Just curious. I tend to run the game most of the day. I don't run in full screen so I often switch over to my browser to do other things. When i switch screens does that pause my game? I can't really tell if it does. I know in a lot of games if you switch to another screen it auto pauses you game, does VF do that?

no. the only way it pauses is to hit the space bar or do it from the menu. i have it running right this second as well!

I've read on the forums that pausing will reset the restock clock on the store... which is apparently every 4 hours for the latest version (1.00.5) but if you're at 3hrs55mins out of that time, like the shop is JUST ABOUT TO RESTOCK, and you pause, it resets the timer back to 1min and you ahve to wait agan.

So I recommend not pausing. But I've also noticed if I pause and then close the game and open it later, it's unpaused and stuff has still happened. I'm worried when I go to an amusement park later this month, my lil' dudes will be dead or sick when I get back

i never pause VF so i wouldnt know. but if its anything like VV, PT, and FT when i pause them, i sometimes dont play them for months and when i open it everything is the way i left it.