turnbased?

Rattman · Post by **Rattman** » Tue May 07, 2002 7:57 am

i heard that they will be no pause feature in the game?

is this correct because i like to play turn based style

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Tue May 07, 2002 1:19 pm

Nope, no pause.
Playing online would be impossible with a pause button. And the action buttons are really easy to use so time wouldn't be a problem. Every turn takes 5 seconds, you have that time to change actions.

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Tue May 07, 2002 2:53 pm

The single player game will have a pause feature. However, in multiplayer, you will not be able to pause the game.

Rattman · Post by **Rattman** » Wed May 08, 2002 2:53 am

Every turn takes 5 seconds

so the game will be turn based?

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Wed May 08, 2002 4:28 am

@ Gaxx, no it won't.

@Rattman, every turn takes 5 seconds. In other words, after every action you take it will take 5 seconds before you can do something else. (unless you have more then one attack per round.) So everybody will have rounds for him to attack in, but the action will be in real time.

Rudar Dimble · Post by **Rudar Dimble** » Tue May 14, 2002 4:02 am

Just a slight correction
a turn takes 6 seconds, not 5...

Don't want to be annoying

Rattman · Post by **Rattman** » Mon May 20, 2002 4:40 am

well paint be purple and call me barny

there will be NO way to pause it? I hope some clever bugger makes pause patch or something cause i like to stop and think about my tactics

/-\lastor · Post by **/-\lastor** » Mon May 20, 2002 4:55 am

Hmmm not turnbased? That'll be irritating when u use skills

Rattman · Post by **Rattman** » Tue May 21, 2002 9:15 am

That'll be irritating

darn tootin it will i like the "pause after each round" style game play but i can't get it now can I

i think i'll sulk a bit

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue May 21, 2002 1:05 pm

Originally posted by Gaxx_Firkraag
The single player game will have a pause feature. However, in multiplayer, you will not be able to pause the game.

To expand on this cause people seemed to miss it.

There is a pause (well they've said this often - but they might remove it

) in the single player game.

There can't be a pause in multiplayer - what would you do - halt time for all players in the game (like BG2?)
Think of one player being able to halt time for 63 others

>Pinkit< · Post by **>Pinkit<** » Sat May 25, 2002 5:39 pm

Originally posted by Xandax

--There can't be a pause in multiplayer - what would you do - halt time for all players in the game (like BG2?)
Think of one player being able to halt time for 63 others

Not exactly.. for what I've heard .. DM (Dungeon Master) CAN allow pause feature.. but it would be REALLY annoying to play in server where pause IS allowed.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Sun May 26, 2002 2:53 am

Originally posted by >Pinkit<

Not exactly.. for what I've heard .. DM (Dungeon Master) CAN allow pause feature.. but it would be REALLY annoying to play in server where pause IS allowed.

Indeed, the DM may be allowed to operate a pause function, but the average player can't.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sun May 26, 2002 3:01 am

I hope there will be a way to distinguish between a DM pause and computer freezing up.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun May 26, 2002 5:49 pm

The game always plays out in realtime.

In multiplayer, there's no pausing.

In singleplayer, the game pauses whenever you hit the spacebar or go to a character screen, like BG2 or PS:T.

/-\lastor · Post by **/-\lastor** » Mon May 27, 2002 3:28 am

Niiiiice, I'm looking forward to the game already

Rattman · Post by **Rattman** » Mon May 27, 2002 11:29 am

woo hoo i will kill all those nasty buggers in my own time