Game unpauses after closing a pause and pop-up message

[DDRJake]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, we're aware of the issue and working on a fix.

 

[honkajoki]

Thank you for fixing this, the current state is unplayable. Also thanks for the added "pause on events", that's good.

While you're looking at the pause code, please consider (for a later update atleast) a further improvement by giving a(n optional) pause key that does not have an unpause function. That is, separate pause and unpause (or pause/unpause) keys. In the current system (before this bug) I often press space to manually pause the game, only to find that a popup appeared a millisecond before my keypress, the popup paused the game and my keypress unpaused it again.

 

[lymond]

^^^I know what you are saying. That is something that has burned me a lot. Mainly when running the game at high speeds. However, not sure if separate key is the answer - I think that would actually be annoying. I'd actually been thinking about this issue recently. I think a better solution is that popups set to pause have a "hard" pause. That is, you have to click out of the pop up in order to then unpause the game. Also, other message pop-ups that are not set to pause, actually not pause at all.

 

[Iche_Bins]

While you're looking at the pause code, please consider (for a later update atleast) a further improvement by giving a(n optional) pause key that does not have an unpause function. That is, separate pause and unpause (or pause/unpause) keys. In the current system (before this bug) I often press space to manually pause the game, only to find that a popup appeared a millisecond before my keypress, the popup paused the game and my keypress unpaused it again.

Oh yes please

 

[chrnno]

I think it would be better to just have a minimum time after pausing before you can unpause, no need to have to use another key.

It is a similar thing to locking new pop-ups so you don't misclick.

 

[jebates]

I've always felt it detracts a bit from my immersion when I can get a 'revolt!' event and then power up my army maintenance and march over to the province before finally clicking on the pop-up so that they have to face me when I have the defensive bonuses

 

[EvilFuzzyDoom]

Thanks Jake!

It's a real PITA. Potentially a good checkbox-type-option, but an awful default for single player.

 

[atwix]

Paradox hates micromanagers, didn't you know

 

[atwix]

and also seeing DDRJAKE saying "we're aware of the issue and working on a fix" made me feel weird/laugh.

Glad its being fixed.