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37 (56.9%)

< 25%

6 (9.2%)

25% (5/4ths of current)

8 (12.3%)

50% (3/2 of current)

5 (7.7%)

100% (Double current)

9 (13.8%)

Total Members Voted: 65

[Warlord255]

I didn't want to put this in suggestions because it's a little more general than that.

I personally think dwarf mode days are just a tad too short, and think they could stand an increase in length - without any other changes to the system - of 25% or slightly less.

Please offer your thoughts and discussions in a constructive manner.

[smjjames]

Well, the thing is that a decrease in FPS effectively make the days last longer, so if things are already a bit slow at 50 FPS, things will be even slower.

At 100 ish FPS, the year just goes by FAST.

[Myroc]

Well, the thing is that a decrease in FPS effectively make the days last longer, so if things are already a bit slow at 50 FPS, things will be even slower.

At 100 ish FPS, the year just goes by FAST.

He means increasing the length of days so that dwarves can do more in a single day.

[sneakey pete]

No point. You have to remember that while days are faster, the dwarves also do whole lot "at once" (eg, they build an entire wall that can stop a bronze colossus in about a day. out of a stone that was mined in half a "day") it all balances out (ish)

[smjjames]

Oh I see, yea I agree with that as things could certainly be sped up to more realistic time frames.

[Timst]

The answers in the poll are a bit limited. What if I want my game days to last one hour ? Or if I actually want them shorter ?

 And what is the point of that ? What will be the effects on the gameplay ?

[Asehujiko]

Init option would be cool. IIRC it's now 1200 frames per day so something in the inits saying [DAY_LENGTH=1200] would fix everything.

[DeathOfRats]

What if I want my game days to last one hour ?

Not commenting on the rest of the options, but unless you make it so FPS is constant, that one's pretty much impossible. Just sayin'.

[buman]

In the future make an unbiased poll , ie. add shorter options, and provide some supporting arguments

[Footkerchief]

Init option would be cool. IIRC it's now 1200 frames per day so something in the inits saying [DAY_LENGTH=1200] would fix everything.

Yeah, this would be really nice.

[Warlord255]

In the future make an unbiased poll , ie. add shorter options, and provide some supporting arguments

My apologies. It seems that the overwhelming majority is in favor of doing nothing.

If you want a support to my argument; at ~100 FPS, which I consider a good median, the days do indeed fly by. I don't have any desire for dwarves to be able to do more in a single day, but just to slow down the clock for the purposes of the player's comprehension.

[Jiri Petru]

If you want a support to my argument; at ~100 FPS, which I consider a good median, the days do indeed fly by. I don't have any desire for dwarves to be able to do more in a single day, but just to slow down the clock for the purposes of the player's comprehension.

Gote to the init.txt and lower your FPS cap. Problem solved. 

[Footkerchief]

That doesn't change the number of frames per day.  This means you can't, for example, increase the length of time between caravan arrivals.

[Bricks]

Depends totally on how fort jobs will work in adventure mode.  If I have to actually gather and use certain tools to build a wall or forge a sword, then I'm fine with the way it is.

[thobal]

This raises the possibility of great works being completed by dwarves in a single night.