A small suggestion for the fighting system

[blub01]

So, I am kind of annoyed by the fact that in tricky fights, you have to constantly pause the game, then unpause for a fraction of a second. So I suggest a new game speed which, basically, pauses the game every second automatically, then runs the next second after the player presses space(or any other key, really) again. basically, make combat turn-based, because when you are trying to coordinate a number of pawns, there isn't really any other way to do it.

(btw, I checked the frequent suggestions thread via ctrl+f, but I didn't bother to check more than the first page of the subforum)

[Vagabond]

Blub01,

That is an interesting suggestion. One I've never thought of myself, for sure. It is def. a common issue in RtWP games that don't have a queuing system (even ones that do, due to changes in flow after queued orders).

Another, no more elegant method, would be to add a half-game-speed toggle between pause and normal speed. I just personally think it'd drive me crazy to have my game feeling like it is stuttering between normal speed and pause.

Cheers,
Michael

[NuclearStudent]

Definitely more elegant than manually pushing the button.

[Austupaio]

Something like this, or maybe even a game speed below real-time (half-speed?) definitely wouldn't go amiss.

I sometimes finding myself pausing as frequently as every time one of my colonists takes a single shot or burst, depending on how the fight is going.