How to “Pause” the game (+ accessing the console)

Overview

A guide on accessing the console in order to pause the game.

TL;DR

For en-GB keyboard layout

• (In-Game) Enable the console using Ctrl + Shift + L then press §, ` or ~ key to open the console.
• Execute pause command to toggle pause.

For other keyboard layout

• Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%FactoryGameSavedConfigWindowsNoEditor and edit Input.ini file.
• Append these following lines then save (replace F6 with your desired key)
  [/script/engine.inputsettings] ConsoleKey=F6
• (In-Game) Enable the console using Ctrl + Shift + L then press F6 (the key from the last step) key to open the console.
• Execute pause command to toggle pause.

Accessing the console

To pause the game you need to access the console first. With en-GB keyboard layout it can be done in 2 steps but if not you’ll need to do extra steps.

For en-GB keyboard layout

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + L to enable the console
2. Press the §, ` or ~ key to open the console (Usually located at the left of “1/!” key)

That’s it you can now proceed to the next section!

For other keyboard layout
Pressing §, ` or ~ key doesn’t work for you? Just change it to another key!

1 – Change console keybind
The keybind is defined in Input.ini file. Here’s how to find and change it.

1. Goes to the path below (you can simply just press Windows + R, paste the entire thing then press enter)
   %LOCALAPPDATA%FactoryGameSavedConfigWindowsNoEditor
   
2. You’ll see bunch of ini files and Input.ini is one of them.
3. Right click and select Edit (Notepad will open)
   

4. Paste the following config at the end of the file
   [/script/engine.inputsettings] ConsoleKey=F6

   You can change F6 to any key of your choice but make sure that key does not override the existing keybinds.

   
5. Save the file then launch the game

2 – Access the console

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + L to enable the console
2. Press the F6 key (or the key you set in the last step) to open the console

Now you have access to the console. Let’s go pause the game.

Pause the game

• If you still have the console open from the last section. You can simply type in pause then press enter.
• To resume type in pause then press enter again. Then press ESC to exit the console.

Very simple isn’t it?

Extra

The console can do more than pausing the game. Here’s the list of interesting commands you can use.

• Turn fog off – replace 0 with 1 to turn it on
  r.Fog 0
• Show FPS
  Stat FPS
• Limit FPS – replace 120 with your desired max FPS / 0 = unlimited
  t.MaxFPS 120

You can view the full list of commands here: Console – List of commands[satisfactory.gamepedia.com]