Regarding the extreme lag, I've found that it can be temporarily fixed making the game lose focus; by switching to another window and then back, for instance.
One more suggestion:, Replace the pause button with a toggle between RTS and turn-based mades
(speaking of which, there seem to be some interface issues with turn-based mode, to wit whenever a planet is initially selected in turn based mode all build options for that planet are ghosted out, no matter how many resources you have there, until you advance the game a turn)
(actually, "crawl" speed in RTS mode is buggy too; ships don't move AT ALL with it selected; additionally, there seems to be way too big of a gap between "crawl" and "slow" speeds- "slow" can be too fast and crawl is too slow {and in the case of ships, doesn't advance at all})
(I don't want to sound like I'm complaining; It's a great game, but it could be even better.)
Great game. Two suggestions though:
1.) when you let go of the turbo button it should return you to whatever speed you were at. Not to the default speed
2.) There needs to be a "decrease speed" button
The only problem with this game is that there are not separate mute controls for music and sound effects. The sound effects are very good but the music is loud and obnoxious, so I can't hear the sound effects because I usually turn off the sound to mute the annoying music.
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