Slaughtered while creating character?

[Madidus]

So I just started up my .39.1 game and all of a sudden my character and his 5 settler companions was attacked by a group of bandits,... then a second set joined in. I found it amusing but wonder if there is a way to make a starting area that is off limits to bandit attacks.

[Isen3C]

did you try to manually pause the game with space bar during?

sometimes the pause breaks.. which is kinda cool. If Chris decided to add contextual menu options where events could still unfold around the player (like hordes of beasts attack cities and you were in the middle of a smuggling operation with a black market dealer or setting up some sort of politcal backing with a mayor of a town etc)

would be righteoouusssss!!!

[Mattk50]

The game isnt and cant be paused during the character creation. The reason for this is, i assume, so the character's model can update as you change it's appearance. It does have this side effect that kinds should be fixed tho.