How to pause the game in CS 1.6

Type pausable 1; pause in the server console and the game freezes for everyone. Run pause again to resume.

pause

Pauses or unpauses the game, if pausable is 1.

pause

Examples

pausable 1; pause

Allow pausing and pause the game now.

pause

Run again to resume.

What it does

Freezes the game for everyone, and running it again resumes. It only works when pausable is 1. With pausable at 1 any player can pause the server from their own console, so keep it at 0 on public servers and turn it on only for matches.

Good to know

Use unpause to resume explicitly.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to cstrike/server.cfg. New to this? Start a CS 1.6 server first.

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