Game speed

[Colorado]

How many leagues do you run? I'm asking because I have a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K with 16GB RAM but the game just runs so slowly in-between games. I'm not expecting instant advances but it takes a couple of minutes each time.

In my current game, I'm running:
NHL, AHL, ECHL, NCAA
OHL, WHL, QMJHL, U-Sports
Swedish top-two leagues
Russian top-two leagues
Finish top-three leagues
German DEL
Czech top league

I like to run a few leagues to allow for a more immersive experience as the game recommends on the league selection screen.

I have all simulation setting all on 2D (just the game engine, I don't watch them).

[tomkmb]

Running all leagues on 2D will slow things down massively, I run all leagues loaded but I choose my own league on 2D, everything else on classic. There's not really any reason to run everything on 2D unless you want everyone in the entire game universes stats to be considered 'valid' to your analysis.

Simulation speed being on the slower side is just part of the FHM experience in my view - has been since I started playing at the end of 7/beginning of 8. I'm hoping over the next few iterations that this is an avenue they explore with a view to improving sim speed times etc but we'll have to see. I know that Sebastian mentioned in the Discord a few months back that they made some changes to the way that the game handles staff and that this should benefit simulation speeds further into games, Jeff has also said that he's cleared a lot of excess players from the database - I believe it was around 17k which will also help but yeah, if you're comparing it to other sports simulation games, then it is not at the level of some of the top of the market competitors (I'm basically only referring to (and unfairly at that) Football Manager,,though maybe you could squeeze OOTP Baseball into that too.)

[Colorado]

Originally Posted by tomkmb

Running all leagues on 2D will slow things down massively, I run all leagues loaded but I choose my own league on 2D, everything else on classic. There's not really any reason to run everything on 2D unless you want everyone in the entire game universes stats to be considered 'valid' to your analysis.

Simulation speed being on the slower side is just part of the FHM experience in my view - has been since I started playing at the end of 7/beginning of 8. I'm hoping over the next few iterations that this is an avenue they explore with a view to improving sim speed times etc but we'll have to see. I know that Sebastian mentioned in the Discord a few months back that they made some changes to the way that the game handles staff and that this should benefit simulation speeds further into games, Jeff has also said that he's cleared a lot of excess players from the database - I believe it was around 17k which will also help but yeah, if you're comparing it to other sports simulation games, then it is not at the level of some of the top of the market competitors (I'm basically only referring to (and unfairly at that) Football Manager,,though maybe you could squeeze OOTP Baseball into that too.)

Wow, I didn't realise running all leagues on 2D had a considerable impact. Previously I had issues with there being unbalanced takeaway and giveaway stats and I read (probably on here) that running all leagues 2D fixed things. That's really interesting.

Yeah, I'm really familiar with playing FM and can play a much bigger database with ease.

[tomkmb]

Originally Posted by Colorado

Wow, I didn't realise running all leagues on 2D had a considerable impact. Previously I had issues with there being unbalanced takeaway and giveaway stats and I read (probably on here) that running all leagues 2D fixed things. That's really interesting.

Yeah, I'm really familiar with playing FM and can play a much bigger database with ease.

Yeah so that issue is caused by the setting which is running only your own GAMES in 2D, that's problematic - that's why you'd want to run the entire league in 2D because then at least everyone in your immediate competition is getting the same sim engine.

[Colorado]

Well, I've just changed it and played a full week and it's significantly quicker!

I've been complaining about the game speed for ages, but this will be why.

[tomkmb]

Originally Posted by Colorado

Well, I've just changed it and played a full week and it's significantly quicker!

I've been complaining about the game speed for ages, but this will be why.

Glad it's helped, enjoy!