Modding Challenge: start game paused

M00nStalker · 10-20-10, 07:55 AM

Not a mod but a workaround idea came to mind.

When I play SH3 I like to have my usual music playing when just cruising along and then I pause it when something happens (action, I need to think/calculate). To achieve this I use foobar and G15 keyboard controls.

The reason I mentioned this is because I noticed that I can't control this when SH3 is loading (at loading screen), it's as if the action (play/pause/change track) is suspended until SH3 has finished loading. When it is fully loaded it starts/stops the music or change the track playing. It can be used as a sort of crude notification system so that I can hear when the loading is done.

I was thinking that it is possible to make this work with an external macro application, you bind the pause key (in SH3) to a key or a key combination and then when the loading starts you press this key (or keys). If it works anything like my music it will pause the game after it has loaded, everything being ready to play whenever you get back.

Now, I can't test this currently but I'll see what I can do tomorrow or during/after the weekend but it shouldn't be to hard to test.

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10-20-10, 07:55 AM	#6
M00nStalker Watch Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 25 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Not a mod but a workaround idea came to mind. When I play SH3 I like to have my usual music playing when just cruising along and then I pause it when something happens (action, I need to think/calculate). To achieve this I use foobar and G15 keyboard controls. The reason I mentioned this is because I noticed that I can't control this when SH3 is loading (at loading screen), it's as if the action (play/pause/change track) is suspended until SH3 has finished loading. When it is fully loaded it starts/stops the music or change the track playing. It can be used as a sort of crude notification system so that I can hear when the loading is done. I was thinking that it is possible to make this work with an external macro application, you bind the pause key (in SH3) to a key or a key combination and then when the loading starts you press this key (or keys). If it works anything like my music it will pause the game after it has loaded, everything being ready to play whenever you get back. Now, I can't test this currently but I'll see what I can do tomorrow or during/after the weekend but it shouldn't be to hard to test.