Think of posterity and add option for changing game speed?

[Goldmund]

Hello!
It's me.

I've been wondering whether I should add an option to change the game speed.
See, I've often been frustrated with old games running too fast.
Will my game run too fast on machines faster than mine? Like, in 500!1!1 years?
Will it help if I let the player on a mega-computer select, say, game speed of 10? Or 1? With default being 100?

[GarageGothic]

Goldmund! Great to see you around - I hope all is well with you, Dominika, and the baby.

Old games run too fast because their developers chose to code in-game timers to count CPU cycles instead of addressing the machine's real-time-clock (for performance reasons). Since the speed settings in AGS simply sets an upper limit to the frames-per-second count, short of unforeseen bugs in AGS or Windows, a 60 fps game will still run at a maximum of 60 fps no matter the CPU frequency.

So have no worries, your grandchildren will also be able to bask in the monochrome glory of Donna!

[Goldmund]

Ah that's a relief! No need to add "settings" dialogs.

Thanks for the warm welcome ;-) Everything's swell at our end!