How to Disable Game Pausing

[TriggerHappy]

Table of contents

1. Overview
2. Triggering
3. Game Interface
4. DisablePause.w3x

Overview

In order to disable the pause feature you have to force the game to be paused three times. We can do this via thePauseGamenative as you can see below.

The only problem with this is the game shows you a message "the game has been paused" each time. However this can be taken care of by modifying the game interface in your map.

Triggering

GUI

• DisablePause
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 0.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Game - Pause the game
    • Game - Unpause the game
    • Game - Pause the game
    • Game - Unpause the game
    • Game - Pause the game
    • Game - Unpause the game

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Create a trigger with the title "DisablePause" and paste this in it function Trig_DisablePause_Actions takes nothing returns nothing call DestroyTimer(GetExpiredTimer()) call PauseGame(true) call PauseGame(false) call PauseGame(true) call PauseGame(false) call PauseGame(true) call PauseGame(false) endfunction //=========================================================================== function InitTrig_DisablePause takes nothing returns nothing call TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 0, false, function Trig_DisablePause_Actions) endfunction

library DisablePause initializer onInit uses optional TimerUtils private function OnGameStart takes nothing returns nothing static if LIBRARY.TimerUtils then call ReleaseTimer(GetExpiredTimer()) else call DestroyTimer(GetExpiredTimer()) endif call PauseGame(true) call PauseGame(false) call PauseGame(true) call PauseGame(false) call PauseGame(true) call PauseGame(false) endfunction //=========================================================================== private function onInit takes nothing returns nothing static if LIBRARY.TimerUtils then call TimerStart(NewTimerEx(0), 0, false, function OnGameStart) else call TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 0, false, function OnGameStart) endif endfunction endlibrary

Game Interface

To remove the pause notification we have to go into the game interface settings.

1. To do that hit Advanced -> Game Interface in the toolbar.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Look for "Text - General - '%s has resumed the game'", "Text - General - '%s paused the game'" ect.. and change their values to a lot of spaces.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Test in-game and you should get this.
   
   
   

 

[Adiktuz]

Oh neat... btw, the three pauses limit are only for MP games right?

 

[PurgeandFire]

@Adiktuz: Yep.

@TriggerHappy: The tutorial looks good! I just need to get around testing it and it should be approvable.

 

[IamFootman061]

Nice creativity and really helpful.

 

[TriggerHappy]

Included a demo map.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Approved.

 

[ILH]

Very very clever .

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Really? I thought this too simple to be anything even a tutorial. Well good job I suppose. Useful.

 

[Ceday]

Guess what happens when you do this in single player

• Disable Pause
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 0.00 seconds
    • Game - Unpause the game
    • Trigger - Run (This trigger) (checking conditions)

• Show Dialog
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) skips a cinematic sequence
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Dialog - Create a dialog button for D labelled A
    • Dialog - Show D for Player 1 (Red)

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Yup this is also a form of single-player as well multi-player map protection, its often used in Korean and Chinese mapmaking.

So that fixes it Ceday?