How do you pause the game?

#1 $timescale=0;

to pause and

$timescale=1;

to resume normal play



Not recommended for network play.

#2 Thanks for the help

LabRat:)

#3 What Would u Recommend for Network Play?

And While would you advise against using that for Network Play?

Thanks,

Nooclles

#4 As simple as the question and solution are, this is some very helpful info, something I would have never thought to ask (or maybe not have had the sense to ask).

#5 How many multiplayer network games do you know of that let you pause? It can cause problems with sync' and lost packets could leave a client still moving on their side.

#6 lots ..
mostly all the rts games.

im sure it's not 100% realtime ..
but its close enuff.

Edit:
as well i'll mention Rage of Mages 3
which was a little character building game.
3/4 view multi player
and when it was paused (by the host)

you could sometimes see the other characters in your party do a slow slow move ..
so indeed thier solution was not perfect.
but it didnt bother me in the least whilst I played it..
heh what bothered me more was the ability to pause :)

#7 Err,
after I enter
$timescale=0;
the engine doesnt seem to accept any more commands besides popping up the "quit" gui... so I can't set the timescale back to "1" again...
any ideas?

#8 You might have to go into script. Locate the exit function, and have it so that when you press escape, set $timescale=0. Then, press escape again to set it to 1. Try it out.

If I get it working, I'll post it.

EDIT: Spelling error.

#9 The exit game function is in the default.bind.cs script. I had the same problem. I can't get the $timescale back to 1.

#10 Replace the function escapeFromGame() in default.bind.cs with:

function escapeFromGame()
{
if ( $Server::ServerType $= "SinglePlayer" )
{
MessageBoxYesNo( "Quit Mission", "Exit from this Mission?", "disconnect();", "keepPlaying();");
$timescale = 0;
}
else
MessageBoxYesNo( "Disconnect", "Disconnect from the server?", "disconnect();", "");
}

function keepPlaying()
{
$timescale = 1;
}

#11 Just do ''ESC'' and leave it alone