Active Pause needs some work

[Nyxx 6,996]

9 minutes ago, EmaRacing said:

Never used active pause, don't even know what key it is, if I have to pause I just hit ESC

Yep but people read its not a good idea to us it, but they still do, lol.

Edited August 24, 2020 by Nyxx

[W2DR 1,867]

It's a problem for everyone Vic. We simply can't use active pause and the autopilot at the same time. Just another example of "stuff" that doesn't work..........Doug

 

[lambourne 211]

The more I read and think about it, the more I reckon MS said to Asobo "you've reached minimal viable product, you're releasing it in August, outstanding bugs and missing features can be patched in later."

Live Pause is a neat idea that simply hasn't been thought through. People use pause so they can step away, not because they want to build up speed or whatever.

[WestAir 2,533]

How do you use real pause, so that you can take pictures and zoom about with the drone, but without the plane bobbing around and the airspeed changing?

[jabloomf1230 2,456]

Just now, lambourne said:

you've reached minimal viable product, you're releasing it in August

That appears to be as a sunny day, low altitude, VFR flying sim, which probably covers 90% of the MSFS user base, at least from my reading various online sites dedicated to MSFS. A lot of problems seem to stem from the autopilot, which soldiers along quite nicely and then decides to fail in catastrophic fashion. Most of the problems seem fixable to me, so I'm not worried about the long-term viability of MSFS. 

[flyinion 280]

2 hours ago, WestAir said:

How do you use real pause, so that you can take pictures and zoom about with the drone, but without the plane bobbing around and the airspeed changing?

I mentioned this on the first page.  Search all commands (not just assigned or essentials) under the keyboard bindings for Pause.  There's two in there besides Active Pause and whatever the label is that's bound to Esc.  I forget the names offhand but I thought it was something like Pause and then Unpause and they were both in the same category as the Active Pause binding.  The "Esc" binding was in a separate category.  Anyway, you need to bind two keys to those unbound commands.  One to pause and one to turn it off.  It will act like the old P key that way (though road traffic still moves oddly).  I used P to pause and ctrl-P to unpause (other modifiers were bound to something I think).  I can try to get a screenshot of the exact commands  if anyone needs it, I just don't have the sim fired up right now.

[flyinion 280]

Ok I fired up the sim and double check.  I was a little off.  "Toggle Active Pause" and "Toggle Pause" which are Pause and Esc by default show up under the "Menu" heading.  The options I mentioned show up under "Miscellaneous" and are titled "Set Pause Off" and "Set Pause On".  Those two will bring back the old "P" functionality basically.

[ryanbatc 13,202]

5 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said:

Active Pause needs work.  So does every other feature in this program.

I am trying to be positive...but the realist in me TOTALLY agrees with you haha

[HiFlyer 9,485]

Time to move on?

 

[flyinion 280]

29 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

Time to move on?

 

????  Not sure what you're asking?  I posted it because I've seen a lot of people asking how to pause or having problems with pausing over the last week, and it seems like they haven't found those unmapped by default options.  Just wanted to make sure people know they're there and where to find them 🙂

Edited August 24, 2020 by flyinion

[HiFlyer 9,485]

1 minute ago, flyinion said:

????  Not sure what you're asking?  I posted it because I've seen a lot of people asking how to pause or having problems with pausing over the last week, and it seems like they haven't found those unmapped by default options.  Just wanted to make sure people know they're there and where to find them 🙂

And now that an alternative has been found, I am wondering if this thread is solved.

[Avgeek09 0]

For me active pause just doesn't work, no matter what key i have binded it just doesn't work