Why are Single Player Skirmish Missions on a timer?

[cdcool]

Whats with the timer?

[cdcool]

Unlimited time in single player Skirmish games

The game needs this setting

[[EUG] MadMat]

What is "scrimmage"?

[cdcool]

Originally posted by EUG MadMat:

What is "scrimmage"?

Sorry Single Player Skirmish

[[EUG] MadMat]

Originally posted by cdcool:

Why are Single Player Skirmish Missions on a timer?

Because all military operation are always performed under pressure form the clock in general, and more specificaly in the game, the AI do not cheat and any unlimited game would just end up with the AI running out of units.

[JDPUK]

Originally posted by EUG MadMat:

Originally posted by cdcool:

Why are Single Player Skirmish Missions on a timer?

Because all military operation are always performed under pressure form the clock in general, and more specificaly in the game, the AI do not cheat and any unlimited game would just end up with the AI running out of units.

Hmmm, glad you guys finally addressed this question, valid points!

[MoeTheRed]

Hm...so i don’t really care if “all military operations are under pressure from the clock” in real life.
I just want to play my game as I want and it couldn’t be so difficult to add the option to put off the timer to play total distruction for those many guys who want.
Would be very nice from defs
Thanks

[Redwood]

Originally posted by MoeTheRed:

Hm...so i don’t really care if “all military operations are under pressure from the clock” in real life.
I just want to play my game as I want and it couldn’t be so difficult to add the option to put off the timer to play total distruction for those many guys who want.
Would be very nice from defs
Thanks

OK You want a Turkey Shoot then. In real life you stop fighting when one side gives up.

[Magnus Aurelius, Bright Lord]

Originally posted by Redwood:

Originally posted by MoeTheRed:

Hm...so i don’t really care if “all military operations are under pressure from the clock” in real life.
I just want to play my game as I want and it couldn’t be so difficult to add the option to put off the timer to play total distruction for those many guys who want.
Would be very nice from defs
Thanks

OK You want a Turkey Shoot then. In real life you stop fighting when one side gives up.

But its not real life, its a game. If he wants a turkey shoot, in his own single player game, whats the big deal ?

[glythe]

Originally posted by EUG MadMat:

Because all military operation are always performed under pressure form the clock in general,

That doesn't explain why you have 10 minutes to push back the enemy in a skirmish battle in the campaign.

Removal of the skirmish mode to kill AI for points/time (which was the most fun way to play against the AI) made me a little sad.

[cdcool]

Originally posted by EUG MadMat:

Originally posted by cdcool:

Why are Single Player Skirmish Missions on a timer?

Because all military operation are always performed under pressure form the clock in general, and more specificaly in the game, the AI do not cheat and any unlimited game would just end up with the AI running out of units.

I disagree with the Philosophy being x-military, What I'm hearing is the game can't support unlimted time. You can pause and issue orders. Single player games should not be on a time limit. Times up and the Mission ends, this is terrible. You guys need to fix this in skirmish mode, all other games don't do this, it doesn't make since. Being playing RTS military single player skirmish games for over 15 years with other various games. Make it an option

[Redwood]

Originally posted by Hobotango:

Originally posted by Redwood:

OK You want a Turkey Shoot then. In real life you stop fighting when one side gives up.

But its not real life, its a game. If he wants a turkey shoot, in his own single player game, whats the big deal ?

If he wants a turkey shoot he should have it. It is fun to kill things dead. But that is not for me. I like to keep things real.

[Magnus Aurelius, Bright Lord]

@Redwood : thats fine, people are asking for the option, not for a mandatory no time limit game.

[cdcool]

I'm asking for a setting that allows for unlimited time like other simular games

[cdcool]

Originally posted by MoeTheRed:

Hm...so i don’t really care if “all military operations are under pressure from the clock” in real life.
I just want to play my game as I want and it couldn’t be so difficult to add the option to put off the timer to play total distruction for those many guys who want.
Would be very nice from defs
Thanks

100%

[jswarpaint]

This issue is brought up a lot, notice SD44, it did or probably still does unless they upgraded it, have an Option to do an unlimited time which is something I loved. I play this when I have free time the ultimate goal is to enjoy it not to get a headache

and finally in real war they sort of did not have a timer if they could not take the position in time they simply tried again another day sending more men into the meat grinder finally winning the battle and DEFINITELY the entire war because the enemy runs out of a decent fighting force which I think overall is what happened to the Germans.