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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0005163Valley 1Suggestion - UI IdeasJan 26, 2012 5:48 am
ReporterSyspor Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Product Version0.540 (Beta Series 2) 
Summary0005163: pause when accessing menus or inventory
DescriptionWhile accessing the menu (changing maps) or inventory the game should pause. I nearly died a few times because of this, now I pause maually before these actions but this should be done automatically. Music though should play on.
TagsNo tags attached.
Internal WeightFeature Suggestion

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related to 0005471 resolved Unable to cast spells using mouse when inventory is open 

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Chris_McElligottPark

Nov 10, 2011 5:30 am

administrator   ~0017483

In a single player only game, yes -- of course. In a multiplayer game, that would be hugely annoying to friends you are adventuring with. Given that this game is both, we figure many people will play both ways, and having it work differently between solo and multiplayer would be inherently confusing and difficult to remember for those folks.

By the by, in general there's no need to ever open the menu during adventure play unless you want to exit the game, need to make major settings adjustments (not a frequent thing, I'm sure), or need to kill your character. There are hotkeys for the map that make them really quick to toggle. Comma and period for region and dungeon, and m for the minimap. Same with hotkeys for all the inventories.

Hope that helps at least!

Hearteater

Nov 10, 2011 7:26 am

reporter   ~0017484

I agree that it is probably unneeded, but I did want to mention the Warcraft 3 menu pauses in single player and not in multiplayer and that always felt just fine.

Syspor

Nov 11, 2011 5:54 am

reporter   ~0017490

Yes it helps, thank you. Maybe the (still small) problem is, the enemies keep on fighting while I can't react.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Nov 10, 2011 5:21 am Syspor New Issue
Nov 10, 2011 5:30 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0017483
Nov 10, 2011 7:26 am Hearteater Note Added: 0017484
Nov 10, 2011 12:31 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Nov 10, 2011 12:31 pm tigersfan Status new => considering
Nov 11, 2011 5:54 am Syspor Note Added: 0017490
Jan 26, 2012 5:48 am GrimerX Relationship added related to 0005471