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simulation speed

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 07:44
by Korvin
Thank you for OpenTT! It's awesome! Damn, I played all last night :D . Really impressed with the level of "similarity" with original game! You did a great job!!!

I propose to add button to increase simulation speed. Current speed is very convenient when you build something new, but if you're waiting for something (for money for example :wink: ) it becomes a real pain!

Also it would be great to add TTDpatch-style patch to increase speed of airplanes (to keep realistic proportion with ground transport).

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 08:14
by DaleStan
If you're using something larger than 640x480, check out that button imediately to the right of the pause button. The one that looks like:

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Posted: 30 Apr 2004 08:22
by Korvin
Thanks, DaleStan! I really use larger resolution. I suspected that ">>" button should increase speed, but it doesn't :(

I'll try it again (may be the increasing step is too small? how does this button work?) and if it won't help, post a bug report.

Thanks again.

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 08:25
by Korvin
Yes, it works on my office PC. I'll try on my home notebook later ...

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 08:25
by dominik81
@DaleStan: The button is there at every resolution. The toolbar is still 640 pixels wide, even with the fast forward button. :D I just made the spaces between buttons smaller.

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 08:49
by BJB
I'm more looking for something to DECREASE gamespeed rather then to increase it.

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 08:57
by Korvin
Does it mean, that OTTD runs with different speed on different machines? It seems to me that on my office PC it runs faster than on my notebook ...

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 09:05
by dominik81
@Korvin: The fast forward speed depends on your CPU speed. If your notebook is slow, than it can't process all the data and most importantly not draw all the sprites fast enough. So basically the FF button increases the speed to the fastest possible value on your machine.

@BJB: There's a button called "pause". ;)

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 09:11
by Korvin
Both my computers have Pentium 4 (mobile in notebook). Ok, video adapter in notebook sucks (16Mb only) - can it be the cause?

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 11:41
by BJB
dominik81 wrote:@Korvin: The fast forward speed depends on your CPU speed. If your notebook is slow, than it can't process all the data and most importantly not draw all the sprites fast enough. So basically the FF button increases the speed to the fastest possible value on your machine.

@BJB: There's a button called "pause". ;)
Yes but I cant build while pause :(.

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 12:36
by dominik81
Korvin wrote:Both my computers have Pentium 4 (mobile in notebook). Ok, video adapter in notebook sucks (16Mb only) - can it be the cause?
Yes, it's definately the video card in that case. Try to fast forward the game in a very tiny window and you'll notice that this will be faster.

BJB wrote:Yes but I cant build while pause :(.
Why not? Go to "Configure Patches -> Construction -> Build while in pause mode"

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 12:53
by BJB
That option isnt in biggermaps :(.

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 13:11
by Korvin
So, it isn't possible to make game faster? :( Or it can be hacked somehow in the code? :)

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 15:38
by mike[F]
Korvin wrote:So, it isn't possible to make game faster? :( Or it can be hacked somehow in the code? :)
When the game is in 'FF' mode, it is running as fast as your PC can run it. No, it cannot be made to run faster than your PC can run it... Surprisingly.

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 16:05
by VPN-User
Mhm. It doesnt really make a difference on my Athlon XP2000+ with GeforceĀ³ when fast speed is enabled. Yes, trains run a l itte bit faster but thats it. Can' t believe it that my machine is already too slow for this game?!? Speed Hack of TTDPatch gains MUCH more speed on my machine tough. :shock:

BTW I use the non-bigmap version (normal version).

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 18:11
by dominik81
BJB wrote:That option isnt in biggermaps :(.
Hold the Shift key (or was it already Tab in that version?).

Posted: 30 Apr 2004 18:34
by DaleStan
I seriously doubt that your graphics card has anything to do with the speed of OpenTTD. I can fast-forward at about 2day/sec with my onboard POS graphics card.