Posted June 05, 2017
Can you build stuff while the game is paused? Because when I play Emperor I like to pause the game while I set up my infrastructure.
CheekyTiki
Big bad medicine man
Registered: Jun 2017
From United States
Shukaku
Let's Play!
Registered: May 2011
From United Kingdom
Posted June 06, 2017
No, when the game is paused you cannot build anything. Things can be deleted, or undone, but no building can occur during a pause. I recommend slowing the game right down to 10% and make a save at the start of all missions so you can reload if you mess up something (without having used up the precious starting funds).
Post edited June 06, 2017 by Shukaku
CheekyTiki
Big bad medicine man
Registered: Jun 2017
From United States
Posted June 06, 2017
Slowing down the game never occurred to me. Thanks!
scramblins
New User
Registered: Aug 2020
From United States
Posted August 23, 2020
Sorry to necro this thread, but it's still one of the top results when searching for this problem on google, so I figured I might help a few people by posting here.
I came up with a workaround that involves using autohotkey to press the "]" and "[" keys multiple times to effectively pause and unpause the game by pressing the spacebar.
It's not a true pause, but rather a hotkey that toggles between the minimum and maximum simulation speeds. However, it has worked better for me than mashing the "P" key over and over again while building.
Here's a tutorial explaining how to set it up:
www [dot] youtube [dot] com/watch?v=X7BfaCLyvsw
I came up with a workaround that involves using autohotkey to press the "]" and "[" keys multiple times to effectively pause and unpause the game by pressing the spacebar.
It's not a true pause, but rather a hotkey that toggles between the minimum and maximum simulation speeds. However, it has worked better for me than mashing the "P" key over and over again while building.
Here's a tutorial explaining how to set it up:
www [dot] youtube [dot] com/watch?v=X7BfaCLyvsw
fdr182
New User
Registered: Nov 2012
From Canada
Posted September 13, 2021
I came up with a workaround that involves using autohotkey to press the "]" and "[" keys multiple times to effectively pause and unpause the game by pressing the spacebar.
It's not a true pause, but rather a hotkey that toggles between the minimum and maximum simulation speeds. However, it has worked better for me than mashing the "P" key over and over again while building.
Here's a tutorial explaining how to set it up:
www [dot] youtube [dot] com/watch?v=X7BfaCLyvsw