Does anyone actually use speed 2x?

[ChemPlay]

I just use either 3x or pause and sometimes 1x.

[grapplehoeker]

Yes, I use all speeds depending on the circumstances; both in game and to cater for whatever is going on around me at the time.

[gnxs1s]

I use it for my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Potato PC. 3x is just WAY too laggy for me.

[DerFinneAT]

I do.

3x feels like I am skipping the actual game an downgrade it to just-another-RTS. (personal opinion)

1x is too slow for my taste for normal operation and reserved just for combat (where I would love to have a 0.5x to spare me pausing every other second)

[Sally smithson]

Originally posted by DerFinneAT:

I do.

3x feels like I am skipping the actual game an downgrade it to just-another-RTS. (personal opinion)

1x is too slow for my taste for normal operation and reserved just for combat (where I would love to have a 0.5x to spare me pausing every other second)

well said friend, couldn't have said it better

[brian_va]

Originally posted by DerFinneAT:

I do.

3x feels like I am skipping the actual game an downgrade it to just-another-RTS. (personal opinion)

1x is too slow for my taste for normal operation and reserved just for combat (where I would love to have a 0.5x to spare me pausing every other second)

pretty much the same.

[['w']]

pausing when ♥♥♥♥ happens
often 1 when I've enough people on the map to manage
2 when i need to speed things up but still want to get a gist of what is happening
3 when I should be sleeping since 2 hrs

[Astasia]

I would say I'm on 3x (or 4x) speed like 70% of the time, paused like 30% of the time, and on 1x speed less than 1% of the time. I have a mod that disabled combat slowdown so even most battles happen at 3x speed.

I'm only on "2x speed" when my TPS has slowed down to the point that 3x and 2x are about the same, but that usually doesn't happen since I rarely play with the laggy mods that cause that. I don't think I ever intentionally hit the 2x speed button.

This is the same for me in any game that has speed controls. Speeding up time allows me to do more things in the same amount of time played, I'm just always going to pick the fastest speed as long as I can keep up with everything that is happening.

[ODevil]

1x for active combat
2x for general gameplay
3x for when everyone's sleeping or waiting for caravan etc.

[Doomdrvk]

1x speed is 1x
2x speed is 3x
3x speed is 6x
4x speed is 15x (Dev mode or mod enabled)

[Kangaroo Salesman]

I use 1-3, i have a potato pc so mostly on the slower side so 2x speed is good.

[Schnitzel]

i put my map size on 500x500 but you'd be surprised 3x isnt that bad well as long as there arent 50+ raiders on the map. 2x is usually just the sweet spot a little laggy but just good enough

[whatamidoing]

I usually play on 3x speed, paused whenever I want to do something, and at 1x speed for combat. I only play on 2x speed by accident.

[Vermillion Cardinal]

Unlike Astasia I play a good amount of my time on x1. I speed up to x3 at night or when speeding through periods of waiting for particular stuff to get done (like flying via SRTS to locations). Mid to late game I usually spend time watching my colonists going about their lives, and occasionally leave them unattended to do something else (which is what I'm doing ATM). Battles are all at x1 as well.

If I use x2 it's either when I remember and use it for fun to keep my fingers occupied, or, like Astasia, TPS drops mean there's no discernible difference.

[CRNilsen]

I usually play on 1x on one screen while watching Netflix/Youtube/whatever on another screen.

[Bobbbobberson]

i use it in the mid game when it just gets a tad too laggy