While the game is open there are few differences. A nursing mother will take longer, the fire will last longer without needing to be refuelled, and the gaps between crops will be longer on the slower speeds. However, when the game is closed the differences become much more marked; a village would earn only a quarter of the tech points and make progress in a building project only a quarter as far over a given period when on half speed compared with 2 X speed.
Arnie, by "open" do you mean that a village must be active and viewable or just not paused or the game terminated? That is, can I get the same number of tech points with a given number of the same level of scientists at any game speed provided that I give it constant attention? Same with contruction projects? That is, if 4 adept builders are working to build a hut, will that take the same length of time (computer clock time) at 1/2 speed as it will at 2x if the village is "open"?
Jer
What if there were no hypothetical situations?
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