Multiplayer speed multiplier controls

Feature Request

from Sins Forums

Hi Guys,

First up, I love SOASE, it's a fantastic game.

One feature I'd like to see added, is a speed multiplier option, which is available in single player, added to multi player.

Many other large time-scale games, have similar features. The best example, would be Defcon.

The game progresses at the slowest speed selected by a human player. This allows people to slow down time to deal with hectic battles, but allows them to speed the game up when it suits everyone.


I know some people won't want it, and will accuse me of "not getting it" or trying to "turn SOASE into starcraft". That's not my intent, and I'm sure there could be an advanced option to disable speed multiplier from the start of the game, for the 'harcores'.

 

Are there any real objections?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

 

It would't work well for multiplayer since some people would want to slow it down and some would want to speed it up at the same time and it could get used and abused to benefit one team at the expense of the other team.  What I would like to see are a couple more speed options in the game setup menu.  I'd like to see a new speeding setting that is 25% faster than the current "Fast" speed called "Very Fast" or some such.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

What Dirty S said. Plus this game is still prone to desyncs in multiplayer, which eventaully cause minidumps that crash the game. I don't see them adding a variable speed into multiplayer until they get rid of all the desync bugs, and from what I've read from the developer journals, those things are a b*tch to find. Not that high on the priority list for them Im thinking. BUt don't worry , you're not the only one out there who wants that option, I've seen several other posts about it.

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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Sounds to me like there may be an "extra fast" option available, but I guess we'll see when the beta hits.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Darvin3, reply 3
There was a recent Frogboy post that said that Diplomacy will be adding those options for multiplayer.

link: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/368099
End of Darvin3's quote

I'm guessing that what he meant is that they'll be a faster speed option or two for the online game and perhaps a speed that's inbetween "Normal' and "Fast", not variable speeds for different players.