Pause Reason Input Box

posted on December 17th, 2010, 5:13 pm

Online, this idea will allow a player pause a game, and then a box will appear allowing the user to give the reason the game was paused.  The reason inputted will be right under the paused icon and will last until that user unpauses the game.  This screenshot was taken during an offline game I started as a random faction.  I edited it for this example.  The pause reason input would stay for the duration of the pause rather than a quick chat that disappears after a few seconds.

I'm asking for this feature because of a misunderstanding during an online game that made everyone, including me, a bit angry.

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posted on December 17th, 2010, 5:52 pm

This has been brought up before but yeah this would be a wise thing to do.

posted on December 17th, 2010, 8:48 pm

i support 

posted on December 17th, 2010, 9:40 pm

I have something to add to this request.  In that area underneath the pause icon, put something like "Player Name has paused the game because:  Pause Reason".  That way, we also know who paused the game.  And maybe a pause override vote.  If someone wants to override the pause other than the player who paused it, it'll take a vote to do it.

posted on December 17th, 2010, 9:48 pm

the pause vote thing seems kinda a lot of work for something that wont add huge amounts of value, but i wouldnt be opposed to it.

posted on December 17th, 2010, 9:52 pm

I'm not so sure about the vote bit, I wouldn't want to answer the door and then find my base under seige just because a few people got impatient (or are just dicks).

posted on December 17th, 2010, 10:18 pm

I'm not so sure about the vote bit, I wouldn't want to answer the door and then find my base under seige just because a few people got impatient (or are just dicks).

dont answer the door then, fleetops is way more important than friends/pizza/police

i didnt think u played online anyway.

posted on December 17th, 2010, 10:23 pm

I do, just not as often as others.

posted on December 17th, 2010, 10:32 pm

I do, just not as often as others.

maybe one day i will play against u online 

posted on December 17th, 2010, 10:34 pm

Maybe you will beat me one day.

posted on December 18th, 2010, 4:24 am

I thought you could still type even while the game was paused.

posted on December 18th, 2010, 5:34 am

Yes, but you can't change the chat options, so if you're on allied, good luck explaining it to the enemy.

posted on December 18th, 2010, 7:49 am

well one day we will have inline chat plus there is always TS

posted on December 19th, 2010, 11:35 pm

well one day we will have inline chat plus there is always TS

An integrated chat box is sorely missed from other games.

posted on December 19th, 2010, 11:38 pm

It would be cool if you could do a "/e" that would chat to everyone, even if in ally chat.  Then we wouldn't have to switch over all the time, or quickly unpause, click all, and then pause again and explain why you're pausing.