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Short version: single player needs a pause button, and there should be information given at the beginning about how saving works. Long version: Reasons and explanations given below. I understand that having a pause button doesn't work for multiplayer, but there should be one for single player mode. I want to be able to leave the computer for two minutes to go to the bathroom without dying because a storm picked up (this has happened) and answer the door promptly rather than rushing to get in a habitat before I can get up (this has also happened). It would also let me stop in the middle of gameplay to eat, rather than discovering that I'm starving the moment I get kicked off the computer. Saving... I came in with no knowledge of how this game saves. I eventually figured out that going into a habitat/seat saves, but it took a while. That should really be one of the first things a player learns. Also, there are things I still don't know about saving. I don't know if it autosaves every once in a while, or if it saves when you press escape, or when you ask to return to the main menu, or to the desktop, or whatever.