fast forward?

[Dukath]

Cataclysmù already had the option to fastforward the game in single player, i was wondering if you could put it in multiplayer too.

As in, the game runs at the lowest chosen setting for all players. So if 3 players choose speed 2x and one choses 1x then the gam runs at 1x, once that player finished his micromanagemtn and chooses 2x then the game runs faster until one or more players choses to go back to normal speed.

I'm not sure if it will have much effect (there will probably be at least one player wanting to run at 1x at all times for small maps) but it could get games going on larger maps faster to those parts that get interesting.

Since ti will always be the slowest player who has the deciding vote i don't think there will be any balancing problems regarding to more/less skilled players.

[ÜberJumper]

So like time compression then?

One big thing that HW2 will need is the ability to scale the game depending on CPU. I had a feeling when playing HW that slower systems bogged the game down immensely. There should be a scaling system that ensures that multiplayer games run at the same speed regardless of "Time Compression" speed.