Request for a speed higher then "High"

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I think the game is great but multiplayer takes too much time, i ended up with a 3+ hour game. Even on fast settings, it takes way too much time. This may be ok if you "know" the people in real life you are playing against, but casual games with people around the world are not feasible, because continuing the game later is not guaranteed to happen because everyone is on different schedules. I end up dropping the game for more important matters.

There may be some of you out there that can afford to put in 5 hours or more but it takes the fun out of a great game when you can't enjoy it with others. Plus its just flat out not healthy to be sitting on the game that long. All i ask for is a setting that speeds up building, research and all that so the game can progress faster and we can have shorter multiplayer games. Just give us one more stage of higher speed.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
As far as I know, additional game speeds are already in consideration for 1.03 ;)
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I don't mind.

Even though I am more of a slow-pace, single-player Empire Builder (because of my long past as a 4X/TBS games player -- such as in the MoO and GalCiv series), I have no reason to object that other gamers might prefer a fast-pace, multiplayer Wargame .

If they can add a "very fast" and an "ultra-fast" speeds, I don't mind.

But perhaps, then, this technical problem might arise : if the on-line MP participants don't all have fast hardware (processor, RAM, videocard, net-connection), lag, framerate, crash and disconnect issues might be intensifed by gamespeeds exceeding "fast".

Only an Ironclad or Stardock expert could evaluation this situation.

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Im not talking about making everything super lightspeed like even the movements of the ships, i'm talking about faster build times, faster research, faster planet upgrade times. Make it faster so i don't have to sit here for 5 hours and have everyone quit before the battle starts. Thats not going to make a difference in computer hardware just by increasing those times. I refuse to play multiplayer until that gets changed, you made a great game Stardock and Ironclad, but your multiplayer is "abysmal" until you get faster speeds, nobody with a life can sit there and enjoy it. I have played numeous RTS's online and none of them were that time consuming. To the point where i can't even use the restroom, can't go eat lunch, can't talk to my friends, oh why? Because im still playing this overly exhausted long game and i still haven't even gotten to the good part in combat yet. Not to mention the time it will add if the players get into stalemates. You cannot play a casual games with people online right now unless you stop and save it for later, which 90% of the time, won't happen. Please fix this so i can enjoy multiplayer.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
The game speed settings can be easily modded.
Building and research time, resource income multipliers can be changed. Also the ships max speed and turning rate.
Maybe there is someone who maded a mini-mod with faster speed.

The speed settings are in the Gameplay.consists file.