Talk:Getting Started/@comment-96.50.81.48-20140610214326/@comment-24668482-20140613160625

It depends on what device you are playing on (iOS or android or kindle) but I think most of those "hints" given on loading screens are very badly worded and that one is probably referring to the pause button within a picture/puzzle investigation rather than pausing the main game when not doing an investigation. To pause within an investigation use the pause button (with II pause symbol) on bottom left hand corner of the screen. It is the top of two buttons located there, the bottom button exits the game, which will count as a failure so be careful not to press that by accident when pausing. This is the location on iOS devices at least, I would have to check for other types.

When it comes to the main game itself I believe there is no point in pausing the game, since that would stop energy and strength renewal happening in the background. It would be better to just minimise/quit the game to use other apps so all the timers can continue while you are away,