May 5May 5 Anyone have any suggestions on how to stop time when pausing? I've tried 3 different methods of pause: active pause, menu pause, and developer mode, and although the aircraft stops flying, time does not stop. In 2020 the pause was simple, with any pause I could take a nap or take a break. Time didn't march on. In 2024 for long flights it gets ridiculous, with any pause, day becomes night, the passenger evaluation software fails complaining about hours long delays, etc. I've searched online but nothing appears to work. Thanks in advance.
May 5May 5 Maybe FStarter24 can help you with it as you can change the time as you like with pause on or off.
May 5May 5 Author 4 hours ago, Cap737Delta said: Maybe FStarter24 can help you with it as you can change the time as you like with pause on or off. Took a look at it, maybe not quite the same, but thanks. This is a major quality-of-sim issue for me. I don't even want to do medium or long flights if I have to fly without interruption. It's nice to pause and take a closer look at the wonderful scenery where I am or where I am flying over. Or pause just to take an extended break to do something else. With a pause in 2024 the clock runs and TOD moves forward, all the arrival times shift and any software watching the time declares me late and penalizes me accordingly. Fly 200 nm, take off in the morning and land in the evening. Clearly an immersion killer. Stopping time was solved in 2020, I'm not sure why the capability would be lost for 2024.
May 6May 6 You can pause time in Developer mode same as in 2020. Bruce Bruce Bartlett Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
May 6May 6 5 hours ago, hockey_fan said: Took a look at it, maybe not quite the same, but thanks. This is a major quality-of-sim issue for me. I don't even want to do medium or long flights if I have to fly without interruption. It's nice to pause and take a closer look at the wonderful scenery where I am or where I am flying over. Or pause just to take an extended break to do something else. With a pause in 2024 the clock runs and TOD moves forward, all the arrival times shift and any software watching the time declares me late and penalizes me accordingly. Fly 200 nm, take off in the morning and land in the evening. Clearly an immersion killer. Stopping time was solved in 2020, I'm not sure why the capability would be lost for 2024. Sounds like you want your cake and eat it too. If you don't want to keep up the real time, then turn it off. if you want to go sightseeing then turn off the time monitoring software. If you want to take a break on a long-haul flight, then turn on the AP and take a nap. I don't see how the sim timekeeping is taking away the immersion of what it suppose to do. Bill McIntyre Asus StrixB650E-F Gamer, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, Corsair Titanium DDR5 64GB, Samsung 990 PRO-4TB M.2, (4) 2TB SSD's, Corsair H1150i liquid cooler, RTX 2080TI Founders Edition, (2) LG 34" HD Curved Monitor, Sound Blaster Audigy X, 1Kw PC Power & Cooling Power Supply, Corsair Obsidian Full tower Case. MSFS 2024, WIN11 Pro x64
May 6May 6 Be cautious with the time controls in MSFS. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
May 6May 6 FSUIPC implements a "full" pause that freezes everything, including the sim clock. You map a button or key to the "Pause Set" or "Pause Toggle" commands. I suspect that Axes-n-Ohs probably affords access to a similar mechanism. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
May 6May 6 5 hours ago, Bob Scott said: FSUIPC implements a "full" pause that freezes everything, including the sim clock. You map a button or key to the "Pause Set" or "Pause Toggle" commands. Wow! I've been an FSUIPC user since it was released and didn't know it could do that. Thank you! I've mapped the pause toggle to the Pause/Break key (after removing the MSFS assignment) then bound the Pause key to a joystick button. It's so easy now 🙂
May 7May 7 On 5/5/2026 at 10:17 PM, Bob Scott said: FSUIPC implements a "full" pause that freezes everything, including the sim clock. You map a button or key to the "Pause Set" or "Pause Toggle" commands. I suspect that Axes-n-Ohs probably affords access to a similar mechanism. So...if one does this then does the "pause at top of descent" of the various aircraft that offer it automatically use this? I had no idea this was available, very nice! Jack F. Vogel, Delta Virtual Airlines
May 7May 7 4 hours ago, jfv said: So...if one does this then does the "pause at top of descent" of the various aircraft that offer it automatically use this? I had no idea this was available, very nice! I don't know...guess it depends on how the pause is implemented in the panel code. It should be possible to write a simple lua script for FSUIPC that checks the pause bits at offset 0x0264 once every 5 seconds or so, and if it finds the sim is in one of the other pause modes it would then set the full pause bit at offset 0x0262 to put it in a full pause state. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
May 8May 8 My question is......why have Asobo found it so incredibly difficult to include a PAUSE function that actually does what it is supposed to do? In fact, this was also an issue for me in MSFS 2020. Edited May 8May 8 by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
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