[PSA] There are Faster Speeds Than Fast Speed

[Silent_Shadow]

Apparently there are two key commands for speeding up time:

• Hyper Speed - With speed on "Faster Speed" (>>), hold left ctrl and numpad 1
  
• Plaid Speed - With speed on "Faster Speed" (>>), hold left ctrl and numpad 2

The game is not a fan of these speeds though; various behaviors will malfunction or even stop working entirely.

[Funnyhundy]

where did you find this out? i tried it and didnt notice a difference. do you have to have a special keyboard?

[Silent_Shadow]

I have a standard logitech keyboard. Is your numpad enabled? (Is numlock on?)

[longshots444]

Works on all keyboards, But you must hold your finger down on numpad 1 [or 2] - not just press it once. Only works with those 2 numbers.

[Novu]

There are stability issues with running the game on speeds faster than the normal x2 speed.

[ling.speed]

Originally posted by Novu:

There are stability issues with running the game on speeds faster than the normal x2 speed.

With this or cheat engine?
I've been speeding up games with CE for a long time, and they usually run better if anything. Havent ran enough mods to stress this one enough to get it unstable...

[Silent_Shadow]

There are subtle differences just between normal and fast speed. For example, power demand slightly increases and vehicles 'stutter' more when interacting with other vehicles on the road.

You probably wouldn't notice unless you're doing some testing.

[Duke Flapjack]

Goodness, you ruffian young people! Why on earth would you want to speed the game up? I was rather amused when I accidentally forgot to save and quit before going to bed and found my game had advanced a whopping four years overnight.

[Sebastian [GER]]

Nice tip. Thank you. This can greatly cut down waiting time.

[bboter]

One thing is the inflation rate for vehicles it goes super high in fast pace.
exampe the cargo wagon on 1960 is 11 300 using speed on 1966 goes 18700 where normal fast goes to 14200

[manfred.stabentheiner]

this speed is for testing things
example mods work rigth and other things
not all work corekt with this speed
i cant better translate what dont work in the german forum is an treat what dont work corect with this speed

[Phobos]

I play in realistic mode and use cheat engine's speed boost from the start. I put x2 and x4 on 2 buttons and can always control the tempo as I want in the middle of the game

[manfred.stabentheiner]

the spee work thats ok with the ingame or with cheat engine
but the resources and many other things work wrong with dopple speed

[Phobos]

What do you mean exactly? What can break or what won't break if you manipulate the speed?

[manfred.stabentheiner]

my english is to bad but i think Silent Shadow or ZILonaut can help you and post what things dont work corect with the dopple or hyperspeed
there are proplems with power and wather and other things

[RandomBruh]

Originally posted by Phobos:

What do you mean exactly? What can break or what won't break if you manipulate the speed?

Going off of CE speed up:
Conveyor and Power wackyness
Load and Unload speed
Walking speed of citizens

With the last two completely breaking transportation, because it'd be like ticking wait until loaded on a bus, meanwhile the citizen clock is ticking faster and thus timing out while on the bus still waiting in the station.
I've had a metro line completely back up on one of the stations, with half of my citizens starting to starve, and the other half leaving because no one got to work at the power plant.

I think it's fine to speed up during the first few months, while still autobuying stuff, and everyone is in walking distance of their needs, but once you have public transport, just forget it exists.

Though I will say CE with its granularity can still work pretty well up to a point. For me it starts acting weird at 20x with 2x speed in game. Then again, I do have some problems with modded high throughput conveyors at 2x speed, while they work flawlessly at 1x.