Game speed - resolution of melee

[Froz]

Hello,

In my game I'm using an increased game speed (the one that multiplies animation speed) and it in general works fine and cuts down on waiting time by a lot.
I have the reports and combat log turned off (though I use detailed tooltips).

Now, the issue is that most of the time melee resolution takes quite long, it seems like there is a pause done by game on purpose, before the casualties numbers are shown. This does not happen always. Sometimes when the melees are resolved one after another, there is a pause for a few, then the next few are done almost immediately (with the speed multiplied according to my settings), then again it pauses for the next few.

I don't have much to support this thesis, but I have a feeling it is not caused by the game waiting for some calculations to be finished, it really seem like a pause on purpose. I can't imagine that even complex mathematical calculations would cause any trouble for modern CPU to calculate them pretty much immediately.

Could that be looked into and possibly removed? In the very big battles the turn resolutions take really a lot of time and I would like to cut it as much as possible. I don't have any trouble following what's happening even when it's happening fast. Thank you.

[rbodleyscott]

All of the calculations are in fact instantaneous and in the melee phase they are (nearly) all done before any of them are shown. There is indeed therefore an inserted pause to allow the player to see what happened.

We can look into an option to skip such pauses, or possibly just shorten them.

[Froz]

Thanks for confirmation. I would really appreciate if there was an option to shorten or skip the pauses. I understand why they are there, they make the game more easy to understand for newer players and provide a little bit of tension, so they should not be removed by default of course. But once I played so many hours I don't need that and I want to cut down the waiting time.

[Paul59]

It would have to be an option. I am sure there are many old fogeys, like me, who prefer things to me resolved at a more stately pace.

[sIg3b]

I agree with both Froz and Paul59.

One other thing: The replay in MP is too *fast* for my taste. Could that be (optionally) slowed down?

[Morbio]

It sounds to me that the delay pause should be a user specified period, with a default setting.

[SimonLancaster]

I agree with both Froz and Paul59.

One other thing: The replay in MP is too *fast* for my taste. Could that be (optionally) slowed down?

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