I see no use for the numlock key, I’d rather just have the numpad on the whole time. Are there actually cases where it is useful or people who for some reason prefer their numpad turned off?

    • @T156
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      112 years ago

      I have never seen pause used that way for modern games. Most of them just use Escape instead, with pause being left for lower-system things like the REISUB sequence.

      • Fleppensteyn
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        22 years ago

        Don’t know what to tell you, for me it often works. Maybe give it a try? Esc usually brings you to the menu, which implies pausing, but it’s separate from pause key.

    • @DrQuint
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      42 years ago

      “A lot”?

      Man, I’ve used F9 as a pause key more often than Pause.

    • @Thavron@lemmy.ca
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      32 years ago

      I am an avid gamer and have never used that button to pause a game. Escape is the go to for that, no?