Ultra fast speed not working (even in dev mode?)

[Lady Vykeen]

Recently started playing 1.1 and have tried two different mods separately (ED Enhanced Options and Smart Speed) as well as Dev mode, yet I can't speed up the game faster than 3x? (ie/ the 4th speed option is the same speed as the third - it doesn't change at all).

I'm assuming it's a mod issue (I know for a fact my computer can handle the faster speeds). Has anyone come across this problem with any mods, or can hazard a guess as to what sorts of mods might cause this?

[the.orii]

Did you resolve this? - I have the same issue, but not using smart speed. Just Dev

[Astasia]

Higher speeds will attempt reach a certain tick rate but if they can't they just go as fast as they can. It's pretty normal for 3rd and 4th speed to have no noticeable difference later game or on very large maps, the game isn't optimized to run at super speed which is why it's dev mode only.

[Cat®]

Using ED and it works, press 4 on the keyboard to activate x4 speed. However CPU limitations are in play here; if your colony is starting to slow down on x3 speed setting it to x4 speed wont make it go noticeably faster. Your PC needs to be able to handle running the game at x4 speed, currently my colony is struggling at x2 speed most of the time.

[the.orii]

Thanks peeps - 4x does work at earlier game time (CPU isn't an issue) - I believe it levels out once it hits the later game. I don't use Rimthreaded as I've read mixed things but the logic around it sounds true.

[Astasia]

The CPU "limitation" or issue is that the game only uses one thread for most of the gameplay systems which causes a bottleneck. I don't think anyone can maintain 720 ticks per second late game, doesn't matter what your CPU is, the game just can't do it on a single core.

IIRC the game speeds are 60 ticks per second at 1x, 120 at 2x, 360 at 3x and 720 at 4x. Being able to maintain 250-300 ticks per second late game is pretty decent, with a lot of heavy mods you might struggle to keep it at 120.

RimThreaded probably helps a lot, but ya it doesn't play well with mods so generally isn't an option yet.