Game's Not Working... I cannot 'Pause' the Game - Help Please.

[ItsOnlyAGame]

I'm late to this community, as I have just purchased this title a few days ago on 'Sale', but in spite of being well-pleased with its aesthetics, operability and controls, it seems to be broken - I cannot 'Pause' the game.
Can someone please provide some information on what 'Setting' I need to adjust in order to 'Pause' the Game?
Thank you

[Thqwib]

Publicado originalmente por Seamus:

So start the hunt over.

That's really inconvenient when I just wanna have fun with a game, not dedicate myself to it. Given a hunt can take at most 50 minutes, that's a lot of potential time waste if you had to give up because no pause button. Good thing they learned from this mistake and added pausing to Rise.

[Spacebar]

Just a heads up, if pausing is the reason you don't want the game, you can use this: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Gaming-Related/Universal-Pause-Button.shtml

It pretty much enables pause on any PC game.

[Seamus]

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

Publicado originalmente por Seamus:

So start the hunt over.

That's really inconvenient when I just wanna have fun with a game, not dedicate myself to it. Given a hunt can take at most 50 minutes, that's a lot of potential time waste if you had to give up because no pause button. Good thing they learned from this mistake and added pausing to Rise.

Yeah, that wasn't a mistake.

The difference is that Rise is based more on the older games where there's separate online and offline modes.

And seriously, if you need 50 minutes for a hunt, you really need to try harder.

[Thqwib]

Publicado originalmente por Seamus:

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

That's really inconvenient when I just wanna have fun with a game, not dedicate myself to it. Given a hunt can take at most 50 minutes, that's a lot of potential time waste if you had to give up because no pause button. Good thing they learned from this mistake and added pausing to Rise.

Yeah, that wasn't a mistake.

The difference is that Rise is based more on the older games where there's separate online and offline modes.

And seriously, if you need 50 minutes for a hunt, you really need to try harder.

And MHW bypasses all the lobby shenanigans when you're offline, yet still doesn't allow pausing. It's like it understands what a singleplayer mode is, but still punishes you. If pausing really wasn't so big of an issue, then handy mods like this

Publicado originalmente por Spacebar:

Just a heads up, if pausing is the reason you don't want the game, you can use this: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Gaming-Related/Universal-Pause-Button.shtml

It pretty much enables pause on any PC game.

wouldn't exist.

[Thqwib]

I don't quite agree with OP's decision to refund the game as a result, but I do completely understand it if they have a busy life. MHW is a fun game, but it does have some things it could improve on for convenience sake.

[Seamus]

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

And MHW bypasses all the lobby shenanigans when you're offline, yet still doesn't allow pausing. It's like it understands what a singleplayer mode is, but still punishes you. If pausing really wasn't so big of an issue, then handy mods like this

Publicado originalmente por Spacebar:

Just a heads up, if pausing is the reason you don't want the game, you can use this: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Gaming-Related/Universal-Pause-Button.shtml

It pretty much enables pause on any PC game.

wouldn't exist.

Except it doesn't bypass the lobby stuff. You still create a lobby when you start a game. It's just not connected to the internet.

[Thqwib]

Publicado originalmente por Seamus:

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

And MHW bypasses all the lobby shenanigans when you're offline, yet still doesn't allow pausing. It's like it understands what a singleplayer mode is, but still punishes you. If pausing really wasn't so big of an issue, then handy mods like this

wouldn't exist.

Except it doesn't bypass the lobby stuff. You still create a lobby when you start a game. It's just not connected to the internet.

No? In offline mode there is none of the settings setup or anything. It even warns you the game has been launched in offline mode and has no access to any network features. Unless it's just a silent lobby, but regardless of how it works it's still dumb.

[Mr. September]

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

I don't quite agree with OP's decision to refund the game as a result, but I do completely understand it if they have a busy life. MHW is a fun game, but it does have some things it could improve on for convenience sake.

Publicado originalmente por Xenos:

If you can't find 50 minutes of free time then you shouldn't be playing games during that time in the first place. Or you should be more responsible and manage your time better.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good riddance I guess. If you don't have the time or the will to do something, just do something else. Refunding because the game can't be paused is just an excuse.

[Seamus]

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

No? In offline mode there is none of the settings setup or anything. It even warns you the game has been launched in offline mode and has no access to any network features. Unless it's just a silent lobby, but regardless of how it works it's still dumb.

It's still creating a lobby.

Publicado originalmente por Mr. September:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good riddance I guess. If you don't have the time or the will to do something, just do something else.

This, tbh.

[Mr. September]

Publicado originalmente por Seamus:

Publicado originalmente por Mr. September:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good riddance I guess. If you don't have the time or the will to do something, just do something else.

This, tbh.

We have enough impatient people playing the game already. We don't need more of them after all.

