Pause on solo mode!

tripp314159

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I have a family, and I often need to suddenly stop the game. Logging out every few minutes is untenable, and dropping out of hyper-space isn't always the solution...Please, please include a pause button in the future!
 

Brrokk

Brrokk
Actually, with P2P and the game running almost completely in the client while just checking with the server occasionally, what OP asks for isn't entirely impossible. The length of the pause might have to be limited to a few minutes, with automatic logout after that.
 

Morbad

Morbad
It's not impossible, probably not even difficult, but still shouldn't be done because it would result in a further widening of the effective difficulty between the various online modes (Solo, PG, and Open).

What the game could actually use is an offline mode.
 

varonica

varonica
Brrokk said:
Actually, with P2P and the game running almost completely in the client while just checking with the server occasionally, what OP asks for isn't entirely impossible. The length of the pause might have to be limited to a few minutes, with automatic logout after that.
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The problem with the OP's suggestion is that the pause would only apply to the player. The OP wants to leave the game whenever he needs by hitting pause, but what if he is in combat with an NPC at the time, you can't really pause the NPC's, it might give solo players a way to avoid interdictions, just pause in the middle of the interdiction. We could suggest no pause while in combat, but then this wouldn't fulfil the OP's request.
 

Brrokk

Brrokk
varonica said:
The problem with the OP's suggestion is that the pause would only apply to the player. The OP wants to leave the game whenever he needs by hitting pause, but what if he is in combat with an NPC at the time, you can't really pause the NPC's, it might give solo players a way to avoid interdictions, just pause in the middle of the interdiction. We could suggest no pause while in combat, but then this wouldn't fulfil the OP's request.
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Yes, with your client running the game for you, NPCs can be paused as well.

I'm not recommending it, just saying it's possible.
 

aRJay

aRJay
So you pause the game for 30 minutes how do you synch up with the state of the galaxy as it is for everybody else who have been playing for 30 minutes, that Fleet Carrier you were in system with could have jumped away in half the time. Just because you are in Solo doesn’t mean that the galaxy is static it changes continuously with time for everybody no matter what mode they are in.

If you have to leave the game that urgently OP then use the mains switch or accept something inconvenient might have happened to you in a game while you deal with something important.
 

Arioch

Arioch
tripp314159 said:
I have a family, and I often need to suddenly stop the game. Logging out every few minutes is untenable, and dropping out of hyper-space isn't always the solution...Please, please include a pause button in the future!
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It’d certainly be handy on occasion, I agree 😁

Solo mode only pause function

In replying to the thread https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=165595 I've realised why I don't play as much as I'd like - I know I'm going to be interrupted during my gaming session, probably only for very short periods and this game cannot be paused. My request applies to Solo mode...
forums.frontier.co.uk forums.frontier.co.uk
 

Brrokk

Brrokk
I've previously suggested a lesser option. A single key press to select "Exit to menu" and approve the 15 second timer if it applies. Then another key press to log back in to the same mode/group I was in before. Just a QoL improvement to the UI rather than any game change.
 

Nadreck

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You can exit to the menu at any time, which effectively pauses the game and logs you out.

Currently the main problem with this is the design of the 15-second timer for logging out in a hazardous situation: you need to still be there 15 seconds later to confirm that you really want to quit. This is idiotic, and has often been complained about.
 
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