with it for the tutorial scenario if there is no way to turn it off.

Thanks!

[chaney]

I don't remember for sure, it has been a long time, but I think when you start each game there is the option to set the Pause mode. I think I played the campaign all in Full Pause except one of the later scenarios. (It had no AI competitors, so to get President it had to be played without the Pause score penalty.) That's the only one I remember feeling burdened with no pause.

Once you start the scenario, you can't change options like Pause or Track.