What's the reason for time stopping at 4am?

[phlux]

It looks like that opens up alot of exploits to make the game easier and I don't really see the reason for it.
If the game needs you to sleep to process something it just could make you fade at some point for a few hours if you don't sleep.
So maybe somone knows the reason it works the way it does?

Just curious.

[Super_AlpaKa]

Do you guys still get the proper amount of XP if you sleep after 4? I somehow don't

[Liquid Todd / Slash]

I like the 4am stop because I don't have to run about during the day like a blue arsed fly. I wake up. I get some badly needed vitamin D and just take my time.

[Sedition]

Originally posted by Super_AlpaKa:

Do you guys still get the proper amount of XP if you sleep after 4? I somehow don't

The XP is erased from manually saving. Not sure if it's intended or not, but it sucks imo. You'll still get XP for sales after saving though once you sleep.

[Super_AlpaKa]

Originally posted by Sedition:

Originally posted by Super_AlpaKa:

Do you guys still get the proper amount of XP if you sleep after 4? I somehow don't

The XP is erased from manually saving. Not sure if it's intended or not, but it sucks imo. You'll still get XP for sales after saving though once you sleep.

Oh so that's why, thanks for the explanation! Dammit, with all that lost XP, I could be cooking cocaine instead of bad meth

[Kisama]

Originally posted by Hayze:

A better "fix" for this "issue" would be to change nothing leave the game as is but call it "easy" mode have a selection of game modes when you start a save and normal/hard mode would have different effects such as not being able to continue anything after 4.

I mean that still wouldn't make any sense because the game doesn't change single vs multiplayer.
By your standards, multiplayer should be called easy mode.

[Sedition]

Originally posted by Super_AlpaKa:

Originally posted by Sedition:

The XP is erased from manually saving. Not sure if it's intended or not, but it sucks imo. You'll still get XP for sales after saving though once you sleep.

Oh so that's why, thanks for the explanation! Dammit, with all that lost XP, I could be cooking cocaine instead of bad meth

Yeah I flushed so much XP down the drain until I figured out why. All those 0 XP days where I'm pretty sure I sold a bunch.. started wondering if I'd maxed XP on those customers or working too long after 4am was causing it.

Feels like it's a bug since I haven't seen it as a loading screen tip. Something like "Manually saving will erase your XP".

[Smart Towel RG-400]

Maybe increase the chance for police or gang raids on your operations if you stay awake past 4AM. Add in a mechanic that you need to drink coffee or energy drinks to stay awake or use some of the product you produce. Have some negative effects like sleeping later during the day or even be crashed out all day...giving less time to do things during business hours. The basic format of this game that is laid out so far has a lot of potential for cool systems and counter systems like this.

[phlux]

Originally posted by Hayze:

A better "fix" for this "issue" would be to change nothing leave the game as is but call it "easy" mode have a selection of game modes when you start a save and normal/hard mode would have different effects such as not being able to continue anything after 4.

I'm all for making it an option, yes.