I have tried active pause, or using ESC and then RESUME and the time still keeps going on when I am in either type of pause. Searched on Google and on this forum with no luck.

We had Forward X1 Then X2 X4 X8 Then X1/2 x1/4 Then X1/8 x 1/16 Now we want X 0 What next ? X -1 and the sim runs backwards ? [image] Maybe, when you really think about it, some things just are not practical (or Possible) in M…

Nobody’s mentioned the live weather. How would you pause that?

Well, everyone just glossed over my suggestion to use Flow and the option it has to freeze the time of day. Just 3 clicks. Want it easier than that? Like, thought controlled via a brain implant??

AI traffic isn’t real, but I know what you meant. I think many passengers out there would be a bit miffed when the OP paused his sim :rofl:

Here’s an example of what I mean. Descending from FL190 to FL 140 my doorbell rang. Paused sim and answered the door. I was with the person at the door for 30 minutes, when I came back ATC instructed me to descend to FL 300. That would have been impossible so two hours of flying was wasted. FSX and …

there are two pause function in the game, just bind a key to the “pause” not “active pause”.

I have done that, still doesn’t work as a complete pause.

Turn on Developer Mode, then select pause from the Options menu. This stops time completely.

See this post which explains the various pause options: [image] [HOW-TO] How to actually PAUSE the sim! Community Guides (Guide updated 15 September 2020 with permission of OP) You have perhaps heard that MSFS has an active pause feature but what about the traditional FS…