Is it possible to bind a key to the Developer Pause?

[ThrottleUp 630]

Hi friends,

As we all know the only "true" pause in MSFS is the one in the Developer Menu. Its the only one that freezes time.

Is there some kind of trickery one can do to bind a key to that Developer Pause?

Right now we have to enable the Dev Menu then use the mouse to get to the submenu to hit Pause. Thanks for any info.

[CaptKornDog 287]

I’ve experimented with this through FSUIPC but have been unsuccessful.  I’d be curious to know a means to do this as well.

[ThrottleUp 630]

2 hours ago, CaptKornDog said:

I’ve experimented with this through FSUIPC but have been unsuccessful.  I’d be curious to know a means to do this as well.

I didn't think of that, its a good idea you had. Pity it didn't work.

I hope they've taken note of what people want and give us good ol' P button that activates a "real" pause in the upcoming FS24.

[VHOJT 181]

2 minutes ago, ThrottleUp said:

I didn't think of that, its a good idea you had. Pity it didn't work.

I hope they've taken note of what people want and give us good ol' P button that activates a "real" pause in the upcoming FS24.

Has it been a Wishlist item?

[ThrottleUp 630]

13 minutes ago, VHOJT said:

Has it been a Wishlist item?

Thats a good question, will head on over to the official forums and poke around. Im sure it is as theres been a noise about it, lets see!

[level7 175]

It's insane there is a shortcut for developer pause in the Keyboard shortcuts but it doesn't do anything.

I have found that hitting Esc to pause the game actually invokes the Developer Pause.

[Luis Hernandez 586]

6 hours ago, CaptKornDog said:

I’ve experimented with this through FSUIPC but have been unsuccessful.  I’d be curious to know a means to do this as well.

Have you tried setting a key or button in FSUIPC for "Pause Toggle"? That's what I did (after @Bob Scott's suggestion) for making Quantum Leap work with MSFS.

[nigelgrant 4]

I reprogrammed the P key to instate the original type pause, ie pause everything including time.  Then programmed alt (right)P to unpause; the two finger actions are close to one another and easy to apply.

Nigel

Vancouver

[VHOJT 181]

11 hours ago, nigelgrant said:

I reprogrammed the P key to instate the original type pause, ie pause everything including time.  Then programmed alt (right)P to unpause; the two finger actions are close to one another and easy to apply.

Nigel

Vancouver

What did you bind that P key to though?

I thought Developer Pause was the only pause that actually stopped time?

 

[Antipodeslonghaul 80]

21 hours ago, level7 said:

 

I have found that hitting Esc to pause the game actually invokes the Developer Pause.

Ah, who needs any sort of pause function that actually pauses fuel and time, and could also work with PMDG's pause at TOD, say on 777 longhauls anyway?

People wanted to simulate realistic cockpit doors. Barricade oneself in a closet with a porta potty and drinks and snacks and fly an entire 15 hour flight in real time, no pauses whatsoever. When one's terrorist mother in law comes pounding on the door demanding one go out and buy food for the pet fish or whatever, simply yell at her to sit down, buckle up, and shut up, and if the air marshals don't get to her first, the FBI will be waiting for her at the gate after we land.

Ok, simming can get a bit intense. Whether it's developer mode or not, some really simple pause function that's easy to use, that really pauses everything, that doesn't require a whole lot of vague suggestions about what might and might not work would be really cool.

[Adamski_NZ 967]

+1 LOL!

[nigelgrant 4]

13 hours ago, VHOJT said:

What did you bind that P key to though?

I thought Developer Pause was the only pause that actually stopped time?

 

Set Pause On - P

Set Pause Off - right alt+P

edit - I should add that I stick little cupboard door bumper buttons to these keys which allows me to feel these rather than take my eyes from the screem

Nigel

Edited April 30 by nigelgrant

[ThrottleUp 630]

On 4/29/2024 at 10:08 PM, nigelgrant said:

I reprogrammed the P key to instate the original type pause, ie pause everything including time.  Then programmed alt (right)P to unpause; the two finger actions are close to one another and easy to apply.

Nigel

Vancouver

I am going to try this. I saw a comment on Reddit that one way to test the Pause was to look at the clock on the airplane panel while the Pause was engaged. If this trick freezes the clock then thats what Im after. But if this works then does it mean its looking at the Dev Menu pause?

[VHOJT 181]

I am fairly sure only the dev pause pauses time...  Happy to be proved wrong though

[ThrottleUp 630]

10 minutes ago, VHOJT said:

I am fairly sure only the dev pause pauses time...  Happy to be proved wrong though

For sure. It is the only one that freezes time. The others I feel should have been called "Motion Freeze" or "Aircraft Stop" as that is all they do - time keeps ticking in the background.

With the Dev Pause we can make a note of the airplane clock at the moment we paused. Come back to the sim hours later and it has not changed.