delay at end of month

[rhowerin]

There suddenly appears a delay at the end of every month, why--this is very frustrating.

 

[thebigboss-89]

i think it's becouse the games computes alot of data, since alot of things start/stop at the start of a month (aswell as income etc.)

 

[unmerged(105596)]

It has been there always, I think. It's for computation.

 

[Bad Nerd]

Also, check if your options say that you auto-save at the end of each month. That would naturally give a delay as well.

 

[Kaiserjagen]

I've only ever noticed a delay at the end of the year. But I suppose this is up to both your settings and computer.

 

[Flammehav]

I only have a delay at the end of each year, but that is probably becouse I have autosave on yearly.

 

[Junuxx]

The end of the year delay appears to be much shorter in HTTT btw.

 

[Heradite]

Probably cause a lot of the data being compiled is done more monthly?

Anyways, yeah data is compiling.

 

[GAGA Extrem]

Yes, it's increases calculation.
For example the game calculates monthly tax income at the beginning of each month (plus I guess several other things), so there is always a short delay.

 

[unmerged(106498)]

That delay is usually the autosave feature. If you have it set for monthly, that will happen. If that's not it, you might want to upgrade your computer, or at least take steps to speed it up a bit like defrag and clean up your HD, turn down graphics, etc.

 

[unmerged(115611)]

You cant actually set autosave to monthly, can you?

 

[Rhadok]

Oh yes you can . When at main menu, look at options. I dont know if you can change this in-game though.

 

[Shiggs]

i would think not, that would be lame on a time scale of 400 years. its probably just your cpu or graphics card lagging. if you play lots of games (or even just a ton of EU3) its really worth it to upgrade your gfx card. #1 reason why peoples games lag guaranteed. I'm somewhat of a PC enthusiast by hobby and a computer programmer by trade so I may know something about it.

edit: nice info Rhadok, though autosaving monthly seems useless, a month goes by in 3 seconds

 

[UrineArtist]

It takes time for your advisors and foreign ministry to collect information from all over the world every month before the internet was invented.

At least thats what I tell myself to keep the immersion as the map updates faster than a pidgeon.