[Xenos]

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

Publicado originalmente por Sync:

Anyways, yes every game should be able to pause. It's a basic convenience for anyone who gets interrupted often by real life and prefers playing solo. Even launching MHW in Steam offline mode doesn't let you pause, which is just nonsense. Sure farcasters exist and are the closest thing to a "pause" feature, but the hunts are still timed which could lead to a failed hunt if that IRL distraction took a while to deal with.

Publicado originalmente por Xenos:

No, not every game should be able to pause, because online games CAN NOT PHYSICALLY PAUSE. Offline mode would have an excuse, but you can't pause in a GTA lobby because what is the game gonna do, freeze ALL other players in place while you go take a piss?

If you can't find 50 minutes of free time then you shouldn't be playing games during that time in the first place. Or you should be more responsible and manage your time better.

Or with games like Dark Souls, its an intentional design choice because its supposed to say "You aren't safe just standing around, don't think the game is going to spare you while you feed your dog".

Maybe read my whole post, I specifically pointed out that it doesn't pause even in Steam offline mode, where it has no excuse not to. I never made any argument about an online-only game needing to pause.

And I also pointed out how life just happens, you could think you have 50 min or more free time when suddenly things come up. That's life, and it takes priority over games. Good thing I hate From Software.

Uh oh, hypocrisy spotted.

I read your post better than YOU did, apparently.

As you can see in this copy and pasted quote, you stated "every game" should have a pause feature. This was not specified to be offline games, online games, or anything other than a blanket generalization of literally ALL forms of games. You then complained about offline mode in this specific game not letting you pause. The two sentences are not connected, they are grammatically separate thoughts. So I am correct in responding that no, not ALL games in the entire world are required to have a pause button.

If you had read MY post, which you clearly DIDN'T and attempted to skim over, I specified "Offline mode would have an excuse", which means it would make sense for an offline game to have a pause option, but not that they are required to. I've played singleplayer games and offline games that don't have a pause. If you so desperately need to pause your game constantly at a moment's notice, you shouldn't be playing unpausable games.

But, like my initial point says, if your life is so innately uncontrollable and chaotic that you can't even get 50 minutes without an interruption, you have enough problems IRL that you shouldn't be trying to avoid them by playing games. Especially games like Monster Hunter that are specifically designed to be long, hour long hunts with heavy preparation and no interruptions.

Also if you hate Fromsoftware that just means you're bad at games, sorry. Them's the rules.

[Mr. September]

Publicado originalmente por Xenos:

But, like my initial point says, if your life is so innately uncontrollable and chaotic that you can't even get 50 minutes without an interruption, you have enough problems IRL that you shouldn't be trying to avoid them by playing games. Especially games like Monster Hunter that are specifically designed to be long, hour long hunts with heavy preparation and no interruptions.

Absolutely agreed.

Publicado originalmente por Xenos:

Also if you hate Fromsoftware that just means you're bad at games, sorry. Them's the rules.

Not that I hate FromSoft but they still have a few wrong choices here and there (notable ones include them removing Prepare to Die Edition completely to push the "remaster") Disliking the devs/publisher and being bad at their games are entirely separate things. I have many reasons to dislike (or, hell, even hate) Capcom but I love their game and I can (probably) say that I'm good at it as well. I still question/criticize their design choices and other various behavior, just like I do it for FromSoft.

[Xenos]

Publicado originalmente por Mr. September:

Publicado originalmente por Xenos:

But, like my initial point says, if your life is so innately uncontrollable and chaotic that you can't even get 50 minutes without an interruption, you have enough problems IRL that you shouldn't be trying to avoid them by playing games. Especially games like Monster Hunter that are specifically designed to be long, hour long hunts with heavy preparation and no interruptions.

Absolutely agreed.

Publicado originalmente por Xenos:

Also if you hate Fromsoftware that just means you're bad at games, sorry. Them's the rules.

Not that I hate FromSoft but they still have a few wrong choices here and there (notable ones include them removing Prepare to Die Edition completely to push the "remaster") Disliking the devs/publisher and being bad at their games are entirely separate things. I have many reasons to dislike (or, hell, even hate) Capcom but I love their game and I can (probably) say that I'm good at it as well. I still question/criticize their design choices and other various behavior, just like I do it for FromSoft.

Fromsoft didn't push the demaster, that was exclusively the publisher Bandai Namco. Fromsoft had legitimately nothing to do with it, which is why Blupoint handled the remastering and not the original team.

[Mr. September]

I guess my memory failed me again. I was wrong about the demaster part.

However, my point still stands. One's personal opinion about a developer/publisher is different than being good/bad at their games.

[Xenos]

Publicado originalmente por Mr. September:

I guess my memory failed me again. I was wrong about the demaster part.

However, my point still stands. One's personal opinion about a developer/publisher is different than being good/bad at their games.

Nah everyone knows if you don't like Dark Souls it just means you're bad at it.