pause hunger and thirst when reading lore

hunger and thirst should pause while reading logs or pda databank entries, like how talking to noa pauses oxygen to encourage reading the entries there. if you dont want to pause them completely for balancing reasons thats fine, maybe they could at least slow down?

Id say it should pause whenever you are inside a powered base
Game is multiplayer and eventually people AFK, having to die just bc you had to do something IRL while hosting your game to friends is not cool
Also, you dont really make progress when inside of bases so it isnt game breaking at all

I would like if it would work like it does in the first game, hunger and thirst paused when you sit down on a chair. that way you can sit down and enjoy reading the entries :)

apparently chairs do pause all metabolism. so sit down and read.

you can also lie down in a bed and read some lore if that is more comfortable

Maybe this could be an optional toggle or slider. Why? Well there’s bound to be someone out there who would think it makes the game too easy.