Pausing the game does not disable minimap scrolling in singleplayer mode

[WWB2-account]

Prerequisites

• I have searched for similar issues and confirmed this is not a duplicate

Game Version

• Command & Conquer Generals
• Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour
• Other (please specify below)

Bug Description

Minimap scrolling is possible when you select a location on the minimap. The camera will instantly jump to the selected location. This is only possible when the player has radar and isn't low power.

When pausing the game (in singleplayer), all camera manipulations (zooming, rotating, scrolling), are disabled except minimap scrolling. This is inconsistent behavior and should be disabled as well.

Reproduction Steps

1. Open any map in single player mode
2. Get radar
3. Pause the game
4. Select a location on the minimap

Additional Context

No response

[xezon]

Do you mean when pressing ESC to pause the game? I think UI is not disabled then.

[WWB2-account]

Yes. The UI isn't hidden or disabled.

It doesn't make sense to be able to manipulate anything in-game while the game is paused, at least in singleplayer

[segatrade]

Many players want to have active pause. Please save pause with possible commands for units and looking around map

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/pausetacticality/discussions/0/2906376154321402758/

OpenRA have this ability, Emperor for Dune have also

[xezon]

I suspect WWB2-account refers to Game Pause via Exit Menu.

[WWB2-account]

Many players want to have active pause. Please save pause with possible commands for units and looking around map
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/pausetacticality/discussions/0/2906376154321402758/
OpenRA have this ability, Emperor for Dune have also

It might be good to get some opinions on this from the community as a whole. While I don't feel strongly one way or the other, right now it's a mess more than anything, which prompted me to raise this issue.

My first instinct was to say the game does not have active pause in singleplayer. You cannot move the camera, select anything, issue commands, ... ; things you could do in active pause. As such, I reported the minimap scrolling as a bug.

If people want active pause instead, this issue becomes a non-issue, but a large part of the pause functionality must be revised. That is beyond the scope of this report though.

I suspect WWB2-account refers to Game Pause via Exit Menu.

True, but the point still stands, via exit menu or not. Either we allow complex orders during pause or we disallow it. Right now it's both, which is not good

[segatrade]

#1669 created for feature discussion