Universal Pause Button

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Last updated: Sep 3, 2023 Certified 100% FREE MIT License

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Clever application that enables you to pause games at any time, even during cutscenes that can't normally be paused, by suspending processes with a simple hotkey. #Pause Game #Pause Cutscene #Suspend Process #Pause #Suspend #Game

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While most of us know that multiplayer games cannot be paused, singleplayer titles are usually more forgiving. However, in some cases, even these cannot be paused at certain times, such as when cutscenes are playing. Your only option is usually to skip them, which is not really ideal.

Universal Pause Button is a nifty piece of software that enables you to pause games, as well as other applications, at any time, with a single hotkey. It does so by suspending the process, and it allows you to resume them just as easily.

By default, the pause function is bound to the Pause key on your keyboard, but this can be reassigned. When the key is pressed, the program instantly suspends the window that is in the foreground, which should be your game window.

It does not matter where you are in the game, as Universal Pause Button suspends the process directly. You can un-pause it by pressing the assigned hotkey again, but make sure the game window is still in the foreground.

It is difficult to predict how every game will react to being suspended in this manner, as this is an action usually taken only by debuggers. The program’s developer has had good results with The Witcher 3, but there is no guarantee that it will function correctly with other games.

Needless to say, you should avoid using this program when playing multiplayer games, as it will only suspend your client without affecting anything happening server-side, which can only cause problems.

Since all you need to do is press a key in order to pause a process, users should find this program to be very simple to use. However, you need to replace the key value in the settings.txt file to change the hotkey, which is not exactly convenient.

Overall, Universal Pause Button is a program that can be very handy for gamers, as it makes it possible to pause your game at any time, regardless of what is currently happening on screen. It is easy to use, but it has not been extensively tested, and changing the default hotkey is a bit more difficult than we would have liked.