RE: [GD-Design] RTS vs. turnbased

[Ivan-Assen I. <as...@ha...>]

> > Actually, some people wrote us to say they actually play Celtic
Kings 
> > in that mode :-) because the Pause is implemented in a way  that
allows 
> > you to give orders while paused. We hadn't seen it coming, it was 
> > definitely "emergent game abuse" :-)
> 
> Personaly I like this kind of feature :)
> 
> It could also be something like a "speed bar" that you could 
> move back and forth, to play "a la" matrix :) When you want 
> to move from a point A to a point B fastly, put the cursor on 
> "fast", in fight reduce to "normal", and when it become hard, 
> switch to "slow"...

Well, actually it's exactly like that, with zero speed being Pause.
It's common for LAN games to bump up the speed during the initial
development phase, and then lower it back to normal when battles start.

The need for this, of course, is a sign of problems with tuning the
design :-)