Should there be a Higher Max Time Warp - Poll

[KSPACE]

Should time warp be extended?

really not much to say right now so just ______ 

OMG I'm so sorry, I made a big Boo Boo,  just look at the meme

Edited March 7, 2019 by KSPACE

[mattinoz]

Why not have a button that will get you to the 3minutes out from next set node in say 5minutes and just work out warp needed to do that.

[EchoLima]

Depends on what KSP can handle.

[klgraham1013]

Kids and their lack of patience these days.  I would vote no, but I think you forgot that one.

Edited March 7, 2019 by klgraham1013

[Duck McFuddle]

I've always wanted this, since I started playing KSP. Even just going to Jool can be boring because it takes several minutes. I have a mod for this, but like every gameplay-improving mod I would like it in stock KSP. 

[Tyko]

There's not an option for "no change" - that kinda skews your results...

[ZooNamedGames]

Despite this thread being a mess I'd just like to second the suggestion of "faster timewarp speeds". Timewarping out to Eeloo for 6-8 minutes would be fine, if we were actively doing something, but afaik you don't even change science biomes that far out so it ends up being a moment identical to waiting for the game to load. You can't do anything except look at your ship and pan around in IVA. Either skip to the chase and just have KSP reload at the set point (ie fast travel but in space) and have the game run all encounters and flybys of background vessels handled just like as if you were looking at the KSC (not able to view them, but still moving forward with time) but just load with the vessel at the desired point in time. I'd be ok with it, even if it took a loading screen (which would be no different than not having a loading screen and still waiting). Hopefully it can save time. Just an idea.

[Electrollama]

As a reference, max time warp is 1.5 minutes per year. A Hohmann transfer to Jool takes 3.5 years or about 5 minutes of wait time with no user involvement (extra 10x would be 30s). An Eeloo round-trip would be 10-15 minutes of waiting at max warp (extra 10x would be 1 minute). This feature would cut out minutes of idle time. I recommend only allowing this when the parent body is the sun or in the tracking station.

[Bej Kerman]

On 3/8/2019 at 2:35 AM, ZooNamedGames said:

Timewarping out to Eeloo for 6-8 minutes would be fine, if we were actively doing something

No, the player should be given the option to timewarp faster. It doesn't matter what you can do during timewarp, not everyone wants to micromanage a spaceship for a few minutes before being able to do something fun.

On 1/31/2020 at 7:33 AM, Electrollama said:

As a reference, max time warp is 1.5 minutes per year. A Hohmann transfer to Jool takes 3.5 years or about 5 minutes of wait time with no user involvement (extra 10x would be 30s). An Eeloo round-trip would be 10-15 minutes of waiting at max warp (extra 10x would be 1 minute). This feature would cut out minutes of idle time. I recommend only allowing this when the parent body is the sun or in the tracking station.

I agree wholeheartedly.

[ZooNamedGames]

On 2/5/2020 at 6:08 PM, Bej Kerman said:

No, the player should be given the option to timewarp faster. It doesn't matter what you can do during timewarp, not everyone wants to micromanage a spaceship for a few minutes before being able to do something fun.

Unless that thing that occurs before you get to the destination- is also fun.

"The fun is in the journey" is a quote that someone important once said. That can be true for KSP as well. There simply exists nothing to do except timewarp. If we could do something, either in IVA or EVA that could occupy our time, then my comment has merit but as it stands, there isn't anything to do.