Thinking about it it only requires one extra button - it needs a pause button, but the existing pause/resume can be used to resume as there is never a problem with pressing it intending resume being taken as a pause.
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Why don't you customise the settings of the messages so the game automatically pauses for some type, some other just appear as a pop-ups, and the rest are just included in the log, or completely disregarded?
These settings are permanent, so you have just to do it once per installation of the game (you might want to save the file if you uninstall it).
In this way, you will only use the "pause/resume" bottom for resuming the game, no confusion possible. I could give you that many pop-ups might accumulate and you might be tempted to stop it.
In any case, if you are running the game at high speeds means that not every decision is vital so you can miss one or two game days. And if you are running it at low speeds, well, a couple of hours is not going to change much since now battles (even air battles) take a while.
These settings are permanent, so you have just to do it once per installation of the game (you might want to save the file if you uninstall it).
In this way, you will only use the "pause/resume" bottom for resuming the game, no confusion possible. I could give you that many pop-ups might accumulate and you might be tempted to stop it.
In any case, if you are running the game at high speeds means that not every decision is vital so you can miss one or two game days. And if you are running it at low speeds, well, a couple of hours is not going to change much since now battles (even air battles) take a while.
The problem is due to interface lag, and I know what he means, as I've seen it myself.
you hit the spacebar, with the intent to pause (perhaps to order breakthrough forces into a province that JUST was won via your spearhead-tank divisions), but due to game-lag, the spacebar press isn't "registered" until the next game-hour.
The problem is, in the next game-hour, an event that auto-pauses the game just happened to ALSO happen... so your spacebar press no longer pauses the game, it UNpauses it, preventing you from issuing your orders on the hour they NEED to be issued.
Even with battles taking as long as they do, there are a lot of times when 1 hour makes the difference.
I understand the problem he has.
What I suggested works great for me ... as I have not yet encountered any (major/noticeable/troublesome) lag problems (I must be one of those rare instances). I must admit that I seldom play further than 1942 though.
Just trying to share my two cents here.
I can hardly believe that, but if you say so ... It is, after all, your game. Air battles might have a small effect due to their shortness, but land or naval, nicks.
I'll give you 1 example...
On an amphibious landing into an unoccupied province, the AI will often not react till the troops are actually on shore.
Which happens the hour AFTER they land.
So if you intend to land next to a port and assault said port, you have that single game-hour-turn before they respond (like, say, by attacking you first from another province with tanks).
With the new "amphibious landings go out of supply the day after" code now in place, getting your attack "started" can be HUGE.
This would be great! Count me in. A very simple and small feature that would help ALOT!
happens to me all the time. sometimes several times in a row. i guess it depends on your settings. i play on super fast and micromanage so have a popup pause after every unit arrival and after every battle and anything else that needs my attention.
pausing for any other reason is impossible when a war is on.
pausing for any other reason is impossible when a war is on.
No - the lag just makes it more likely to happen. When the game is running at top speed there is still a chance that when you press the space bar the game will also "press pause".
Try turning the game up to max speed - and setting land unit arrival messages to pause the game, now fight a war and see how often the pause fails when you try to pause the game to correct the CG setting - or change research, or to start battles.
Given that there are two hotkeys for Pause&Resume (Space and Pause) perhaps the Pause key could be changed to pause - so the way to resume is to press space, or click on the button.
A "pause at midnight" button would be a good addition. I like to pause and save game at midnight, which becomes hard to do if the game calculates alot of other things at that time.
That would be a nice addition too, but I still would take my pause only key if I had to choose between those two
