Zooming, i often miss dialog between companions cause the screen isnt centerd on my charakters but where i am goin so wanna zoom out more
There are certain "dialogue trigger" spots luckily, so you can cling the camera to your character when traversing those spots. To do so, click your character portrait, and it will follow your character as they move when the camera becomes unattached.
The game has a pause, it's called "tactical pause mode" ? If you click on the "clock" above the skills, the game will stop.
I got interrupted from play one time and had to talk to a family member for an hour or so - I was at camp so no big deal. Never thought of using Tactical Pause to actually pause the game though, but will use that next time.