Originally Posted by Agrippa
I keep seeing people referring to the turn-based mode. While this mode will ... eventually ... pause, it behaves entirely different than the proper and simple pause mechanic that the original series and any other games with real time elements go about it. All that I'm asking for is how to simply pause the game? Sven and/or the DoS engine won't allow it?


In your OP, you said that you were having problems clicking on moving targets. Going into turn based mode makes everything stop, just like a standard pause command would. As far as I'm aware, it's pretty much instantaneous as well as long as you aren't moving. In that case, it will complete your previous input and then go into turn based mode. Now that may not be the ideal solution to you but it does solve your dilemma quite well IMHO. You're asking them to spend time and resources coding something tailored to the wants of you and a few other people. I'm not a coder and I don't know how much work that would entail but I know that not many game companies are going to go dumping time and resources into addressing each individual user's whims when there is a perfectly workable way to address their issue already in existence.

Now before you come back and ask me why do I care, let me tell you, I do not care if they add a different pause function. I'm just telling you that you are, more than likely, tilting at windmills here, that's all.