blubuild Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Please tell me I'm wrong and I missed it, is there STILL no sort of world pause option implemented after all this time and all the requests and the promises? What the heck? What kind of bad joke is this... This game is self-defined as a co-op game, well-suited to be playing with known friends and/or on LAN, its play sessions are long and time passage in the game world is very significant. It also isn't named Don't Pee Together. This lack is extremely obstructive to actually playing real co-op with friends fluidly. Really, no explanation is needed, and it's absolutely mind-boggling that this basic function isn't in yet... even after being confirmed to be planned so long ago... By now as there are voting options for players, there should also be a server option to enable majority or unanimous vote-initiated pausing (for a preset desired amount of time, perhaps), in addition to pause and unpause buttons/commands for the host and admins. Can we please finally get this insanely overdue basic feature in?! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthinator Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I actually really like that there is no pause feature, It makes it feel more like you're surviving in a world and just generally adds to the atmosphere, however if you have to go to the bathroom or you want to take a break you can always leave, if your friend is hosting and they leave as well the world will still be there along with the progress you made and where you left off, your food will still be as fresh at it was and you can continue on, the same applies for if you're the host. If you're referring to dedicated servers hosted by other players as admins or klei officials, If one player sticks it out the rest can take breaks and they can switch on and off. Otherwise I feel like the dedicated servers are made to be temporary so that when everyone whom played day 1-100 gets tired and leaves it can restart and new players that are just waking up or trying to get on their favorite dedicated server can have a chance at making it far into the world with an awesome base and new experiences, creating a rinse and repeat method for newcomers. Otherwise every world would be in the thousnds or even millions of days ruining safe public servers for newbies who want to play with more than 6 people, ^ I probably rambled so heres my point lol (if there was a pause feature or vote to pause, the people who started on day 1 could pause the world after every 100 days or so taking breaks, going to sleep, work etc and the dedicated servers would have a possibility of never getting reset) For solo play I 100% agree there should be a pause feature tho lol Edit Tip: Usually when im the last one left at around day 100 or something and im waiting for my friends to join and I cant leave or the world will reset I'll use my berry bush hat turn on my lantern make sure my sanity and hunger is filled then go to the bathroom watch my favorite show or w/e i had to do making sure i check to make sure the lantern hunger and sanity are all A ok and hounds didnt kill glommer but yea if you're webber the berry bush hat next to spiders underground= worms dead so its really fun to just relax for a bit and watch your base kill everything that thinks its tough lol Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-804823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubuild Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 I'm aware that when playing with friends it is possible to go to the extent of closing the server and reopening it a few minutes later and having everyone re-join every time, in lieu of pausing, but that is no legitimate substitute for obvious reasons that shouldn't need stating. This lack of a fundamental, simple feature is ridiculous. Hell, even multiplayer First Person Shooters have pause options. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-805328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.YumYums Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 On 8/20/2016 at 11:50 AM, blubuild said: I'm aware that when playing with friends it is possible to go to the extent of closing the server and reopening it a few minutes later and having everyone re-join every time, in lieu of pausing, but that is no legitimate substitute for obvious reasons that shouldn't need stating. This lack of a fundamental, simple feature is ridiculous. Hell, even multiplayer First Person Shooters have pause options. Wait, no criticism or anything, but what kind of multiplayer FPSs have pause options? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-805915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubuild Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Any game based on the Quake engine, for example. Usually used mostly in competitive matches or LAN/online matches with friends, naturally. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-805969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I do not see the need for it, but if some people want it, that is fine. But please, stop acting like you have been screwed over because this has not yet been implemented. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-806317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlesienne Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 If you need to take care of your body's physiological needs, AFK Detection is enough. Or even the godmode commands if you are the host. There is no need to become agitated. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-806370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDuelist Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Easy. Implement shack bathrooms that your character can craft and get into and give you a real life pause to actually do the same, lasts 3 minutes. If your character brings something to read while sitting there, his sanity will raise. If your character recently ate monster meat, all nearby friends will loose sanity upon reopening the door. