Thank you for your response. When I had originally tried prior to the 1.05d patch, the use of the function key caused the game to go to a black screen and lock up. fn 12 does work as a pause key for me now in 1.05d and newer. While it is all nice that I can now unpause the game it does seem (IMO) to...

I am bumping this thread because my laptop, a Dell studio 17, does not have a pause key nor does it have a function key+other key combination. I was unable to find any fixes for this problem while using the forum's search engine, and without being able to reassign thishot key I am completely unable ...