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Game seconds to real seconds

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:15 pm
by Krazy
It's 1.5

Re: Game seconds to real seconds

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:08 pm
by Dem0nS1ayer
I had a zombie map that took about 32 minutes to finish, and the actual time was 24 minutes, so I think Starcraft time is 1.25 or 1.3 times faster than actual time.

Re: Game seconds to real seconds

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:20 am
by Lavarinth
It's also defendant on the game speed.

Re: Game seconds to real seconds

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:36 am
by Ricky_Honejasi
So ultimately, simplify your life and just say the time in-game used like if it was real-time seconds even if it's "technically" false.

In other words, if the intended time limit is 30 minutes in-game, you say it's 30 minutes period and not shown as a 40-45 minutes timer on-screen.

Saying on screen the player have 40-45 real-time minutes to do X and you show up a 30 minutes timer in a campaign for the contest might lose you points for the reasons below.

It could be considered as :
    -> some kind of misinformation (if someone smart plays dirty, they say it's 42.728 minutes instead of 40, etc.)
    -> somehow misleading the player (everyday people thinks got 40 minutes, wonders why he got 30)
    -> somehow being inconsistent. (why the heck you couldn't just say 30 minutes in the first place?)

At least from my point of view, anyway.

Re: Game seconds to real seconds

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:05 pm
by Mucky
Lavarinth wrote: It's also defendant on the game speed.
What are you talking about? It's clearly plaintiff.