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-807179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthinator Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I like the crafting option, maybe something like a craftable ice cube that once used completely incases your character in ice, you dont lose sanity health or hunger and you become invulnerable, the world carries on but you cant move until you destroy the ice from the inside (after you get back) this idea would be like a cryo pod Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-808212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlesienne Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 26.08.2016 at 6:21 AM, ShadowDuelist said: Easy. Implement shack bathrooms that your character can craft and get into and give you a real life pause to actually do the same, lasts 3 minutes. If your character brings something to read while sitting there, his sanity will raise. If your character recently ate monster meat, all nearby friends will loose sanity upon reopening the door. ...Devious. Arlesienne Greatly Approves. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-808219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubuild Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Since passage of game time is of great importance in this game, none of these silly suggestions hit the point at all... Amusing, though. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-809023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaarrfk Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I think a pause option would be really useful. My use case for DST is mostly local coop, Honestly, I hate the fact that if somebody calls one of us, we are not in a rush to finish the conversation or reply to them halfheartedly as we are getting attacked by something in DS. The option to use a berry hat isn't so cool since time still passes time in the game. What if a hound attack is imminent? Giant walking toward your base? What if one of you is fighting a giant and needs help? However much we like the game, I think we will put it down until a pause option becomes available. Getting back into the habit of being disrespectful to my friends while I'm playing a game just isn't worth it. I understand the arguments that this is a "Hardcore game", and we definitely like that aspect of it. But when I play single player, opening the map to talk to a friend IRL is extremely quick and easy, all without the need to keep one ear/eye on the game. [edit] forgot the word time in a sentence. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-810674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaarrfk Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 So, you can give this a try Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-811910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubuild Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 It's a pity a mod for this is needed, but this is awesome! Seems to work great from a quick one-player test. I don't care about the admin requirement, though I do think there should be a way to write the mod without it, and so allow voting and such. Guess you did Klei's job for them. Well done and many thanks! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-812330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlesienne Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 On 09/05/2016 at 10:16 AM, hmaarrfk said: I think a pause option would be really useful. My use case for DST is mostly local coop, Honestly, I hate the fact that if somebody calls one of us, we are not in a rush to finish the conversation or reply to them halfheartedly as we are getting attacked by something in DS. The option to use a berry hat isn't so cool since time still passes time in the game. What if a hound attack is imminent? Giant walking toward your base? What if one of you is fighting a giant and needs help? However much we like the game, I think we will put it down until a pause option becomes available. Getting back into the habit of being disrespectful to my friends while I'm playing a game just isn't worth it. I understand the arguments that this is a "Hardcore game", and we definitely like that aspect of it. But when I play single player, opening the map to talk to a friend IRL is extremely quick and easy, all without the need to keep one ear/eye on the game. [edit] forgot the word time in a sentence. AFK Detection should help you - or Global Pause (haven't tested the latter). Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-813563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaarrfk Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Shameless plug. DST team, the mod I created roughly 2 months ago has hit 16k+ subscribers. It seems that there are two usage scenarios: 1. Players that play DST alone and want to pause to avoid going back to the main screen. 2. More casual players that play on local lan. While the mod that I created is far from perfect, it does seem to fill a big need. Right now, the mod is pretty hacky and it would be nice to have some official support for this since it seems like it is a feature that many other users want. Anyway, I just wanted to bring it back on the table. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-831422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubuild Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 2 hours ago, hmaarrfk said: While the mod that I created is far from perfect, it does seem to fill a big need. Right now, the mod is pretty hacky and it would be nice to have some official support for this since it seems like it is a feature that many other users want. Anyway, I just wanted to bring it back on the table. Yes. Seconded completely. Your mod was an instant hit, confirming the (already completely obvious) need for this basic option. And it remains in the most popular mods list to this day. Thank you for creating it, again. BTW, surely it's also used to great effect by people who play with friends non-locally, like me and my friends (voice comm is much more than enough to facilitate great cooperation). Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-831452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaarrfk Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 15 hours ago, blubuild said: BTW, surely it's also used to great effect by people who play with friends non-locally, like me and my friends (voice comm is much more than enough to facilitate great cooperation). Thanks for the input. It is nice to know how people use the mod. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/69622-world-pause-option-for-hostadmin/#findComment-831654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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