Spring RTS Engine

So... my keyboard lacks a pause key. Because it's mac and all (I run Spring on a Bootcamp install). I really need a pause function, so I modified the key to 'p' in the text file- it works in game too...

...for 2-3 times, then it stops. IE, I can pause and unpause at will, but very quickly they key starts failing to do anything. This is especially annoying when it stops responding when the game is "paused" since then I lose my game.

Any ideas?

Perhaps you could bind it to a key that doesn't have a command associated with it. P is namely also a hotkey for 'patrol', perhaps that is the cause of your issue.