Hero selection is actual game time (but should not IMHO)

[Grautvornix]

In DE selecting a hero and reading the associated information is actually happening while the game is already running. I think if you leave the entry page open long enough you could loose while not even your hero was seletcted.

 

Therefore I typically pause the game for this. For convenience, could there be a possibility to do hero selection before the game has actually started or auto pasue the game until hero is selected?

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

This would be difficult for me personally to pull off, as I'm not sure if it would be moddable or if the actual engine would need new code. If it's moddable, I'd definitely like to do that, but I'd need help. @Freagarach and I play tested the mod a few years ago and also noted what you did. 

 

However, in Age of Mythology, the minor god selection screens don't stop the match either. So, there's an element of urgency to your choice. YMMV if that urgency is desirable or not.

[Grautvornix]

Well, it is not a major feature request indeed and sounds complicated to implement as a mod while the player could indeed hit <Pause> for that. Mods cannot execute key commands?

[Vantha]

Yes, mods can easily pause the game.

@wowgetoffyourcellphone the commands are

g_PauseControl.implicitPause()

and

g_PauseControl.implicitResume()

(if you want to pause the game in singleplayer only)

I can open a quick pull request if you want.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

Please do.

[Vantha]

Here you go:https://github.com/JustusAvramenko/delenda_est/pull/64