for some reason when you are playing the after game battlefields, double clicking on your characters portrait will end the "pause" you are experiencing in the map appearing for the above ground and each dungeon level, when you change levels or battlefields.
don't know why this is the case ,but i discovered that this did correct the "pause" problem. don't worry you do still get to play, but be aware that if you leave a battlefield before completing a quest, that quest may be lost as you won't be able to return and complete it, given the random generation of the battlefields.