Bit of a speed question

[Mr. Capiatlist]

I've been playing a test game on high speed just to get the feeling of the new game, and one thing has really started to bug me, the speed. Usually the game chugs along just fine, but three months out of every year go by so slow that I can hardly stand it.

It works sort of like this:
10 months will go by at a consistent and regular speed, then 3 months will be spend slowly chugging at a day per minute, then suddenly everything will snap back together and 10 months will go by just fine.

Given this regularity, I can only assume it has something to do with the game/engine, but I have no idea what it could be. Is it possible that it is elections or something? When out of these 3 months from hell the game runs perfectly fine.

Other than this (and the fact that revolutions don't break satellite status) I have found Vicky II to be overly enjoyable, and I look forward to some patches.

 

[Van Diemen]

I have the same issue about Victoria's speed, it runs nicely in the first couple of years, but thereafter become a bit laggy. I hope that they can improve the game speed just like they did in HoI3. Otherwise maybe it is time to buy a better computer again, I was already planning to do so, but did not have a real reason, until now.

 

[vertinox]

It feels that their needs to be a slower settings sometimes for big wars.

 

[Mexbuild]

Im at 1905 and the speed becomes terrible... At the beginning a mouth takes 6-7 seconds, but now it takes 20-24 seconds. (Pheonem X4 965)

 

[Kaltsu123]

20-24sec is still quite a good speed... With my PC even EUIII with low settings it takes like almost a sec per day, of course depends what's happening then

 

[GAGA Extrem]

My speed is rather poor: 33 seconds per month and if I go above lvl 3 the game starts to lag... 3,2 P4 dual core (I guess its due to an older model )

 

[humancalculator]

Im at 1905 and the speed becomes terrible... At the beginning a mouth takes 6-7 seconds, but now it takes 20-24 seconds. (Pheonem X4 965)

I wish the demo for me went that fast.

I am alright with the speed though, and it approaches 15 seconds per month when i hover over water instead of land.

 

[OHgamer]

not meaning to belittle your concerns with speed, but how in the world do you play the game at those speeds

Seriously I find if i go faster than 1 sec/day i fall behind in understanding all that's going on, and even then i have to stop every couple of weeks when some event or action catches my attention.

Playing two-three days per second or more would be absolute nightmare to me. there's just too much for me to focus on and try to process.

 

[unmerged(66094)]

Spoiler

restarting the game(means quitting back to desktop) does help a little. But it takes a really long time.

 

[KINGBEN]

not meaning to belittle your concerns with speed, but how in the world do you play the game at those speeds

Seriously I find if i go faster than 1 sec/day i fall behind in understanding all that's going on, and even then i have to stop every couple of weeks when some event or action catches my attention.

Playing two-three days per second or more would be absolute nightmare to me. there's just too much for me to focus on and try to process.

Same here. I feel the speed we like is also more immersive.

 

[Mr. Capiatlist]

not meaning to belittle your concerns with speed, but how in the world do you play the game at those speeds

Seriously I find if i go faster than 1 sec/day i fall behind in understanding all that's going on, and even then i have to stop every couple of weeks when some event or action catches my attention.

Playing two-three days per second or more would be absolute nightmare to me. there's just too much for me to focus on and try to process.

Because I am playing a hands-off game as Luxembourg. Also I am a pause-unpause player. So game play for me is >pause< change things >unpause< run for three days >pause< repeat.

 

[OHgamer]

Ah, well to be perfectly frank, playing a hands-off game does not give a very realistic portrait of how the game will behave once you actually actively play a game with a nation. The AI really does act quite differently when you are an active player involved in the geopolitical and economic aspects of the game rather than simply sitting on the sidelines as a near-comatose spectator.

 

[unmerged(126297)]

20-24sec is still quite a good speed... With my PC even EUIII with low settings it takes like almost a sec per day, of course depends what's happening then

Dude, what kind of computer do you have? A month in vanilla EU III is FAST for me. A few seconds at most.

 

[Mr. Capiatlist]

Ah, well to be perfectly frank, playing a hands-off game does not give a very realistic portrait of how the game will behave once you actually actively play a game with a nation. The AI really does act quite differently when you are an active player involved in the geopolitical and economic aspects of the game rather than simply sitting on the sidelines as a near-comatose spectator.

Okay, but I doubt having the AI more active is going to improve anything, I am looking for an idea of a solution, not a critique of my playing style.