Timed orders

[Yalokin]

If you have completed a timed order but haven't delivered it, do you automatically deliver it and get the rewards when the times is over or you lose it?

[Allorno]

+1 on this. I can't speak to orders that require you to deliver a specific good, but last night I had a "don't cut trees for X seconds" order that I met the criteria on, but forgot to submit and it auto-submitted for me when it timed out. So I'm assuming at the very least it auto-submits "non-resource consuming" timed orders on time-out. I don't know about ones that ask for you to deliver specific things though.

If it hasn't already been implemented maybe the game should auto-pause if you have the resources for a timed order in your warehouse but haven't submitted it yet when the timer hits zero/one second left?

[Spacesuit Spiff]

There's a setting related to this buried in gameplay settings

[Clawyer]

It's not really burried, fourth entry from the top.
There is no auto-pause on timed order expiration as you can just have them auto-completed.

[Harwin]

An auto-pause would be marginally better in case it's going to consume a resource you might not want to spend (I've always wanted to complete, but it's _possible_ you might not want to)

[arjensmit79]

Originally posted by Harwin:

An auto-pause would be marginally better in case it's going to consume a resource you might not want to spend (I've always wanted to complete, but it's _possible_ you might not want to)

It might be very reasonably possible that you want to complete it at the last moment for multiple reasons.

I never even considered trying to do that though because of the risk involved of forgetting about it. I wouldn't even do there was auto pause. my thumb his hitting that space bar to easy for auto pause to be reliable and safe.

[Harwin]

I assume it would have a warning on unpause the way "ethereal" cornerstones and timed orders (at order choice) do now.

[MasterBlaster]

It can often be beneficial to time when you actually hit the deliver button in some situations. For instance some games will have a modifier where queen's impatience will not drop during the storm. So you want to make sure you don't deliver any orders during the storm. Or you might get a big Amber reward that would negatively affect you because you are actively working on a crypt glade that gives -6 resolve for every 10 amber stored, so you'd want to delay the order delivery for as long as possible. There's a handful of situations like this.

[arjensmit79]

So in conclusion, it would be nice if the game could autopause for timed orders, but at the last moment you can turn it in, with a warning on unpause and probably only if you actually have solved the order and you can complete it.
That way it will have the biggest chance of actually helping out and the smallest chance or being annoying, mistimed, obtrusive etc.