There should be a slider that allows the players to choose how fast the day/night cycle is

[NPC99]

As I said, since a console command for what I want already exists,

Which one? I can only see:

• campaign.move_time_forward
• campaign.multiply_campaign_speed

AFAIK neither of these do what you are suggesting. Optimisation spreads out which daily ticks events are tested on to avoid too high a processing load simultaneously, which would stress fps on potato pcs and game consoles. I'd be extremely surprised if that can all be unscrambled for a risk-free slider.

Optimised core campaign logic and mechanics to improve general campaign performance and reduce AI decision spikes.

 

[Totalgarbage]

Which one? I can only see:

• campaign.move_time_forward
• campaign.multiply_campaign_speed

AFAIK neither of these do what you are suggesting. Optimisation spreads out which daily ticks events are tested on to avoid too high a processing load simultaneously, which would stress fps on potato pcs and game consoles. I'd be extremely surprised if that can all be unscrambled for a risk-free slider.

I myself didn't actually try these commands but iirc, I think campaign.multiply_campaign_speed is the one that speeds up the game from what I saw Strat playing the game, but the command also makes the daily ticks like wages and influence, ect. faster as well, so not exactly what I suggested. Does the command also make your and AI parties twice as fast if you speed up the game x2 ? If yes, my idea would be much harder to implement and lowering the amount of days in a year becomes much more feasible (probably, idk if its something easy to change).
You're right though I didn't really think about the impact on performance. Although making it a slider with a red text underneath when you choose faster game speed warning people that this setting taxes your performance can be a band-aid solution I guess.

 

[NPC99]

I myself didn't actually try these commands but iirc, I think campaign.multiply_campaign_speed is the one that speeds up the game from what I saw Strat playing the game, but the command also makes the daily ticks like wages and influence, ect. faster as well, so not exactly what I suggested. Does the command also make your and AI parties twice as fast if you speed up the game x2 ? If yes, my idea would be much harder to implement and lowering the amount of days in a year becomes much more feasible (probably, idk if its something easy to change).
You're right though I didn't really think about the impact on performance. Although making it a slider with a red text underneath when you choose faster game speed warning people that this setting taxes your performance can be a band-aid solution I guess.

AFAIK campaign.multiply_campaign_speed is just like the game's two arrow fast forward button, giving control over speed as opposed to the single fixed setting allowed by the button.

 

[svelok]

Does the command also make your and AI parties twice as fast if you speed up the game x2 ? If yes, my idea would be much harder to implement and lowering the amount of days in a year becomes much more feasible (probably, idk if its something easy to change).

Yeah, it's just speeding up the whole game. What you're asking for is something like a seconds-per-day or days-per-year or days-per-season slider, which is entirely within the realm of possibility - it can be modded, though it's a little bit of a pain, and I'm pretty sure there are mods that do it.

 

[Penn]

How about a similiar option as the one in Civilisation games. Where you can choose the game length? So one that makes the seasons 2 weeks, one that makes them 3, and one that makes them 4? All in the option menu when you set difficulty and so on